Question : How is the increasing use of technology changing the status of women in Indian society?
(2014)
Answer : With the growth and application of science and technology to control human environment, man’s relationship with nature has changed, which has produced far reaching changes in society. Thus according to Weber, overall consequences of science and technology is rationalization of society.
In earlier period, woman was dependent on man because of low muscle fat ratio and also mothering role. But automation of work helped in reducing the impact of these factors and led to egalitarian gender ....
Question : Examine science and technology as agents of social change.
(2013)
Answer : Social change is a long term process happening in almost every aspect of society viz. social institutions, economic organizations, etc. Many factors such as law, education and religion contribute to it.
But, it is the science and technology which accelerates this process by first changing itself and then putting pressure on other aspects to change. Marx first highlighted the importance of science and technology in terms of forces of production leading to changes in relations of ....
Question : Define social movement. Elucidate the role of reformist movements in social change.
(2013)
Answer : A social movement is defined as a sustained collective action which must have a change orientation. It requires ideology, leadership and a loose organization to coordinate its activities.
Various reasons for social movement to happen are a sense of relative deprivation and mismatch between capabilities and aspirations. Neil. J. Smelser has identified six conditions which are sufficient for a social movement. These are structural conduciveness, structural strain, generalized beliefs, precipitating factor, mobilization for action and failure ....
Question : “Science has empirical means to logical ends and religion has non-empirical means to logical ends.” — Comment.
(2013)
Answer : Empirical means which can be verified with the observation and experiments. Non- empirical is one which can’t be verified and have to be accepted as such. Though they are opposite in this sense both of them are means to a common end of human welfare and well being of society. Therefore, in social life they both are complementary.
Science is useful in increasing efficiency and making the life easier by providing constant inventions. But, today in ....
Question : Industrial Democracy
(2012)
Answer : Industrial democracy is such a system in which effort has been taken to confirm the execution of responsibility of laborers, inclusion in decision making process and their rights and authority. Industrial democracy is like a organizational form which tries to confirm the extensive partnership of labor in production system. In this form of Industrial democracy, labor execute their role without any pressure at all level in formation of system, conduction and management.
Modern industrial economy has ....
Question : Describe Revolutionary change and its nature. Discuss the kinds of revolutionary changes that have been brought about in society like economic, political, social and religious fields.
(2012)
Answer : A change in stabilized form of social relation, social values, and structure or sub system is known as social change. Revolutionary change is one form of social change. Revolutionary change represents sudden and fundamental changes in the social structure of any society or in its important social, economic or political aspect. By revolutionary changes, basic structure changes comes into position of change. Generally this type of revolutionary changes is connected with political and sudden violent ....
