INDIAN SOCIETY AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

The book deals with all aspects of the Indian Society and Social Institutions in detail in a beautiful way. The Characteristics of Indian Society, Indian Culture, Values of Indian Social System, Hindu Social Organisation and the Caste System have been described in the first five chapters with enormous facts so as to meet the requirements of the students. The book also provides a good picture of the Casteism, Untouchability, the Hindu Family System, Muslim Social System, Christian Social System, Tribal Social System and Rural Problems in India along with Social Legislations and Status of Women in Hindu Society from sixth chapter to twentyfith chapter. The remaining chapters i.e., twentysix to forty give a cryptic account of Social Disorganisation, Sanskritization, Westerni-sation, Secularisation, Modernisation, Condition of Housing, Education and Industrial Workers, Trade Unions, Indian Political System and the Role of Religion in Politics. In brief, sufficient informations have been given in an elaborate way in the book regarding Indian Society and Social Institutions so as to meet the requirements of the students and the common readers.

Book Contents

21. Indian Rural Culture 22. Panchayat System in India (i) Caste Panchayat (ii) Village Panchyat (a) Gram Sabha (b) Gram Panchayat 23. Community Development Programme Origin and Development 24. Rural Reconstruction in India Development Programmes 25. Rural Problems in India (i) Agriculture and Economic Problems (ii) Population Problem (iii) Birth Control (iv) Urbanization (v) Education 26. Social Disorganisation in India 27. Agricultural Labour 28. Process of Sanskritization 29. Role of Westernization 30. Secularization of Indian Society 31. Modernization and its Aspects 32. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes 33. Housing Problem in India 34. Education System in India 35. Industrial Workers in India 36. Trade Unions in India 37. Indian Political System 38. Indian Political Parties 39. Religion in Indian Politics 40. Regionalism in Indian Politics Index