The main difference between caste and class societies is that in a class-based society there is social mobility. (a) What is meant by the term social mobility? [2] Social mobility refers to the upwards or downwards movement across the social hierarchy. (b) Describe two ways in which a person can achieve a higher social position. [4] If a person works hard and has strong willpower and willingness to move up the social ladder he/she will work very hard to achieve this and may end
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another’s well". Dharma varies from class to class in the caste system. The rules get stricter and stricter as one goes up the class system. The caste system is the second most definitive factor to all Indians. This caste system will determine what kind of job and what set of Dharma one must follow. This caste system tells one whom they can and cannot marry. This caste system directly impacts all of Indian society lives greatly. To me this caste system reflects a segregated community that judge’s
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that the caste system is bad and that it should be eliminated. What prevents them from doing so? It is enough if the government does not recognize the caste system; it would die on its own in the context of highly developed modern mobility and interaction. But in practice all the politicians have vested interests in the caste system. They have already perpetuated it by reservations based on caste system. They intend not to give up this golden goose‚ as revealed by their decision to go for caste census
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Hinduism is a very complex and intricate henotheistic religion. It is mainly practiced in India and came before all the other religions in India. The most important sacred text of Hinduism is called the Vedas. It consists of four Veda texts in which the other texts of Hinduism are based around. Hindus base their lives around the four goals. Hindus divide their scripture into two categories: Shruti and Smriti. The Shruti is the primary revelation which has no human or divine author but has
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untouchables. In our society‚ caste system plays an influential role from centuries. Causes of Manual Scavenging In areas where there are no proper sanitation
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Backward Classes Commission Reports in Karnataka: A Critical Review of Criteria‚ Recommendations and Judgements Sharada S. Avantika Gode Abstract: This paper maps the trajectory of recommendations made by commissions set up for the improvement of the status of the Backward Classes in Karnataka. Starting with the Leslie Miller Committee Report in 1919‚ the paper analyses the criteria considered to determine backwardness‚ and critically juxtaposes the recommendations in the socio-cultural context
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Teaching Schedule for the Course on: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION Semester: January – April‚ 2014 Instructor: Satyapriya Rout‚ Department of Sociology‚ UoH Month: January Week Class Topic Suggested Readings I (Jan. 6 – 10) 1 An introduction to stratification analysis Daniel W. Rossides‚ Social Stratification (chapter – 1) 2 Meaning and Nature of Stratification Melvin Tumin‚ Social Stratification II (Jan 13 – 17) 3 Stratification Through history Daniel W. Rossides‚ Social Stratification
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Brave New World is a fictional story written by Aldous Huxley. In the story‚ Huxley tries to create the image of a utopian society. In the novel he predicts many possibilities for what the future might hold‚ including overpopulation‚ use of drugs‚ promiscuity‚ and the elimination of religion and family. Utopias are societies that possess highly desirable or perfect qualities. However‚ the society in Brave New World does not possess these desirable or perfect qualities and is therefore a dystopia
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There are three types of rewards that may or may not be equally distributed within a society. These rewards include wealth‚ power and prestige. Furthermore‚ there are three basic types of societies identified by Morton Fried in which the equal or non-equal distribution of these rewards may occur. These societies include that of an egalitarian society‚ a ranked society‚ and a stratified society. Egalitarian societies do not rely on wealth or power. Instead‚ people in this type of society
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Either way‚ in order to have a successful society‚ equality‚ hierarchy‚ or both must be present. Equality and hierarchy play an important role within religion as well. Hinduism is seen as a hierarchical religion because of the caste system. In The Bhagavad Gita‚ the caste system plays a critical role in the decisions Arjuna must make as his role as a Hindu. In Dhammapada‚
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