Social Change in Modern India
Contents: Preface. 1. Conceptual framework of social change. 2. Theories of social change. 3. Movements for social change. 4. Evolution of socialism. 5. Socialism and religion. 6. Role of NGOs in social change. 7. Modernisation in India. 8. Indian democracy and social change. 9. Challenges for modern Indian family system. Bibliography. Index.
The book entitled Social Change in Modern India is a comprehensive and critical analysis of the process of social transformation in India. The very first chapter deals with the various issues associated with the concept of social change. The study of different theories of social change has been made in the second chapter. Social movements play a decisive role in the process of social change. The study of the different social movements like the non-violent approach adopted by Mahatma Gandhi in the form of Satyagraha in India and the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King in the United States of America has been made in the third chapter.
Socialism had played an important role in social change. A particular focus has been made on the evolution of socialism in the fourth chapter. The study of the relationship between socialism and religion is the part of the fifth chapter. In the wake of globalisation, there has been a phenomenal rise in the number of non-governmental organisations. It has emerged as a major instrument of social change. The study of the role of non-governmental organisation has been the integral part of the sixth chapter.
The study of modernisation in India has been done from various perspectives like the socio-economic, cultural and the economic ones. The seventh chapter makes a thorough investigation of the process of modernisation in India. Democracy has been an important political method for bringing out social change in India. The study of the role of democracy in the context of social change forms the part of the eighth chapter.
In the process of modernisation, modern Indian family system has encountered enormous challenges. The various challenges faced by the modern Indian family system has been examined in the final chapter. (jacket)
