New IGNOU ESO-02/12 Help Book Society in India in English – BA Sociology Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Social Structure-Rural and Urban
Unity and Diversity
Rural Social Structure
Village and the Outside World
Patterns of Urbanisation
Urban Social Structure

Block 2 – Family Marriage and Kinship
Family and its Types
Marriage and its Changing Patterns
Kinship-I
Kinship-II

Block 3 – Economy and Polity
Rural Economy
Urban Economy
Rural and Urban Poverty
National Politics
Regional and State Polities

Block 4 – Social Organisation
Hindu Social Organisation
Muslim Social Organisation
Christian Social Organisation
Sikh Social Organization
Zoroastrian Social Organisation

Block 5 – Caste and Class
Caste Structure and Regional Patterns
Caste-Continuity and Change
The Scheduled Castes
Class in India
Backward Classes

Block 6 – Tribes in India
Tribes: Social Structure–I
Tribes Social Structure-II
Religion in Tribal Societies
Tribes and Modernisation in India

Block 7 – Women and Society
Status of Women in India
Women’s movements in India
Women and Work
Women and Education
Contemporary Women’s Issues: Health and Legal Aspects

Block 8 – Social Change
Ethnic Relations and Conflicts
Social Movements
Development Planning and Change
Ecology and the Future of Society