Change and Development in Industrial Society — Sociology STD 12 Humanities — Question

Define ‘Panchayati Raj’. What are the powers and responsibilities of Panchayats?

Describe the Women's Movement.

Discuss the beginnings of modern mass media.

Discuss Constitutional Norms and Social Justice.

Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
Peddolla Napidi Bhumana hanged himself at home in Donchanda village of Morthad Mandal late on Friday night. It’s learnt that the 55-year old farmer, faced with crop failure, was driven to desperation because he was unable to clear his mounting debts. Most suicides in Andhra Pradesh have been reported from the arid regions of Telangana and Rayalaseema where farmers are heavily dependent on rain.
As in Vidarbha last year, most of the suicides have been farmers who had borrowed heavily from private moneylenders at exorbitant interest rates. The loans were taken to dig borewells to tap ground water for cotton and other vegetable crops in the absence of rain. The situation has been exacerbated by the falling water table in these districts.
(Taken from a report in The Times of India of 16/08/09)

1. Which are the regions where most farmers’ suicides have taken place? Why have these regions been affected?
2. What are some of the changes in rural society and the agrarian economy that are responsible for farmers’ suicides?

What is glocalisation? Is it simply a market strategy adopted by multinational companies or is genuine cultural synthesis taking place? Discuss.

What political changes have been noticed with globalisation?

Highlight the social consequences of Green Revolution.

Explain the changes that have been occurring in the newspaper industry.

Discuss the different aspects of the phenomenal expansion/ growth of mass communication which are of interest to Sociologists/ Sociology students.