NTA UGC/NET/SET/JRF Sociology Paper 2 - 2024, 2nd Edition, Includes 2023 Solved Papers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

In this chapter, we will discuss the following important topics.

• Caste - tribe settlements
• Agrarian social structure and emergence of class relations
• Decline of agrarian economy, de-peasantization and migration
• Agrarian unrest and peasant movements
• Changing inter-community relations and violence

INTRODUCTION

When we talk about rural societies different countries define it in their own way, for example, the Bureau of the Census of the United States gave more importance to the size and density of the population in a specific area. They define a rural community on the basis of the size and the density of the population at a ...