LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
In this chapter, we will discuss the following important topics.
- Urbanism, urbanity and urbanization
- Towns, cities and megacities
- Industry, service and business
- Neighbourhood, slums and ethnic enclaves
- Middle class
- Underclass
- Gated communities
- Urban movements and violence
INTRODUCTION
The term 'Urban society' refers to a set of specialized, non-agricultural activities that are characteristic of, but not exclusive to, city dwellers. Urban as a word has two meanings, one the demographic meaning which focus on the size and density of the population and the nature of work of most adult males are engaged in and second the Sociological ...
Get NTA UGC/NET/SET/JRF Sociology Paper 2 - 2024, 2nd Edition, Includes 2023 Solved Papers now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
