Gujarat Board Sociology Syllabus for Class 11

Sociology Syllabus

Unit 1: Introducing Indian Society                                                      (Periods 10)
Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community

Unit 2: Demographic Structure And Indian Society                             (Periods 10)
Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions

Unit 3: Social Institutions: Continuity & Change                                 (Periods 14)
Family and Kinship
The Caste System

Unit 4: Market As A Social Institution                                                  (Periods 10)
Market as a Social Institution

Unit 5: Pattern of Social Inquality & Exclusion                                     (Periods 24)
Caste Prejudice, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes

Marginalization of Tribal Communities
The Struggle for Women’s Equality
The Protection of Religious Minorities
Caring for the Differently Abled

Unit 6: The Challenges Of Cultural Diversity                                        (Periods 12)
Problems of Communalism, Regionalism, Casteism & Patriarchy
Role of the State in a Plural and Unequal Society
What We Share

Unit 7: Suggestions For Project Work                                                  (Periods 18)

B. CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Unit 8: Structural Change                                                                   ( Periods 10)
Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization.

Unit 9: Cultural Change                                                                       (Periods 12)
Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization .
Social Reform Movements & Laws

Unit 10 : The Story Of Democracy                                                      (Periods 22)
The Constitution as an instrument of Social Change
Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics
Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of Social Transformation

Unit 11: Change And Development In Rural Society                             (Periods 10)
Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Agrarian Society

Unit 12: Change And Development In Industrial Society                        (Periods 14)

From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
Changes in the Class Structure

Unit 13: Globalisation And Social Change                                               (Periods 12)

Unit 14: Mass Media And Communication Process                                  (Periods 12)

Unit 15: Social Movements                                                                      (Periods 22)
Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants.
Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Castes, Trends in Upper Caste
Responses.
Women’s Movements in Independent India.
Tribal Movements.
Environmental Movements.