Category Archives: Class Notes

Migration Theories: Stouffer’s Theory of Mobility

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

S.A. Stouffer, an American sociologist, introduced one such modification in the gravity model. Stouffer formulated his inter­vening opportunity model in 1940, and claimed that there is no necessary relationship between mobility and distance (Stouffer, 1940:846). Instead, the observed decline in … Continue reading →

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Kinship: A System of Social Organization

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Kinship is system of social organization based on  real or putative family ties . The modern study of kinship can be traced back to mid-19th-century interests in comparative legal institutions and philology, the study of the history of language. In the late 19th century, however, the cross-cultural comparison of … Continue reading →

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Indian Society:An Overview

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

India offers astounding variety in virtually every aspect of social life. Diversities of ethnic, linguistic, regional, economic, religious, class, and caste groups crosscut Indian society, which is also permeated with immense urban-rural differences and gender distinctions. Differences between north India … Continue reading →

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Disaster Management: The Concept

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

The United Nations defines a disaster as a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society. Disasters involve widespread human, material, economic or environmental impacts, which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its … Continue reading →

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