Category: Social Issues

  • UNDERSTANDING CASTE SYSTEM: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

    Synopsis: Caste is an important topic of discussion under the umbrella of social segmentation, especially in the context of India where the caste system exists even today. To understand any social concept, which in this case is caste, there are three theoretical frameworks in Sociology. These act as tools which help examine a subject from…

  • THE ISLAMIC VEIL: PATRIARCHAL OPPRESSION, RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, OR EMPOWERMENT?

    ABSTRACT: Contemporary discourses have come to associate the hijab and the veiled woman with gender-oppressive customs in Islam. This meaning was created and perpetuated by the Western hegemonic discourses, which have homogenized, reified, de-contextualized, and ‘otherized’ it. The Muslim veil has also been politicized, making it a heavily contested symbol that needs to be understood…

  • Towards Understanding Disability – Sociology and Models of Impairment

    Understanding and conceptualizing disability and impairment is crucial to the modern pursuit of social justice and therefore, is essential to academic study and sociology in general. The social sciences hold tremendous potential for bringing about true inclusion and total diversity to the world at large; however, this potential has not historically been fully realized, particularly…

  • Globalization and Contemporary Issues – AS and A Level Notes

    This article discusses some of the global contemporary issues, such as poverty, inequality, migration, and crime in relation to globalization. Introduction: Globalization, the interconnectedness and integration of markets, societies, and cultures, has had a profound impact on contemporary issues. As economies become increasingly interconnected, the effects of globalization are felt in various domains, including economics,…

  • A Closer Look at the Changes in India’s Juvenile Justice Act Post the Nirbhaya Case – Is It a Step Forward or Backward?

    The Nirbhaya case of 2012 shook the entire nation and caused outrage at the injustice of the situation. It sparked a nationwide campaign for stricter laws and harsher punishments for those who committed such heinous crimes. As a result, the Juvenile Justice Act of India was amended in 2015, with the aim of providing better…

  • 20 Interesting Facts and Trends About World Population Growth

    ‘People’ are the biggest resource of a country and no country can survive without its people. In a very simplistic understanding, the number of people in a country or a region is termed as population. Population is a very interesting and important area to picturize the landscape of a country regarding its function, growth, stagnation,…

  • Difference between Formal and Informal Sectors in India

    The economy of a country is one of the main elements of development. The economy consists of processes like the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. These processes are operated differently in different sectors of the economy, which can be named the “formal and informal sectors” The functioning and operations of both the…