Dr. Syed Mehdi Abbas Zaidi Associate Professor Department of Sociology Shia PG College, Lucknow Email id: mehdi.abbas92gmail.com Contact Number- 9839287412 Ms. Bushra Fatima Approaches to Study Rural Society In India What is Study
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Dr. Syed Mehdi Abbas Zaidi
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Shia PG College, Lucknow
Email id: mehdi.abbas92@gmail.com
Contact Number- 9839287412
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Ms. Bushra Fatima Approaches to Study Rural Society In India<br>
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What is Study Approach? Study approach is an internal part of interpretation morphological alteration in estuaries .
It introduces issues of temporal and spatial scales within an estuarine system. This comprises of looking at the significance of apprehension process and geomorphology of an estuary with in a wide variety of spatial scales and timescales.
Layout the program of work for studying estuaries.<br>
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Classification of Study Approach Generally, the study approach can be divided into categories:
Scientific Approach
Follows scientific method (based on observation, experiment, and classification).
Non-Scientific Approach
Doesn’t any systematic methodology (based on believes, tradition, and imagination, etc.)
Sociology follows the scientific method of study.
Sociological approaches can be divided into two types:
Theoretical Approach
Follows a theory for study (example; Marxian approach, structural-functional approach, etc.)
Methodological Approach
Follows a method for study (example; case study, participant observation, etc.)<br>
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Approaches to Study Rural Society in India Approaches to study rural society in India follows six approaches:
Historical Approach
Structural-functional Approach
Comparative Approach
Interdisciplinary Approach
Cross-cultural Approach
Conflict Approach<br>
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Explanation of Six Approaches 1. Historical Approach
It studies factors and reason, which have contributed to the development of rural society and are the reason for the change in the society. Baden Powell’s Rural Community in India, Henrimen’s Rural Society of East-West are the books based on this approach.
2. Structural-Functional Approach
Studies the function of of the units of Rural Social Structure, which unites the society. M.N. Srinivas’s Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India, S.C. Dubey’s India’s Changing Religion, Yogendra Singh’s Changing Patterns of Socio-economic relation in Rural Society are the books based on this approach.<br>
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Continuum 3. Comparative Approach
It compares two or more villages, there structures or any institution etc. and try to find out the similarities or dissimilarities. Oscar Lewis’s Peasant Culture in India and Mexico- A Comparative Analysis is a book based on this approach.
4. Interdisciplinary Approach
It jointly studies the vivid aspects of rural society like political, sociological, economic, psychological aspects of rural society. Education for Rural Development: Towards New Policy Responses-A joint study conducted by FAO and UNESCO.<br>
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Continuum 5. Cross-cultural Approach
It studies the comparative cultural aspects of different rural society. It only compares the cultural aspects. Shoemaker’s Communication of Innovation- A Cross-cultural Approach is the book based on this approach.
6. Conflict Approach
It studies the dialect or conflict in the society either class struggle or caste struggle, linguistic and regional struggle (Peasant Movement), etc. A.R. Desai’s Peasant Struggle in India, Agrarian Struggles in India After Independence, D. N. Dhanagare’s Peasant Movements in India Are the books based on this approach.<br>
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References Pandey, R. P, Sociological Theory: Approach and Prospective
Singh, V. N. and Singh, J, Rural Sociology<br>
