Category: Sociology

Essay on the Characteristics of Social Movements – M.S. A. Rao, one of the prominent Indian sociologists, has made a mention of the nature of social movements in the book “Social Movements in India”, edited by him. According to him, social movement includes two characteristics about which there is considerable agreement among the sociologists. They are as follows:1. Collective Action:Social movement undoubtedly involves collective action. However, this collective action, takes the form of a movement only when it is sustained for a long time. This collective action need not be formally organised. It could be an informal attempt also. But it should be able to create an interest and awakening in relatively large number of people. ADVERTISEMENTS: 2. Oriented towards Social Change:A Social movement is generally oriented towards bringing about…

The destruction of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, is called disarmament. In human history, the first use of nuclear weapons in warfare was the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan by the USA.The damages caused by the bombs made the world aware of the terrible effects of a nuclear war. The UN recognised disarmament as a means for maintaining world peace and security. However, the world today has nuclear weapons powerful enough to destroy all life on earth.The making of sophisticated weapons involves enormous expenditures on research, materials, storage, maintenance of equipment, employment of personnel, and so on. Disarmament can greatly reduce such expenditures. The money can then be spent on tackling global problems like overpopulation, hunger, poverty, illiteracy, disease and pollution. 100objectsbradford.files.wordpress.com ADVERTISEMENTS: India has repeatedly…

India holds the second largest number of HIV infections in the world following South Africa. With 3.97 million people living with HIV, India accounts for nearly 10% of the global HIV/AIDS prevalence.Diagnosed in the country for the first time in 1986, HIV infections have been reported by all states and union territories, with an estimated national infection rate of 0.7 per cent in the population between 15 and 49 years of age.Driven predominantly by heterosexual transmission, HIV is moving rapidly from vulnerable and marginalized groups, e.g. injecting drug users (IDU), sex workers and men who have sex with men, into the general population. There is also evidence to suggest that the infection is spreading from urban to rural areas, to a large extent due to the high levels of migration…