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Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society — Syllabus

CBSE · Class 11 · Sociology

What Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society covers in CBSE Class 11 Sociology: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session.

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4 Topics · CBSE Class 11 Sociology · 2026-27

Topics in Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society

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1. Social Change: Meaning and Types

  • Social change refers to significant changes that alter the underlying structure of a society over time.
  • Not every change is social change. Small or private changes do not count unless they affect a large section of society and have a major impact.
  • Social change can be classified by pace, by nature of impact, and by causes or sources.
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2. Sources and Causes of Social Change

  • Five broad sources of social change are environmental, technological, economic, political, and cultural.
  • Environmental change can reshape societies through natural disasters and ecological conditions.
  • The 2004 tsunami hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, and parts of Tamil Nadu.
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3. Social Order, Power, Authority, Law, Crime, and Violence

  • Social order is the tendency of social systems to resist and regulate change.
  • Social order and social change are connected, because stability gives a background against which change can be seen.
  • Social order means continuity, predictability, and reproduction of social relations over time.
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4. Rural Society: Change and Order in Villages

  • Villages are usually distinguished from towns and cities by population density and the proportion of agriculture-related activity.
  • Size alone does not always separate villages from towns.
  • Rural society has more personalised relations because villages are small and people know each other more closely.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Social change and social order as linked forces shaping rural and urban society

Social changeSocial orderForms of social changeSources of social changeRural societyUrban societyPower, authority and lawContestations and crime

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Key topics in Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society include Social Change: Meaning and Types, Sources and Causes of Social Change, Social Order, Power, Authority, Law, Crime, and Violence, Rural Society: Change and Order in Villages. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 11 exams.
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