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Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · Sociology

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1. Social inequality: the social basis

  • Social inequality is about unequal access to valued resources such as money, property, education, health, and power.
  • Social resources can be understood as three forms of capital: economic capital, cultural capital, and social capital.
  • Social stratification is a system in which categories of people are ranked in a hierarchy.
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2. Caste, untouchability, and state action

  • The caste system is a distinct social institution that legitimises and enforces discrimination against people born into particular castes.
  • Caste discrimination is humiliating, exclusionary, and exploitative.
  • Historically, caste linked occupation with birth and ranked people by social status.
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3. Adivasi struggles and identity

  • Adivasis are recognised by the Constitution of India.
  • The term Adivasi means original inhabitants.
  • The term Adivasi was coined in the 1930s as part of the struggle against colonial intrusion and outside settlers.
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4. Gender inequality and women’s reform movements

  • Gender inequality is social, not natural.
  • There are no biological reasons that explain why women hold fewer positions of public power or receive a smaller share of family property.
  • Matrilineal societies such as the Nairs of Kerala and the Khasis of Meghalaya show that gender relations can be organised differently.

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Unequal access to valued resources suchA system in which categoriesPreA fixed and inflexible characterisationActual behaviour towards another group

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