The following points highlight the four main concepts of status interaction between individuals. The concepts are: 1. Role-Set 2. Role Conflict 3. Reinforcement of Roles 4. Role Changing. Status Interaction: Concept # 1. Role-Set: It is an important aspect of organized social life that social positions (statuses) are related. Thus, a college professor interacts with his colleagues, with the members [...]
In this article we will discuss about the nature of urbanization in India. India is not an exception to the world-wide trend of mass exodus of people from rural areas and their settlement in urban centres. In India the rural-urban migration began during the thirties of the twentieth century. The pace of such migration increased manifold during the post-independence period. [...]
Most of the world has been rural most of the time. Even today the percentage of the world's population that live in cities is indeed very small. What are the characteristics of urban communities? In almost all the countries of the world, urban communities are distinguished from rural ones on the basis of population. Thus, communities containing population of 2000, [...]