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TEXTBOOK OF RURAL SOCIOLOGY

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AUTHORS: HEMLATA SAINI, ASHOK KUMAR SHARMA, NARPAT SINGH AND L.L. SOMANI

PUBLISHING YEAR: 2021

ISBN: 9788194938644

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Present manuscripts is an effort made in the direction of compiling most valuable information from numerous books and journals related with the text and chaptering classified information in the form of a book. The subject matter has been presented with illustrations at every juncture, which could be appreciated by the readers.

This book incorporates information on Extension Education, Agricultural Extension, Sociology and Rural Sociology, Indian Rural Society, Social Groups, Social Stratification, cultural Concepts, Social Values and Attitudes, Social Institutes, Social Organizations, Social Control, Social Change, Leader and Leadership Psychology.

The material presented in this book will be highly useful to the students, research scholars, teachers, planners, administrators, extension workers and all those who are engaged in teaching rural development and doing research on Rural Sociology and Educational Psychology.

CONTENT

S. no. Title Page no.
  PREFACE 3
  ABOUT THE BOOK 4
  ABOUT THE AUTHORS 8
CHAPTER
1. SOCIOLOGY

Meaning, definitions, scope, and its significance in agricultural extension interrelationship between rural

sociology and agricultural extension

 11-17

 

 
2. RURAL SOCIETY

Meaning, definition, characteristics, difference and relationship between rural and urban societies, difference between society and community

 18-23
3. SOCIAL GROUPS

Meaning, definition, characteristics of group and classification of social group

 24-29

 

 
4. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Meaning, forms, and its characteristics, difference between class system and caste system

 30-32
5. CULTURAL CONCEPTS

Meaning, definition, characteristics and importance; cultural concepts and social values

 33-43

 

 
6 SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Meaning, definition, functions and major social institutions

 44-47
7. SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT

Meaning, definition, characteristics, process and factors in social change

 48-54
8. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Meaning, definition, scope and importance of educational psychology in agricultural extension

 55-57
9. BEHAVIOUR

Meaning, definition (cognitive, affective and psychomotor domain) and types

 58-59
10. PERSONALITY

Personality and its types, Perception, Instincts, Emotions and Frustration: meaning and definition

 60-65
11. INTELLIGENCE

Meaning, definition and types of intelligence

Importance of intelligence in extension education

 66-73

 

 
12. MOTIVATION

Meaning, definition, theories and types, Classification of motives, techniques of motivation and role of motivation in agricultural extension

 74-81
13. TEACHING & LEARNING

Meaning, definition, learning process, learning experience and learning situation: its elements and characteristics

 82-88
14. RURAL LEADERSHIP

Meaning, definition and concept, Types of leader in rural context, Methods of identifying leader

 89-95
15 CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

Meaning objective of constitution, democratic republic, socialism, secularism, characteristics of Indian democracy, challenges before Indian democracy etc.

 96-102
16 FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS

Fundamental rights-right to freedom of expression, assembly, association, movement, residence, profession & trade, cultural & education, to move to court, against exploitation,Fundamental duties of citizens etc.

 103-111
17 DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION

Directive principles regarding governmental policies, directive principles regarding citizens rights, panchyat raj system, development through participation etc.

 112-115
18 UNION GOVERNMENT-THE LEGISLATURE

The house of people ( lok sabha), the council of state (rajya sabha), the executive, the judiciary- supreme court of india etc.

 116-122
19 STATE GOVERNMENT

The legislative assembly/ vidhan sabha, the legislative council/ vidhan parishad, the state executive, the state judiciary etc.

 123-126
20 CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR WELFARE OF WEAKER SECTIONS

Constitutional Provisions for Welfare Of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), Constitutional Provisions for Welfare of Minorities, Institutional Efforts for Protection of Rights of Minorities, Constitutional Provisions for Welfare of Women, Constitutional Provisions for Welfare of Children etc.

 127-133
21 ELECTORAL PROCESS

Functions of election commission of india, electoral process in india etc.

 134-138
22 NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (N.H.R.C.)

Structure, power and functions of NHRC etc.

 139-141

 

 
REFERENCES 142

 

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dr. Hemlata Saini did her graduation and post graduation in Agricultural Extension from RAU, Bikaner with gold medal. She also secured a gold medal in Ph.D (Agricultural Extension Education) from MPUAT, Udaipur.  Presently, she is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, BACA under Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat. She earned three awards in teaching. She has published two books and four manuals. She has guided three students besides publishing about ten scientific research papers in national and international journals of repute.

Dr. Ashok Kumar Sharma did his B.Sc. (Ag.) from SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner, Jaipur and M. Sc. (Extension Education) and Ph.D (Extension Education) from Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur (Rajasthan). Presently, he is working as Pr. Scientist (Extension Education) at ICAR-Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan. His research and extension specialization includes adoption diffusion process, agriculture communication, Training process, extension management, development of extension tools for study of behavioural aspects of farmers and extension personnel. He organized more than 100 training programmes for farmers and extension personnel of the country. He identified yield gap and constraints in adoption of scientific technology of rapeseed-mustard in different states.  He is working for popularization of scientific production and protection technology among the farmers of rapeseed-mustard growing states. He has developed “School on AIR programme”, Voice based E-learning programme, Training modules for different stakeholders and other extension tools. He is National Coordinator of FLDs on Rapeseed-Mustard.  Published more than 30 research papers in national and international journals. He has presented 25 papers in National and International conferences.  He has been editor of NAAS rated journals, Indian Journal of Extension Education, Rajasthan Journal of Extension Education, Indian Research Journal of Extension Education and Journal of Oilseed Brassica. Several Government organizations / Societies / NGOs/etc have honoured him.

Dr. Narpat Singh was born in the year of 1978 at Bagar District in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He did B.Sc Ag. (Hons.) & M.Sc Ag. Extension Education from S.K.N. Agriculture College Jobner, Jaipur, Rajasthan. He obtained Ph.D in Extension Education from MPUAT, Udaipur for which he was awarded UGC’s prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship, Young Scientist award and excellence in teaching. He has published five scholarly books in addition to 20-research paper in journals of national and international repute. At Present Dr. Singh is serving as Research Associate at ICAR-Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan.

L.L. Somani is Retired Director Resident instructions, MPUAT, Udaipur. He went To Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia for undertaking Post-doctoral work (1975-77). He has over 400 research and technical articles to his credit. He has authored/edited over 15 dozen of books in various field of agriculture

Additional information

AUTHOR/AUTHORS

ASHOK KUMAR SHARMA, HEMLATA SAINI, L.L. Somani, NARPAT SINGH
PAGES

144
BINDING

Hard Back
PUBLICATION YEAR

2021

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