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Have you ever wondered how factories, offices, IT companies, and small home-based industries shape people’s lives? In Social Change and Development in India – Class XII Sociology, Chapter “Change and Development in Industrial Society” from NCERT, you explore how industrialisation transformed work, cities, and social relationships. You begin to see how technology and labour are deeply connected.
As you study the images of industrial society, you understand concepts like division of labour, alienation, and urbanisation discussed by thinkers such as Karl Marx and Max Weber. You realise how factory work differs from agricultural life and how industrialisation changes face-to-face relationships into formal workplace interactions. This strengthens your analytical and logical thinking.
When you explore industrialisation in India, you compare organised and unorganised sectors. You analyse how most Indian workers are in informal employment without job security. You also understand how liberalisation and globalisation reshaped industries, increased outsourcing, and changed employment patterns. This builds your critical thinking and civic awareness.
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G12
Sociology
Life Skills
Thinking Skills
Analytical Thinking
Organisational Skill