Read the following passage and answer the following questions:
The scope of sociological study is extremely wide. It can focus its analysis of interactions between individuals such as that of a shopkeeper with a customer, between teachers and students, between two friends or family members. It can likewise focus on national issues such as unemployment or caste conflict or the effect of state policies on forest rights of the tribal population or rural indebtedness. Or examine global social processes such as: the impact of new flexible labour regulations on the working class; or that of the electronic media on the young; or the entry of foreign universities on the education system of the country. What defines the discipline of sociology is therefore not just what it studies (i.e. family or trade unions or villages) but how it studies a chosen field.
Sociological study of globalisation will involve _________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Study of the relationship between public policies and individual/group life
Option (2) Study of the relationship between public policies and individual/group life — Correct. The changes globalisation brings are personal, because they affect individuals’ lives and lifestyles, and they are also linked to public policies adopted by the government and its agreement with the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The sociological imagination makes this connection between the micro and the macro, between the personal and the public.
NCERT (2025-26): “…These changes are personal because they affect individuals’ lives and lifestyles. They are obviously also linked to public policies adopted by the government and its agreement with the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Likewise macro policy changes have meant that instead of one television channel we have literally scores today. The dramatic changes in the media are perhaps the most visible effect of globalisation. We will be discussing this in greater detail in the next chapter. These are just few random examples but they may help you to appreciate the close interconnection that exists between your personal lives and the apparently remote policies of globalisation. As mentioned earlier, the sociological imagination enables to make this connection between the micro and the macro, between the personal and public.…” |