What is commodification ? Explain with examples. from Class 12

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1.

Define the term assimilation.

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2.

Mention any two changes that caste underwent during the colonial rule.

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3.

What is meant by cultural diversity?

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4.

What is meant by the phrase 'invisible hand'?

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5.

What are some of the issues taken up by civil society organizations today?

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6.

What is 'commodification'? Explain with examples.


Commodification:

  1. Commodification occurs when things that were earlier not traded in the market
    become commodities. For instance, labour or skills become things that can be bought and sold. 
  2. According to Marx and other critics of capitalism, the process of commodification has negative social effects. For example: commodification of labour.
  3. In earlier times, human beings themselves were bought and sold as slaves, but today it is considered immoral to treat people as commodities.
  4. Traditionally, marriages were arranged by families, but now there are professional marriage bureaus and websites that help people to find brides and grooms for a fee.

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7.

Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
                      DOUBTS OVER LADLI EFFECT IN TONY AREAS
New Delhi: In a first, 2008 saw more girls than boys being born in the capital. “ It is a little illogical to assume that Ladli has curbed female foeticide in those classes too,"
 said a senior official commenting on the adverse sex ratio in tony colonies.
“The way we are interpreting the figure is simply that there is an increase in the registration of births of girls.”
In order to qualify for the Ladli scheme, a family’s annual income has to be less than Rs 1 lakh a year, Ironically, the 2001 census clearly showed that the sex ratio is worst in middle class and upper middle class localities, including Punjabi Bagh, Greater Kailash and Malviya Nagar.
Under Ladli scheme, every girl child is entitled to Rs. 6000/5000 at the time of birth, depending on whether the baby was delivered in a government hospital or elsewhere.
Then onwards, the government deposits Rs. 5000 each at the time of admission to classes I, VI, IX, X and XII. The money is kept as a long- term fixed deposit in the name of the child who can encash it when she turns 18.
                                                                      (The Times of India, 15-08-09)
Define sex ratio. What is meant by an 'adverse' or falling sex ratio in this context?

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8.

Read the following passage and answer the questions below:

DOUBTS OVER LADLI EFFECT IN TONY AREAS

New Delhi: In a first, 2008 saw more girls than boys being born in the capital. 'It is a little illogical to assume that Ladli has curbed female foeticide in those classes too', said a senior official commenting on the adverse sex ratio in tony colonies, 'The way we are interpreting the figure is simply that there is an increase in the registration of births of girls.'

In order to qualify for the Ladli scheme, a family's annual income has to be less than Rs 1 lakh a year, Ironically, the 2001 census clearly showed that the sex ratio is worst in the middle class and upper middle-class localities, including Punjabi Bagh, Greater Kailash and Malviya Nagar. Under Ladli scheme, every girl child is entitled to Rs. 6000/5000 at the time of birth, depending on whether the baby was delivered in a government hospital or elsewhere.

Then onwards, the government deposits Rs. 5000 each at the time of admission to classes I, VI, IX, X and XII. The money is kept as a long- term fixed deposit in the name of the child who can encash it when she turns 18. (The Times of India, 15-08-09)

Do you feel that schemes like the Ladli scheme will help to solve the problem of the adverse child sex ratio? Give reason for your answer.

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9.

In what ways can changes in social structure lead to changes in family structure?

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10.

What are some of the problems faced by the mine workers?

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