Socio Cultural Values and their Effect on Development- A Study of Muslim Women in Bhopal City
- March 2, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Sociology
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue II, February 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Socio Cultural Values and their Effect on Development- A Study of Muslim Women in Bhopal City
Pervaiz Ahmad Parrey
Research Scholar, Department of Sociology & Social Work, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Abstract: Every society has set of values, beliefs, traditions and habits known as their socio cultural values. These values shape how we approach risk, how we view careers our perceptions of money, and our ideas of an ideal life style. Values are those criteria according to which a group or a Society judges the importance of persons, patterns, goals and other Socio cultural objects. The present study is conducted in Bhopal city with the intention to investigate the socio cultural values of Muslim women and their effect on development. The main focus is given on age, religion, education level, family income and the changing gender roles and for this purpose data was collected from 300 respondents by using multi stage systematic random sampling method.
Key words: Development, effects, Socio-cultural values, Muslim women.
I. INTRODUCTION
Development aims at an improvement in the quality of life. This involves progress in the economic sphere, and also addition to the non-economic fields, such as individual freedom and culture (Agrawal and Lal, 1992). People’s basic values and goals are shifting from giving top priority to economic growth and consumption to place increasing emphasis on the quality of life (Inglehart, 1983). There are questions that arise as to what determines social and economic development in a Society; what the existing social and economic conditions of a Society are, and what prevalent notions and beliefs are held by its people. Do the people’s Socio-cultural values in any way determine the process and progress of development in a country? Do the beliefs held by people enhance, or pose a hindrance, to its growth and development?
