Anglais: lieux et formes de pouvoirs

CccccccccccccSeats and forms of power

Introduction:

So, today I will deal with the notion seats and forms of power, To begin, in politics and social science, power is the ability to influence the behavior of people. In order to live together members of a community accept rules, regulations, laws. This helps to create social cohesion but can also lead to conflicts and tensions. This power is exercised over the world at different scales

India , officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world.

Are all citizens on an equal footing in this modern-day India ?

Firstly, we’re going to see if there are inequalities among citizens. Then we’re going to discuss the inequalities among men and women. Finally, we’re going to see the evolution of Indian society.

Inequalities among citizens

-Caste systems (Dalits)

The caste system in India developed more than 3000years ago when the hindu priests divided the society into four hereditary classes, which still survive today. The Brahman caste is the highest.At the other end of the social ladder, the dalits are not event members of a caste,they are outcastes.No one can change the caste into which they are born or marry someone belonging to an other caste. Discrimination against dalits has largely disappeaed in urban areas but still in rural areas. There are 170 millions dalits in India today. Less than a third are literate , well over 40percent survive on less than 2pounds a day

In addition, the population is growing , with the inequalities that remain have : 43 percent of people live on less than one euro a day ( in 2005). Moreover, the literacy rate is 74 percent while it is 99 in France for example.

II) H/F

-Drowry tradition: The dowry tradition is the largest inequality among men and women. When an Indian girl prepares to marry, their families have to give a dowry or a gift to their future husband’s family as compensation to the groom’s parents for the cost of educating their son. If after the wedding, the girl’s family has not paid the dowry, the woman is subject to torture and sometimes even killed.

-Gendercide et conséquence:

Moreover, it's known that there is a politic of gendercide in India. In fact, fewer girls are born because of sex-selective trend. For instance, there are 940 women for 1000 men.. they missed 50 millions girls in India today. One is the dowry tradition: raising a boy is financially more attractive because you can receive money when the boy gets married. A girl isn't as financially attractive as a boy because their parents have to pay for her wedding. Another reason is boy can look after family business and name when the parents are old. Even though finding out the sex of a baby before birth is illegal, sex-selective abortions are practised. Women are still often disavantaged compared to men and they don't have an important role in society.

Furthermore, only 74% of the population can read

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