Vishakha Jha

Peo­ple are trained to be com­pe­tent mem­bers of a soci­ety through the process of Social­iza­tion. It describes the ways that peo­ple come to under­stand soci­etal norms and expec­ta­tions, to accept society’s beliefs, and to be aware of soci­etal val­ues. Social­iza­tion is not the same as social­iz­ing (inter­act­ing with oth­ers, like fam­i­ly and friends); to be pre­cise, it is a […]

What is fed­er­al­ism? Fed­er­al­ism refers to the ver­ti­cal divi­sion of author­i­ty between var­i­ous lev­els of gov­ern­ment. It is a form of gov­er­nance in which pow­er is shared between a cen­tral author­i­ty and the coun­try’s many con­stituent parts. This fea­ture ensures del­e­ga­tion of pow­er and avoids the con­cen­tra­tion of pow­er under a sin­gle author­i­ty. Lev­els in