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First Semester

Paper Code Title of the Paper Credit

SOC-511 Traditional Sociological Thinkers 3+0

SOC-512 Indian Society 3+0

SOC-513 State and Society in India 3+0

SOC-514 Sociology of Family Life and Kinship 3+0

Second Semester

SOC-521 Advanced Sociological Theories 3+0

SOC-522 Research Methodology 3+0

SOC-523 Sociology in India 3+0

SOC-524 Social Stratification 3+0

Third Semester

SOC-531 Economy and Society 3+0

SOC-532 Sociology of Tribes 3+0

SOC-533 Globalization and Society 3+0

SOC-534 Social Movement in India 3+0

Fourth Semester

SOC-541 Rural Society in India 3+0

SOC-542 Industrial Sociology 3+0

SOC-543 (A) Criminology

(B) Social Anthropology

(C) Rural and Urban Sociology

(D) Sociology of Mass Communication

3+0

SOC-544 Dissertation* 3+0

*Dissertation will be Mandatory.

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M.A. Sociology First Semester

SOC-511 - TRADITIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS 3+0

Unit I- Nature and Historical Development of Social Thoughts : Definitions, Nature and

Characteristics of Social Thoughts. Historical Development. Emergence of Sociology, French

Revolutions, Industrial Revolutions.

Unit II - August Comte, Emile Durkheim, Herbert Spencer.

Unit III - Karl Marx, Max Weber, Redcliff Brown, Tolcott Parsons.

Unit IV- Pitrim Sorokin, Malinowski, Vilfred Pareto .

Unit V - C.H. Cooley, J.H. Mead, R.K. Mukharjee.

Essential Readings: Suggested as Per Subject Teacher.


SOC-512 INDIAN SOCIETY 3+0

Unit - I Approaches to the study Indian Society: Structural and Cultural (Dialectical and

Indological, Sanskritization; Westernization;).

Unit II- Caste System: History and Dynamics, Caste, Class and Power.

Unit - III Family: Nuclear and Joint. Kinship: Patterns and Regional variations (Irawati

Karve).

Unit - IV Marriage: Age at Marriage, Marriage as a Sacrament and as a Contract. Dowry,

Divorce, Intercaste Marriage, Marriage and Legislation.

Unit - V Status of Women in India; Patriarchy, Gender equality and Women’s Movements

and dynamics. Movement and quest for equality. Essential Readings:

* Mandelbum, D.G. Society in India.

*Singh, Yogendra. Modernization of Indian Tradition: A Systematic Study of Social Change.

* Srinivas, M.N. Caste in Modern India and other Essays.

* Srinivas, M.N. Social Change in Modern India.

* Dumont, Louis. Homo Hierarchicus.

*Beteille, Andre. Sociology: Essays on Approach and Method.

* Gupta, Dipankar, Interrogeting Caste

* Sharma,K.L. : Indian Society (in Hindi & English)

*Cohen, B.S. Indian Society.

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SOC-513-STATE AND SOCIETY IN INDIA 3+0

Unit - I. Interlinks of State and Society.

Unit – II Some Basic Concepts: State, Nation, Government, Democracy, Power, and

Authority.

Unit – III Approaches: State as determinants of Society, Society and Economy as

determinants of State, Marx, Weber, Pareto, Mosca, Dahl, Mills.

Unit – IV State and Society in India: Political Parties, Elections, Government formations.

Unit – V Political Processes and Change: Emergence of Pressure groups, Factors, Coalitions,

Social justice and Egalitarianism.

Essential Readings:

* Eisenstadt, S.N. (ed.). Political Sociology: A Reader.

* Bottomore, T. B. Elites & Society.

* Easton, D. ‘An Approach to the Analysis of Political Systems’, World Politics, 9(3): 383-400.

* Gluckman, M. Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society.

* Baviskar, B. S. The Politics of Development:

* Collins, R. ‘A Comparative Approach to Political Sociology’ in R. Bendex (ed.): State and Society (42-67).

* Miliband, R. The State in Capitalist Society..

* Rudolph, L.I. and S.H. Rudolph. In Pursuit of Lakshmi, The Political Economy ofThe Indian State.

* Mills, C. W. The Power Elite. New York:

* Marshall, T. H. Class, Citizenship and Social Development.

*Dahrendrof, R. Essays in the Theory of Society.

* Pareto, V. The Mind and Society.

*Sharma, Rajender. State and Society. Rawat.

*Kothari, Rajani. Caste & Politics in India.


SOC-514 SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY LIFE AND KINSHIP 3+0

Unit – I Basic Concepts : Incest, Clan, Lineage, Kindered. Kinship and Descent: Unilineal,

Double and Cognatic Descent.

Unit – II Kinship Organization in India.

Unit – III Marriage : Endogamy, Exogamy, Monogamy, Polygamy, Levirate and Sororate,

Hypergamy and Hypo gamy.

Unit – IV Dowry and Bride Price. Changing Patterns of Marriage among Hindus, Muslims

and Christians.

Unit – V Changing Patterns of Family life in India. Inhabitation and Property, Migration

and Mobility, Structure and Composition.

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Essential Readings:

* Dube, Leela : Women and Kinship : Comparative Perspectives on Gender in South and South East Asia.

* Fox, Robin, : Kinship and Marriage : An Anthropologocal Perspective. Harmondsworth Penguine.

* International Encyclopedia of Social Science, 1968.

* Karve, Iravati : Kinship Organization in India.

* Kapadia, K.M. : Marriage and Family in India in India (in Hindi).

* Murduck: Social Structure.

* Beteiee, John: Others Culture.

*Mair, Lucy:An Introduction to Social Anthropology.

* Shah, A.M. : The Family in India. Critical Essays.

* Uberoi, Patricia,: Family, Kinship and Marriage in India.

M.A. Sociology Second Semester

SOC-521 ADVANCED SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES 3+0

Unit I - Structural- Nadel, Redcliff Brown, Levi Strauss. Functional- Malinowaski, Emile

Durkhime, Parsons, Merton.

Unit II - Interactionist- Social action; Max Weber, Pareto, Symbolic Interacionism- GH

Mead, Herbert Blumer Conflict Theories- Karl Marx, Ralf Darendarf , Coser , Collins .

Unit III - Phenomenology & Ethnomethodology- Alfred Shutz , Peter Berger, and

Luckmenn, Garfinkel & Goffmen.

Unit IV - Neo Functoinalism & Neo Marxism – J. Alexender, Habermass, Althuser.

Structuration and Post Modernism; Gidden , Derridda, Foucault.

Unit V – Indological, Textual Perspective ; G. S. Ghuriye, Louies Dumont; Structural

Functional Perspective : M.N. Shrinivas, S. C. Dubey, Marxian Prespective: D.P. Mukherjee,

A.R. Desai, Civilization Perspective : N.K. Bose, Surjit Sinha, Subaltern Perspective : B.R.

Ambedkar, Devid Hardiman.

Essential Readings: Suggested as Per Subject Teacher.


SOC-522 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3+0

Unit-I Definition, concept, types, importance, formulation of research problem, research

process, research design, data collection tools, primary and secondary data.

Unit- II Types of Research and Sampling Techniques, measurements of scales in Social

Sciences.

Unit – III Sampling Vs Census, types of samples, probability and Non probability methods,

importance of sampling in social sciences, sample size, sampling error.

Unit- IV Hypothesis, testing of hypothesis, process, types of hypothesis, sampling

distribution, standard errors, test of significance for small and large samples- parametric and

non parametric tests.

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Unit-V Application of statistical techniques in research, measures of central tendency,

dispersion, simple correlation, simple regression, normal distribution. Diagrammatic and

Graphical presentation, Report writing, research proposal, and ethics in research and

presentation techniques.

Essential Readings:

* Goode, William J and P. K .Hatt. Methods in Social Research.

* Young, P.V. Scientific Social Surveys and Research.

*Wilkinson, T.S and P.L Bhandarkar. Methods and Techniques of Social Research.

* Sjobers & Nett, Research Methodology.

*Kothari. R, Research Methodology.

* Ahuja, Ram. Research Methodology.

*Bajpai, S.R. Methods of Social Research.


SOC-523 SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA 3+0

Unit - I: History and Dynamics of the Development of Sociology and Social Anthropology

of India.

Unit - II: Indian Society: Groups and Communities, Unity in Diversity, Tribes, Castes, Class,

Gender, Ethnicity, Religious groups.

Unit - III: Polity and Society: Panchayati Raj Institutions, Elections, Political parties, State

and Civil Society.

Unit - IV: Economy and Society: Agriculture, Industry (Formal and Informal sectors), White

Collar Occupations and Profession, Rural- urban interaction.

Unit - V: Basic Problems: Poverty, Unemployment, Illiteracy, Malnutrition, Pollution,

Environmental degradation.

Essential Readings:

* Mukherjee, Ram Krishna,The Dynamics of Rural Society.

*Mukherjee, D.P.Diversities.

* Damle, Y.B., "Reference Group Theory with regard to Mobility in Caste" in James

* Silverberg (ed.) Social Mobility in the Caste System in India,

* Desai, A.R. (ed.) : Rural Sociology in India, Bombay, Asia Publishing House

* Oommen, T. K., Social Transformation in Rural India.

*Singh, Yogendra, Modernization of Indian Tradition.

* Singh, K. S., People of India: An Introduction (Vol.-I).

* Palanithurai, G. Dynamics of New Panchayati Raj System in India.

* Beteille, A. Backward Classes and the New Social Order.

* Gupta, Dipanker. Mistaken Modernity.

* Guha, R. Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India.

* Das, Gusdasan. Indian Unbounded.

* Ramchand Guha. India after Gandhi.

*Beteille, A. Politics and Society.

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SOC-524 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION 3+0

Unit - I Basic Concepts: Hierarchy, Difference, Varna, Caste, Class, Power, and Ethnicity.

Unit - II Approaches to Social Stratification: Marxian, Weberian, and Functional.

Unit - III Caste System and Its Dynamics.

Unit - IV Caste, Class and Power: Caste and Class, Caste and Power, Caste and

Discriminations.

Unit - V Social Mobility Vertical and Horizontal, Education, Migration, Occupation and

Reservations as a factor of Mobility in Caste System, Close and Open System. Natural

Differences and Social Stratification: Race and Stratification, Gender and Stratification.

Essential Readings:

* Beteille, A: Inequality among Men.

* Beteille, A: Caste, Class and Power.

* Dumont, Louis: Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications.

*Franklin, J.H (ed): Color and Race.

* Goldthrope, J.H: Social Mobility and Caste Structure in Modern Britain.

* Gupta, Dipankar (ed): Social Stratification, Oxford University Press.

* Madan, T.N: ‘On the Nature of Caste in India: A Review Symposium on Homo Hierarchicus: Introduction’,

Contributions to Indian Sociology, vol. 5, 1-13.

* Marriot, Mckim: ‘Caste Systems’ in Encyclopaedia Britanica, vol. 3, 982 – 91.

*Marx, Karl and Frederick Engels: Selected Work (3 vols.), vol. 1.

* Sharma, K. L. Social Stratification in India: Issues & Themes.

* Sharma, K. L. Social Stratification in Hindi.

* Singh, Yogendra, Social Stratification & Social Change.

* Gupta, D. (ed) on Caste, Sage.

* Das, Vina. Social Stratification.

*James, Silverbert. Caste & Race.

M.A. Sociology Third Semester

SOC-531 ECONOMY AND SOCIETY 3+0

Unit - I Interlinking Economy in Society.

Unit – II Basic concepts: Production, Distribution, Consumption, Consumption, Market

.

Unit – III Approaches: Marxian, Weberian, Anthropological.

Unit – IV Globalisation and Consumption Patterns: Global Market, Consumer Classes,

Economic domination, Lifestyle.

Unit – V State and Economic: Liberalization and Privatization, Global Competition, Welfare

Policies.

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Essential Readings :

* Corrigan Peter. The Sociology of Consumption An Introduction.

* Amartya Sen. Development as freedom.

* Farkers George and Oaula England (eds.) Industries, Firms, and Jobs: Sociological and Economic

Approaches.

* Goheen, John.India's Cultural Values and Economic Development: A Discussion, Economic Development and

Cultural Change, Vol. 7, No. 1.

* Granovetter, Mark and Swedberg, Richard. (eds.) The Sociology of Economic Life.

* Smelser Neil. J. (ed.) Readings in Economic Sociology..

*Smelser, Neil J. and Swedberg, Richard (eds.) Handbook of Economic Sociology.

* Trigilia, Carlo, Economic Sociology: State, Market, and Society in Modern Capitalism.

* Dreze, Jean and Sen Amartya (eds.) Indian Development Selected Regional Perspectives?

* Rao Vijayendra and Michael Walton (eds.) Culture and Public Action.


SOC-532 SOCIOLOGY OF TRIBES 3+0

Unit – I Defining Tribes: Concepts and Approaches. Marriage: Rules of Marriage, Mate

Selection, Exchange, Divorce. Kinship System: Clan, Lineage, Consanguinity and affinity.

Unit – II Family: Organizations and Functions, Patriarchy, Male-Female relations, Division

of Labour.

Unit – III Tribal Economy: Agriculture, Labour Forest, Market, Poverty, Indebtedness.

Unit – IV Religion: Rites de Passage, Festivals, Fares, and Magic.

Unit – V Social Change: Education, Reservations, Movements, Migration and Mobility .

Essential Readings:

*Dube, S.C. ,India’s Changing Villages.

* Haimendorf, Christoph von, Tribes of India;

*Hasnain, N., Tribes in India.

* Raza, Moonis and A. Ahmad, An Atlas of Tribal India .

* Sharma, Suresh, Tribal Identity and Modern World .

* Singh, K.S. , Tribal Situation in India (Indian Institute of Advanced Study)

* Singh, K.S, Tribal Society .

* Singh, K.S. , Economies of the Tribes and Their Transformation.

* Singh, K.S, Tribal Movements in India, Vol.I and II .

*Singh, K.S,The Scheduled Tribes .

* Doshi S.L. : Tribal society in India.

* Bose, N.K. : Culture and Society in India.

* Bose, N.K. : Tribes In India.

* Sachidanand. Harijan Elites.

* Naik, T.B. The Bhils.

* BeteilIe, A. ‘The Concept of Tribe with Special Reference to India’

* Cohn, B.S. An Anthropologist among Historians.

* Vidyarthy, L.P. The Tribal Culture of India.

* Sharma, K.L. Social Stratification and Mobility.

* Sachidanand. Harijan Elites.

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SOC-533 GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIETY 3+0

Unit - I Concept of Globalization

Unit - II Role of MNC’s, NGO’s, IMF, WB, Market, State, and Media, Globalization.

Unit - III Globalization and Culture: The ethos of Globalization; Cultural homogenization,

Hegemony and dominance.

Unit - IV Social Consequences of globalization: Inequality, Subordination, Apparition of

Resources and Dominance.

Unit - V Globalization in India: Privatization, Rich-poor Decide, New Middles and Lifestyle.

Essential Readings:

* Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity at large: Cultural dimensions of globalization.

* Baldev Raj Nayar (Ed). Globalization and Politics in India.

* Dreze Jean and Amartya Sen. Indian economic development and social opportunity.

* Frank Lechner, John Boli. The Globalization Reader.

* George, V. and Wilding, P. Globalization and Human Welfare.

* Hoogvelt, Ankie. Globalization and the post-colonial world – The new political economy of development.

* Kiely, Ray and Phil Marfleet (Eds.). Globalization and the third world.

* McGrew, Anthony. Poku, Nana K. (Eds). Globalization, Development and Human

* Merlin A. Taber & Sushma Batra. Social Strains Of Globalization In India.

* Preston, P.W. Development theory – An introduction.

* Proshanta K. Nandi, Shahid M. Shahidullah. Globalization and Evolving World Society.

* Rajib Lochan Panigrahy and L.R. Patro (ed.). Globalization and Sustainable Agriculture in India.

* Samir Dasgupta. The Changing Face of Globalization.

* EPW- One Whole Vol.

*Singh, Y. Modernization of Indian Tradition.


SOC-534 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA 3+0

Unit- I Social movements: Meaning and Typology.

Unit –II Approaches to Social movements: Revolutionary, Radical, Liberal.

Unit – III Dynamics of Social movements in India: Pre – Colonial, Colonial, Post-

Independence.

Unit – IV Movements in India: Democratic movements, Peasant Movements, Religious

Movements, Reform Movements.

Unit – V State Formation and Movements in India: Punjab, Gujarat, Jharkhand,

Chhatishgarh, Utrrakhand, and North-East, and Civil Society Movements.

Essential Readings:

* Banks, J.A. The Sociology of Social Movements. London, Macmillan.

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* David S. Meyer, Nancy Whittilev, Belinda Robnett. Social Movements.

* Foweraker Joe. Theorizing Social Movements.

* Oomen, T.K. Protest and Change: Studies in Social Movements.

*Rao, M.S.A. Social Movements and Social Transformations.

* Touraine, A. The voice and the eye: an analysis of social movements.

* Wilson J. Introduction to Social Movements.

* Rao, M.S.A. Social Movements in India.

* Katzenstein Ray. Social Movements in India.

* Desai, A.R. Ed. Peasant Struggles in India. Bombay.2 vol.

* Dhanagare, D.N. Peasant Movements in Indian 1920-1950.

*Singh, K.S. Tribal Movements in India.

* Selliot, Eleanor. From Untouchable to dalit : Essays on the Ambedkar Movement.

* Gore, M.S. The Social Context of an Ideology : Ambedkar’s Political and Social Thoughts.

* Shah, Nandita, The Issues at Stake : Theory and Practice in the Contemporary women’s Movements in India.

* Shiva, Vandana, Ecology and the Politics of Survival.

* Gore M-.S. Non Brahmin Movement of Maharastra.

* Michel S. M., (Ed). Dalits in India.

* Oommen T.K.: Nation. Civil Society and Social Movements.

*Omvedt, Gail , Dalit and Democratic Revolution.

* Omvedt, Gail , Dalit visions : The anti-caste movement and the construction of an Indian Identity.

* Shah Ghanshyam. Social Movements in India. A Review of Literature.

* Singh K.S. Tribal movements in India, ( ed. ) Vol. I & II.

* Singh Rajendra, Social Movements, Old and New.

M.A. Sociology Fourth Semester

SOC-541,RURAL SOCIETY IN INDIA 3+0

Unit - I Nature andScope of Rural Sociology, Rural-Urban Differencess and Interaction.

Unit - II Peasanthy and Agrarian Class Structure,Agrarian Relations and Mode of

Production.

Unit - III Caste, Class and Power in Rural India: Continuty and Change.

Unit - IV Peasant Movements: Change and Development, Role of State in Rural

Transformation.

Unit - V Non- form Economic Activities and New Middle Classes in Rural India

. Essential Readings: * Andre Beteille : Agrarian Relation in India.

* Andre Beteille : Caste, Class and Power.

* A.R. Desai : Rural Sociology in India.

* Badan Powell : The Indian Village Community.

*McKim Marriott : Village India.

* Rama Krishnan Mukherjee : The Dynamics ofRural Society.

* Redfield, R. : Little Community & Peasant Society.

* A.R. Desai : Gram Samajshastra (In Hindi).

* Mandelbum. Socio-Cultural Corelation of Population.

* Srinivas: Indian Village.

* Sharma & Gupta: Country- Town Nexus.

* T.N.Madan: Indian Village.

* Gupta, Dipanker: Kisan Union.

* Chouhan,B.R.: Rural Society in India.

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* Danial, Thornes: Agrarian Perspective, Land & Labour in India on Agrarian Perspective.

* Sharma, Surender:Sociology in India.

* Shah, A. M. Household Dimension of the Family in India: A Field Study In Gujarat

Village and Review of other Studies.


SOC-542 INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY 3+0

UNIT-I : Introduction to Industrial Sociology-Concept of Work-The Craft System-Scientific

Management of F.W.Taylor-Human Relations Approach of EltonMayo-Industry and Society-

Human Relations in Industry.

UNIT-II : Industrial organization-Structure and Functions of Formal organizations-Human

Resource Planning-Managerial functions-Recruitment-Selection-Employee Training and

Development-Promotions and Demotions-WageAnd Salary-Reward System-Incentives.

UNIT-III: Industrial Relations-Content and objectives of Industrial Relations from Industrial

Relations to Human Resource Management-New Management Strategies-TRM,Quality

Circles, JIT-Functional requirements of a Successful Industrial Relations.

UNIT-IV: Industrial Disputes-Causes and types of Industrial Disputes-Conflict Resolution-

Negotiation, Conciliation, Arbitration, Adjudication Collective Bargaining-Issues and trends

in Collective bargaining-Worker’s participation in Management.

UNIT-V: Trade Union Movement-Changing Management-Trade Union Relations. Emerging

trends in Trade Union-Management Relations in the context of Globalization-Globalization

and Labour. Industrial policy and Labour Legislations-Changing role of the state in Industrial

Relations and Industrial policies.

Essential Readings:

*Agarwal, R.D. Dynamics of Industrial Relations

*Agarwal, R.D. Dynamics of Personnel Management in India

*Basu, K.S. Dimension in Personnel Management

*Berliner. W. and Management Practice and Training

*M. C. Larney Bolar, Malti Performance Appraisal

*Borman, Earnest, G; Interpersonal Communication in Modern

*Howell William, S; Organisation

*Davar, R. S. Personnel Management and Industrial Relations in India

*Davis, Keith Human Behaviour at Work: Dynamics of Organisation Behaviour

*Davis, R. C. Industrial Organisation and Management

*C. B. Mamoria Personnel Management (Management of Human Resources)

*Ganguli, H. C. Industrial Productivity and Motivation

*Gillerman, Saul, W. Motivation and Productivity

*Gisbert, Pascal, J. S. Fundamentals of Industrial Sociology

*Goyal, R. C. Problems in Personnel and Industrial Relations in India

*C. B. Mamoria Industrial Labour and Industrial Relations in India

*C. B. Mamoria Dynamics of Industrial Relations in India

*Sinha, G. P. and Industrial Relations and Labour Legislations In India

*Stainer, G. Manpower Plannin

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SOC-543 (A) CRIMINOLOGY 3+0

UNIT-I Conceptual Approaches to Crime: Legal, Behavioral and Sociological. Types of

Crime - Economic, Violent, White-Collar. Perspectives on Crime Causation: Classical,

Positivist, Psychological, Sociological, Marxian, Geographical. Concept and Types of

Deviance.

UNIT-II Changing Profile of Crime and Criminals : Organized Crimes, Crimes Against

Women and Children, Cyber Crimes, Corruption.

UNIT – III Theories of Punishment: Retributive, Deterrent, Preventive and Reformative.

Collective Crime : Gang, Terrorism, Communal Roits.

UNIT-IV Prison : Concept, Aims, History of Prison in India, Prison Reforms, Self Image

Model of Socialization within Prison Walls. Open Prison : Concept, Characteristics,

Importance, Psychological Basis of Open Prison, Open Prison in India.

UNIT-V Correction and its forms : Probation and Parole. Role of Police in Crime Prevention.

Problems of Correctional Programmes.

Essential Readings: *Ahuja, Ram. Aparadhshastra (In Hindi).

*Bedi, Kiran, 1998. It is Always Possible, New Delhi Sterling Publications Pvt. Ltd.Gill,

* S. S. 1998 The pathology of corruption, New Delhi Harper Collins publishers (India).

*Goel, Rakesh M. and Manohar S. Powat , 1994 Computer Crime Concept, Control and Prevention. Bombay

Sysman Computers Pvt.Ltd.

*Lilly, J. Robert, Francis T. Wallen and Richard Ball A. 1995 Criminological Theory, Context an

Consequences, New Delhi Sage Publications.

*Makkar,S.P. Singh and Paul C Friday 1993 Global Perspectives in Criminology Jalandhar : ABC

Publications.

*Ministry of Home Affairs, 1998 Crime in India, New Delhi Government of India. Reid, Suetitus 1976 Crime

and Criminology, Illinayse Deydan Press.

*Shankardas, Rani Dhavan 2000 Punishment and the Prison India and International Perspective, New Delhi

Sage Publications.

*Sutherland Edwin H and Donald R Cressey. 1968 Principles of Criminology Bombay, The Times of India

Press.

*Walklete Sandra 1998 Understanding Criminology Philadelphia : Open University Press.

*Williams Frank P and marilym D Meshare 1998 Criminological Theory. New Jersey. Prentice Hall.

*Williamsan, Harald E 1990 The Correction Profession , New Delhi, Sage Publications.


SOC-543 (B) SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3+0

UNIT-I : Scope of Anthropology-Techniques and methods in social anthropology- Sociology

and Social Anthropology, Culture-The concept and its nature. Culture and Society-Tylor,

Malinowski and Benedict on culture.

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UNIT-III : Anthropological theories-Evolutionists, Diffusionists, Structural functionalism,

Structuralism-Kinship in pre-literate societies. Kinship – definition, Kinship Systems.

Descent & Alliance. Functional and structural approaches to the study of Kinship.

UNIT-III : Economy in pre-literate societies. Approaches to the study of primitive economy-

formalist, substantivist and Marxist-Polity, Law and authority in pre- literate societies.

UNIT-IV : Religion and Magic: Contribution of Frazer, Tylor, Malinowski Radcliffe Brown

to the understanding of religion. Tribes of India-Geographical distribution of tribes,

classification of Indian tribes-Race, language.

UNIT-V: Tribal Development in India-problems and process-Legislation-Economy and

educational development of tribes in India. Tribal Welfare Programmes in India and M.P.

Essential Readings: *Alien Johnson Research methods in Social Anthropology

*Levis Strauss Sops of Social Anthropology

*Adam Kuper (Ed) The Social Anthropology of Radcliff Brown

*Michael Bantom(Ed) The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology

*Ruth Benedict Patterns of Culture

*Lewis History of Ethnological Theory

*Raymond Firth (Ed) Themes in Economic Anthropology

*Raymond Firth (Ed) Primitive Polynesian Economy

*Herskovits Economic Anthropology

*Radcliffe Brown & Derylle Forde African Systems of Kinship of Marriage

*Radcliffe Brown The Andaman Islands

*Radcliffe Brown Method in Social Anthropology

*Malinoswsky Argonauts of Western Pacific

*Kluckan Politics, Law and Ritual and Tribal Society

*Levis-Straus Structural Anthropology

*Frazer The Golden Bough

*Tylor Primitive Culture.


SOC-543 (C) RURAL AND URBAN SOCIOLOGY 3+0

UNIT –I: Definition, Meaning, Nature and scope of Rural and Urban Sociology –Rural and

Urban Society Characteristics – Rural Urban Differences andContinuum –Notion of Village,

Town/City– Agriculture and Industrial Revolution-Causes of Urbanization-Relation between

Urbanization and Industrialization.Population in Rural and Urban Areas – Its Growth and

Implications.

UNIT –II: Social Structure of Rural & Urban Communities – Caste, Ethnicity, Diaspora–

Inter-caste Relationship, Jajmani System–Major Theoretical Perspectives. Urban Sociology -

Patterns of Urban Growth – Urban Ecology-Concentric Zone theory - Hoyt’s sector theory,

Multiple-nuclei theory –Central place theory – Urbanism as a way of life.

UNIT –III: Rural economy in India-Rural Development Initiatives – Programmes in India-

Rural Unrest-Green Revolution-Sustainable and Non-Sustainable Development– Industrial

Growth and Urbanization - Migration: Factors, Problems and Prospects– Urbanization and

Development – Identity, Culture, Contradictions and Social Tensions in Cities –Ecology and

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Environment on Slums, Residential Areas – Problems and Solutions – Changing Urban Life –

its Ramifications.

UNIT –IV: Village Governance during pre and post-independence – Panchayati Raj System:

its impact on Rural India-Land Reforms – Liberalization, Globalization - Social change in

Village India. Rural Unrest – Suicides of Farmers and Weavers– Devastation of Artisan

Profession and its effect on Rural Economy.

UNIT –V: City/Town Planning – Concept, Theory and Practice-Urban Problems – Traffic

and Transportation – Sewerage and Waste Disposal – Drinking Water – Problems of

Unplanned Settlements – its impact on Health, Education – Employment – Environment –

Overall Well-being. Pollution – Air, Water, Geo, Noise in Cities – Government Measures–

Interventions of NGOs - National Urbanization Policy in India.

Essential Readings:

A.R.Desai : Introduction to Rural Sociology in India

Alrein Betrand : Rural Sociology

Loomis Beegle : Rural Sociology

D.N.Majumdar(Ed) : Rural profiles

S.C. Dube : Indian village

Ishwaran : Tradition and economy in village India

Beidelman : A Comparative analysis of the Jajmani System

Makim Marriot(Ed) : Village India

R.K.Mukherjee : Dynamics of Rural Society

M.N.Srinivas : India’s villages

Andre Beteille : Studies in Agrarian Social Structure

Gopal Laljain : Rural Development

A.N.Agarwal : Indian Economy.


SOC-543 (D) Sociology of Mass Communication 3+0

UNIT-I Basic Concepts: Human Communication, Interpersonal and Group Communication,

Mass Society, Mass Communication, Mass Culture,

UNIT-II Communication Theory : Two Step Flow ( Katz and Lazars feld), Theories of the

Media : Early Theories (Innis and Mcluhan), The Public Sphere (Habermas), Hyper Reality

(Baudrillard). Functions and Dysfunctions of Mass Communications - Views of Lasswell,

Lazars feld, Merton , Defleur Peterson and Wilbur Schramm.

UNIT-III Media Gender and Society. Role of Media in Society: Socialization , Education,

Information, Recreation, Advertisement, Consumer Behaviour, Propaganda and Public

Opinion.

UNIT-IV Mass Media and Rural Society- Views of Bunker Roy, S.C. Dube and P.C. Joshi.

Traditional forms of Media. Internet Society.

UNIT-V Media in Democracy, Media and Development. The Indian Context: Press, Cinema,

Radio and Television.

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Essential Readings: *Bethla, Sonia, 1998 Women Democracy and the Media Cultural and Political Representation in the Indian

Press, Delhi: Sage Publication.

*Breckenridge, C.: Consuming Modernity Public Culture in Contemporary India.

*Brosius, C. and M Butcher 1999, Image Journey Audio Visual Media and Cultural Change in India, Delhi :

Sage Publication.

*Curran, J. and M. Gurevitch 1991 : Mass Media and Society, London: Edward Arnold.

*French, D. and Michael Richard 2000 : Television in Contemporary Asia, London: Sage Publication.

*Gunaratne, S. 2000 : Handbook of the Media in Asia, London : Sage.

*Johnson, K. 2000 : Television and Social Change in Rural India, London : Sage.

*Manual, P. 1998 : Cassette Culture Popular Music and Technology in North India.

*Mitra, A. 1993 : Television and Popular Culture in India, Delhi: Sage.

*Nagori, Monika, 2003 : Jan Sanchar Avem Samaj, Ankur Prakashan, Udaipur.

*Singhal, A. and E.M. Rogers 2000 India's Communication Revolution, Delhi: Sage Publication.


SOC-544 DISSERTATION 3+0

*Topic Selection by the Students With help of Subject Teacher.

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