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MIDNAPORE COLLEGE
MIDNAPORE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
Syllabus
For
3 Year 6 Semester B. A. Honours Course In Sociology
COURSE STRUCTURE
HONOURS COURSE
Semester Duration Marks
Semester- I July-Dec 100
Semester- II Jan-June 150
Semester- II July-Dec 150
Semester- IV Jan-June 150
Semester- V July-Dec 150
Semester- VI Jan-June 100
Total 3 Years 800
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SEMESTER-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF PAPERS
SOCIOLOGY HONOURS
SEMESTER-I
FULL MARKS-100
Paper Papers Marks
SOCH101 Introductory Sociology (Module-I) 50
SOCH102 Introductory Sociology (Module-II) 50
SEMESTER-II
FULL MARKS-150
Paper Papers Marks
SOCH201 Western Sociological Thought (Module-I) 50
SOCH202 Western Sociological Thought (Module-II) 50
SOCH203 Social and Sociological Thought in India (Module-I)
50
SEMESTER-III
FULL MARKS-150
Paper Papers Marks
SOCH301 Social and Sociological Thought in India (Module-II)
50
SOCH302 Research Methodology 50
SOCH303 Social Statistics 50
SEMESTER-IV
FULL MARKS-150
Paper Papers Marks
SOCH401 Sociological Theory (Module-I) 50
SOCH402 Sociological Theory (Module-II) 50
SOCH403 Social Stratification (Module-I) 50
SEMESTER-V
FULL MARKS-150
Paper Papers Marks
SOCH501 Social Stratification (Module-II) 50
SOCH502 Sociology of India 50
SOCH503 Sociology of Tribal Society 50
SEMESTER-VI
FULL MARKS-100
Paper Papers Marks
SOCH601 Sociology of Gender 50
SOCH602 Social Issues 50
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SEMESTER I Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper- SOCH-101
Introductory Sociology
(Module-I)
1. Nature and Scope of Sociology
1.1 The sociological perspective
1.2 Origin and the history of the disciplines
1.3 Sociology and Common Sense
1.4 Sociology as a science of society
1.5 Practical significance of sociology
2. Sociological concepts
2.1 Individual and group
2.2 Culture
2.3 Socialization
2.4 Folkways and Mores
2.5 Status and Role
3. Types of society
3.1 Pre-modern and modern society
3.2 Hunters and gathers societies
3.3 Pastoral and agrarian society
3.4 Advanced industrial societies, developing societies and post
industrial society
4. Social interaction and everyday life
4.1 The study of everyday life
4.2 Non verbal communication
4.3 Social rules and talk: face body and speech in
interaction
4.4 Interaction in time and space
4.5 Micro sociology and macro sociology
5. Theoretical Sociology
5.1 Functionalism: functional perspective to the study of
society
5.2 Marxism: Conflict perspective to the study of society
Proposed Readings:- Anthony Giddens Human Societies Anthony
Giddens Sociology Guy Rocher A General Introduction to Sociology
Smelser Sociology N. Jayaram Introductory Sociology Haralambus and
Heald Sociology -: Themes and perspective Bilton and other
Introductory Sociology Worsley New Introducing Sociology D. C.
Bhattachariya Sociology Vidyabhusan & Sachdeva Sociology
MacIver & Page Society: An Introductory Analysis Pascual
Gisbert Fundamentals of Sociology Alex Inkeles What is Sociology
H.M. Johnson Sociology Horton & Hunt Sociology K. E. Varghese
General Sociology Samir Dasgupta Poulomi Saha An Introduction to
Sociology (Pearson)
Andre Beteille Sociology: Essays in Approach and Method Peter
Berger Invitation to Sociology George Ritzer Classical Sociological
Theory
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Bierstedt The Social Order Ritzer The Mcdonaldisation of Society
A.R.Radcliffe Brown Structure and function in Primitive Society Tom
Bottomore Dictionary of Marxist Thought George Ritzer Sociological
Theory Wallace and Wolf Contemporary Sociological Theory Jonathan
Turner The Structure of Sociological Theory Randall Collins Three
Sociological Traditions George Ritzer Classical Sociological Theory
Marx and Engels The Communist Manifesto, Signet Classic :
SEMESTER I Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper- SOCH-102
Introductory Sociology
(Module-II)
1. Family and Marriage
1.1 Definition of family
1.2 Types of family
1.3 Violence within the families
1.4 Trends of family
1.5 Definition of marriage, types
2. Social control, Deviance and Crime
2.1 Social control: definition
2.2 Deviance and crime
2.3 Institutions
3. Kinship
3.1 Definition
3.2 Terminology
3.3 Patterns of it
4. Ethnicity and Race
4.1 Ethnicity, prejudice and discrimination
4.2 Ethnic antagonism
4.3 Ethnicity in the modern world
5. Social Inequality and Social Movements
5.1 Caste
5.2 Class
5.3 Tribe
5.4 Social Movements
5.5 Collective action
Proposed Readings:- Anthony Giddens Human Societies Anthony
Giddens Sociology Guy Rocher A General Introduction to
Sociology
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Smelser Sociology N. Jayaram Introductory Sociology Haralambus
and Heald Sociology -: Themes and perspective Bilton and other
Introductory Sociology Worsley New Introducing Sociology D. C.
Bhattachariya Sociology Vidyabhusan & Sachdeva Sociology
MacIver & Page Society: An Introductory Analysis Pascual
Gisbert Fundamentals of Sociology Alex Inkeles What is Sociology
H.M. Johnson Sociology Horton & Hunt Sociology K. E. Varghese
General Sociology Samir Dasgupta Poulomi Saha An Introduction to
Sociology (Pearson)
SEMESTER II Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-201
Western Sociological Thought
(Module-I)
1. Historical background of sociology
1.1 Sociology as a new discipline
1.2 Impact of three revolutions the University revolution, the
French Revolution and the Industrial revolution.
2. Auguste Comte
2.1 Intellectual Background
2.2 Positivism
2.3 Hierarchy of sciences
2.4 Social static and social dynamic
2.5 Law of Three stages
3. Herbert Spencer
3.1 Intellectual Background
3.2 Theory of Evolution
3.3 Organicist Approach
3.4 Typology of Societies
3.5 Social Darwinism
4. Emile Durkheim
4.1 Intellectual Background
4.2 Social Fact
4.3 The theory of Suicide
4.4. The division of Labour
4.5 The theory of Religion
Proposed Readings:- Lewis Coser Master of Sociological Thought
Alan Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought Zeitlin
Ideology and Development of Sociological Thought Raymond Aron Main
Currents in Sociological Thought
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Abraham & Morgan Sociological Thought Steven Lukes Durkheim
Ken Morrison Marx,Durkheim,Weber: Formation of Modern Social
Thought Ashley Sociological Theory Classical Statements Ritzer
Classical Sociological Theory ( )
SEMESTER II Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-202
Western Sociological Thought
(Module-II)
1. Karl Marx
1.1 Intellectual Background
1.2 Dialectical Method
1.3 Historical Materialism
1.4 Class and class struggle
1.5 The theory of Revolution
1.6 Base- Superstructure relationship
2. Vilfredo Pareto
2.1 Intellectual Background
2.2 Logical and Non-logical action
2.3 Residues and Derivations
2.4 The Lion and the Foxes
2.5 The theory of Elites and the circulation of elites
3. Max Weber
3.1 Intellectual Background
3.2 Ideal Types
3.3 Social Action
3.4 Types of authority
3.5 Bureaucracy
3.6 Stratification
3.7 Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of capitalism
4. Gerog Simmel
4.1 Formal Sociology
4.2 Individual and Society
4.3 Concept of Sociation
Proposed Readings:- Lewis Coser Master of Sociological Thought
Alan Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought Zeitlin
Ideology and Development of Sociological Thought Raymond Aron Main
Currents in Sociological Thought Abraham & Morgan Sociological
Thought Frank Parkin Max Weber Sobhanlal Duttagupta Marxism and
Post-Marxism Ken Morrison Marx,Durkheim,Weber: Formation of Modern
Social Thought Ernest Fischer Marx in His Own Words Bottomore &
Rubel Karl Marx: Selected Writings in Sociology and Social
Philosophy Bottomore Marxist Sociology
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Bottomore(ed.) Dictionary of Marxism John Lewis Marxism of Marx
( ) (
SEMESTER II Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-203
Social and Sociological Thought in India
(Module-I)
1. Development of Sociology in India: An overview
2. Benoy Kumar Sarkar
2.1 Positivism
2.2 Personality
2.3 Progress
2.4 Interpretation of Indian Tradition
3. D. P. Mukherji
3.1 Personality
3.2 Methodology
3.3 Interpretation of tradition and social change in India
3.4 Middle Class in India
4. N. K. Bose
4.1 Approach to the study of Society
4.2 Structure of Hindu Society
4.3 Concept of Hindu method of tribal Absorption
5. G. S. Ghurye
5.1 Approaches to Sociology
5.2 Caste and Tribe
5.3 Dynamics of Culture and Society
5.4 Religion: Hindu and Muslim
Proposed Readings:- Benoy Kr. Sarkar Villages and Towns as
Social Pattern D. P. Mukherjee Personality and the Social
Diversities: Concepts in Sociology; Modern Indian Culture
Modern Indian Culture
Swapan Bhattacharya Indian Sociology: The Role of Benoy Kumar
Sarkar Swapan Kr. Pramanik Sociology of G. S. Ghurye Yogendra Sing
Indian Sociology: Social Conditioning and Emerging Trends Benoy
Sarkar The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology G. S. Ghurye
Caste And Race In India T.K.Oommen & Partha Mukherjee Indian
Sociology Andre Beteille Sociology: Essays on Approaches to the
study of society of India N. K. Bose Culture and Society in India.
N. K. Bose Structure of Hindu Society B. K. Nagla Indian
Sociological Thought (2nd ed) Rawat Publication ( )
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SEMESTER III Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-301
Social and Sociological Thought in India
(Module-II)
1. Rabindranath Tagore
1.1 Man, Society and Personality
1.2 Nationalism and Internationalism
1.3 Education
1.4 Village Community
1.5 Co-operative and Rural development
2. M. K. Gandhi
2.1 Critique of Western Industrialism
2.2 Alternative model of development
2.3 Village Reconstruction
2.4 Hindu Swaraj and village Republic
2.5 Concept of Education (Nai Talim)
3. B. R. Ambedkar
3.1 Hinduism and Buddhism
3.2 Critique of Varna/Caste based society of India
3.3 Dalits and Untouchability in India
3.4 Caste, Class and democracy
4. Vivekananda
4.1 Socialism and Revolution
4.2 Personality
4.3 Society and Progress
4.4 Exploitation and equality
5. Bhupendranath Dutta
5.1 Methods of studying Indian Society
5.2 Religion and Society (Relation between Hinduism and
Vaishavism)
5.3 Relation between politics and society
Proposed Readings:-
R. N. Saksena Indian Social Thought T.K. Oommen & Partha
Mukherjee (ed) Indian sociology Amal K. Mukhopadhyay(ed) : The
Bengali Intellectual Tradition R. N. Tagore Nationalism M. K.
Gandhi Hind Swaraj Radharaman Chakrabarty : Tagore, Politics and
Beyond in Pantham a
and Deutsch (ed) Political Thought in M
Modern India
M. K. Gandhi Hind Swaraj Jayantanuj Bandyopadhyay Social and
Political Thought of Gandhi Nirmal Kumar Bose Studies in Gandhism
Buddhadeva Bhattacharyya Evolution of the Poilitical Philosophy of
G
Gandhi
M. S. Gore The Social Context of an Ideology A Ambedkars
Political and Social Thought
Gail Omvedt Dalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr.Ambedkar
and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India (Sage)
Colonial India (Sage)
B. R. Ambedkar Annihilation of the Caste
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Dhananjay Keer Ambedkar : Life and Mission W. N. Kuber Dr.
AmbedkarA Critical Study Swami Vivekananda Selections from his
writings (Advaita Ashram)
Ashram)
Santilal Mukherjee The Philosophy of Man-Making : A Study I in
Social and Political Ideas of Swami Vivekananda
Vivekananda
V. P. Verma Ancient and Medieval Indian Political t thought
V. P. Verma Modern Indian Political thought V. R. Mehata
Foundations of Indian Political thought Biman Bihari Majumder
Indian Political Thought ( ) ( ) : ( )
SEMESTER III Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-302
Research Methodology
1. Theory and Research
1.1 Concepts, Variables and propositions
1.2 Hypotheses: definition, types and characteristics of usable
hypothesis
1.3 Links between theory and research
1.4 Conceptualisation and operationalisation
1.5 Qualitative and Quantitative Research
2. Research Design
2.1 Stages of Research
2.2 Types, uses and Abuses of social research
2.3 Major steps of research design
2.4 Methodology versus method
2.5 unit of analysis
3. Research Method
3.1 Survey Research: general components; types
3.2 Tools and techniques of survey research (Questionnaire and
Interview)
3.3 Field Research: General components; observation; design,
strategies; secondary analysis, participatory rural-urban
appraisal
4. Sampling
4.1 Definition: universe, population, sample
4.2 Probability and Non-probability sampling: Typology
4.3 Importance of sampling in social research
Proposed Readings:- Bailey Methods of Social Research Baker
Doing Social Research N. Jayaram Sociology: Methods and Theory Earl
Babbie The Practice of Social Research Goode & Hatt Methods in
Social Research
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Ram Ahuja Research Methodology Byron Survey Research (oxford) :
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SEMESTER III Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-303
Social Statistics 1. Statistics
1.1 Definition- Terminology and Typology
1.2 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
1.3 Place of Statistics in social research
2. Levels of Measurement
2.1 Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio
2.2 Continuous and Discrete Variables
2.3 Ratio, proportion and percentages
2.4 Measurement and statistics
3. Frequency Distribution
3.1 Grouping of Data
3.2 Cumulative Frequency
3.3 Percentage Distribution
4. Graphic Techniques
4.1 Bar diagram
4.2 Pie chart
4.3 Frequency polygon and histogram
4.4 Ogive
4.5 Graphic Presentation of Measurement
5. Measurement of Central Tendency
6. Measures of Dispersion
Proposed Readings:- Blalock Social Statistics N. G. Das
Statistical Method (Vol.-I) Garrett Statistics in Educational
Research Elifson, Runyon and Hader Fundamentals of Social
Statistics Fielding, Gilbert Understanding Social Statistics.
Mueller, Schuessler, Costner Statistical Reasoning in Sociology.
N.J Salkind Statistics For People Who Hate Statistics. R.M Sirkin
Statistics for Social Sciences. Alan Agresti, Barbara Finlay
Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences. Derek Rowntree
Statistics without Tears. Goon & Aich Statistics for the Social
Science (Revised Edition).
SEMESTER IV Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-401
Sociological Theory
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(Module-I)
1. Nature and Task of Sociological Theory
1.1 Definition
1.2 Basic elements or Building Blocks of Sociological Theory
1.3 Characteristics of Sociological Theory
2. Functional Theory
2.1 General Arguments
2.2 Basic premises and propositions
2.3 Contribution of Talcott Parsons and Merton
2.4 Critical Overview
3. Conflict Theory
3.1 General Arguments
3.2 Contributions of Dahrendorf and Coser
3.3 Critical Overview
4. Exchange Theory
4.1 General Arguments
4.2 Contributions of Homans
4.3 Contributions of Blau
4.4 Critical Overview
Proposed Readings:- George Ritzer Sociological Theory Wallace
and Wolf Contemporary Sociological Theory Jonathan Turner The
Structure of Sociological Theory Randall Collins Three Sociological
Traditions George Ritzer Classical Sociological Theory R. Fletcher
The Making of Sociology Ian Craib Classical Sociological Theory M.
Water Modern Sociological Theory M. Francis Abraham Modern
Sociological Theory Adams & Sydie Sociological Theory Ronald
Fletcher The Making of Sociology: A Study of Sociological Theory
Anthony Giddens Capitalism and Modern Social Theory Judge
Foundation of Classical Sociological Theory, Pearson :
SEMESTER IV Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-402
Sociological Theory
(Module-II)
1. Symbolic Interactionism 1.1 General Arguments
1.2 Contribution of Mead
1.3 Contribution of Blumer
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2. Critical Sociology
2.1 General Arguments
2.2 Frankfurt School: Contribution of Adorno and Marcuse
3. Feminist Sociology
3.1 General Arguments: Gender Sex and Public and Private
Debate
3.2 Stages of development of feminism
3.3 Varieties of feminist sociology
4. Post-Modern Sociology
4.1 General Arguments
4.2 Foucault, Derrida, Jameson, Harvey
5. Ethnomethodology: Garfinkel
Proposed Readings:- George Ritzer Sociological Theory Wallace
and Wolf Contemporary Sociological Theory Jonathan Turner The
Structure of Sociological Theory Randall Collins Three Sociological
Traditions George Ritzer Classical Sociological Theory George
Ritzer Post Modern Social Theory Dipankar Gupta Mistaken Modernity
R. Fletcher The Making of Sociology Ian Craib Classical
Sociological Theory M. Water Modern Sociological Theory M. Francis
Abraham Modern Sociological Theory Adams & Sydie Sociological
Theory Ronald Fletcher The Making of Sociology: A Study of
Sociological Theory Anthony Giddens Capitalism and Modern Social
Theory Perry Anderson Considerations of Western Marxism David
Frisby Frankfurt School Phil Slater Origin and the Significance of
the Frankfurt School Paul Connerton Critical Sociology Judge
Foundation of Classical Sociological Theory, Pearson :
SEMESTER IV Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-403
Social Stratification
(Module-I)
1. Understanding Social Stratification: Different forms
1.1. Natural Inequalities and Social inequality
1.2 Hierarchy and differences
2. Approaches to Study of Social Stratification
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2.1 Functionalist Approach
2.2 Conflict Approach
2.3 Weberian Approach
2.4 Feminist Approach
3. Social Inclusion and Social Exclusion
3.1 Define Social Exclusion
3.2 Forms of Social Exclusion
3.3 Define Marginality
3.4 Impact of Marginality on Society
3.5 Different Programmes of Social inclusion
3.6 Relation between Social inclusion and Marginality
4. Social Mobility
4.1 Define Social mobility
4.2 Different forms of Social Mobility
4.3 Relation between social mobility and poverty
4.4 Relation between social mobility and Education
Proposed Readings:- A. Beteille Inequality among Men T. Bilton
Introductory Sociology A. Giddens & PW. Sutton Sociology A.
Giddens Sociology (4th edn.) P. Gilroy There Aint No Black in the
Union Jack in Giddens (ed) Human Societies KL. Sharma Social
Stratification and Social Mobility KL. Sharma Perspectives on
Social Stratification (Rawat publication) Dipali Saha Sociology of
Social Stratification (Global Vision Publishing House) John Archer
Jackson Social Stratification John Holmwood Social Stratification
(Vol.-2) Dipankar Gupta Social Stratification, Hierarchy,
Difference and Social Mobility A. Chakravarti Some Aspects of caste
in Rural India in Beteille (ed) Equality and Inequality S.
Deshpande Contemporary India A Sociological View Fletcher and
Gapasin The Politics of Labour and Race in the USA in Socialist
Register 2003 Scott and Jackson (ed) Gender A Sociological Reader
(Selected Readings) Kemp and Squires (ed) Feminisms (Selected
Readings) J. H. Goldthorpe Social Mobility and Class Structure in
Modern Britain, Oxford Clarendon Press Introduction Societies:
Oxford: Clarendon Press R. Erikson & J.H. Goldthorpe The
constant Flux: A study of class mobility in Industrial societies D.
V. Grusky Social Stratification Perspective. Boulder David Byrne
Social Exclusion (2nd ed.) (Rawat publication)
SEMESTER V Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-501
Social Stratification
(Module-II)
1. Social Stratification, Status and Power
1.1 Hierarchy of Status and Power
1.2 Caste-Class-Power
1.3 Caste-Status-Power
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2. Caste System in India
2.1 Origin and definition of caste
2.2 Features of Caste System
2.3 Caste and Politics
2.4 Impact of caste system in Contemporary India
3. Agrarian Structure
3.1 Agrarian Structure in Rural India
3.2 Jajmani System and Modern democracy
3.3 Changing pattern of peasantry in contemporary India
4. Rural Political Structure
4.1 Traditional Caste and Village Panchayat
4.2 Panchayati Raj Before and after 73rd
constitutional amendment
4.3 Panchayati Raj and Empowerment of Women
Proposed Readings:- T. Bilton Introductory Sociology A. Giddens
& PW. Sutton Sociology A. Giddens Sociology (4th edn.) P.
Gilroy There Aint No Black in the Union Jack in Giddens(ed) Human
Societies U. Sharma Caste KL. Sharma Social Stratification and
Social Mobility KL. Sharma Perspectives on Social Stratification
(Rawat publication) Peter Saunders Social Class and Stratification
Dipali Saha Sociology of Social Stratification (Global Vision
Publishing House) John Archer Jackson Social Stratification John
Holmwood Social Stratification (Vol.-2) Rhonda F. Levine Social
Class and Stratification Dipankar Gupta Social Stratification,
Hierarchy, Difference and Social Mobility A. Chakravarti Some
Aspects of caste in Rural India in Beteille (ed) Equality and
Inequality U. Chakravarti Gendering Caste Through a Feminist Lens
S. Deshpande Contemporary India A Sociological View Fletcher and
Gapasin The Politics of Labour and Race in the USA in Socialist
Register 2003 Scott and Jackson (ed) Gender A Sociological Reader
(Selected Readings) J. H. Goldthorpe Social Mobility and Class
Structure in Modern Britain. Oxford: Clarendon Press Introduction
Societies: Oxford: Clarendon Press R. Erikson and J.H. Goldthorpe
The constant Flux: A study of class mobility in Industrial
societies D. V. Grusky Social Stratification Perspective.
Boulder
SEMESTER V Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-502
Sociology of India
1. Introduction
1.1 The Rise of Sociology and Anthropology in India
2. Nature of Indian Unity
2.1 Unity and Diversity
2.2 Source of diversity
2.3 Social bases of unity
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3. Caste
3.1 Definition and features
3.2 Persistence and change
3.3 Varna and Jati
3.4 Pollution and Purity
3.5 Perception of dominant caste and Sanskritization
4. Class
4.1 Definition and features
4.2 Urban class structure
4.3 Rural class structure
4.4 Social mobility
5. Power Structure
5.1 Power Elite in rural India
5.2 Panchayat and Municipality
5.3 Local bodies and social change
5.4 Relationship between Civil society and state India
Proposed Readings:- Mandelbaum Society in India Yogendra Singh
Modernization in Indian Tradition M. N. Srinivas Social Change in
Modern India Kuppuswami Social Change in India S. C. Dube Indian
Society S. R. Maheswari Rural Development in India S. L. Doshi
& P. C. Jain Rural Sociology D. N. Dhanagare Themes and
Perspectives in Indian Society Yogendra Sing Modernization of
Indian Tradition S. Pramanik Sociology of G. S. Ghurye Berreman
Caste, Inequality and other Essays M. S. A. Rao Urban Sociology in
India
SEMESTER V Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-503
Sociology of Tribal Society
1. Tribe
1.2 Definition and its conceptual ambiguity 1.2 Features
1.3Caste and Tribe
2. Socio-cultural Profile
2.1 Ethnic and Cultural diversity
2.1 Characteristic features of tribal society
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2.2 Kinship, marriage and family 2.3 Religious beliefs and
Practices 2.4 Cultural traditions
3 Social mobility and change 3.1 Tribe caste continuum
3.1 Nirmal Kumar Bose 3.2 Surajit Sinha
4 Problems of Tribal People 4.1 Poverty
4.1 Illiteracy 4.2 Land alienation
5 Tribal movements 5.1 Colonial period 5.2 Post-Independence
period
Proposed Readings:- Nadeem Hassain Tribal India Today Thaper
Tribe Caste and Religion in India S. C. Dube Indian Society
Hamendorf Tribes in India S. L. Doshi & P.C. Jain Social
Anthropology A.R. Radcliffe Brown Structure and Functions in
Primitive Society
SEMESTER VI Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-601
Sociology of Gender 1. Gendering Sociology
2. Gender as a social construct
2.1 Sex, Gender, Sexuality
2.2 Production of Masculinity and femininity
2.3Debate on Public and Private Domain
3. Theories on Sexuality and Subjectivity
3.1 Liberal theory
3.2Radical theory
3.3Psychoanalytic theory
3.4Post-Structuralist theory
4. Development and Indian Nation State
5. Women, Employment and global Economy
5.1Women and paid employment: Capitalism and patriarchy
5.2Women as unpaid labour: Wages for house work debate
Proposed Readings:- Laura Kramer The Sociology of Gender: A
Brief Introduction Scott and Jackson (ed) Gender A Sociological
Reader (Selected Readings) Kemp and Squires (ed) Feminisms
(Selected Readings) Angela Y. Davis Women, Race & Class Jane
Freedman Feminism Sharmila Rege Sociology of Gender: The Challenge
of Feminist Sociological Thought (Sage
Publication)
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Srimati Basu She Comes to Take Her Rights: Indian Women,
Property and Propriety (Zubaan,2001)
N. Kabeer Reversed Realities, London: Verso N. Kapadia(Ed.)
Violence of development: the politics of Identity, gender and
social
inequalities in India, New Delhi: Zubaan
N. Menon(Ed.) Gender and Politics in India N. Viswanathan The
Women, Gender and Development Sujata Sen Gender Studies Anjali
Kurane Issues in Womens Development (Rawat Publication) ( )
SEMESTER VI
Full Marks-50
(ESE-40, CIA-10)
Paper - SOCH-602
Social Issues 1. Population:
1.1Concepts and Theory: Malthus and Demographic Transition
1.2Trends, policy and appraisal
2. Poverty, Unemployment and Illiteracy
2.1Definition
2.2Causes
2.3Consequences
3. Ecology and Environment
3.1 Concepts
3.2 Sustainability: Conservation
Displacement
4. Secularism, Communalism and Regionalism
4.1 Definition
4.2 Causes and Consequences
5. Domestic Sphere
5.1 Violence against Women and Children
5.2 Youth Alienation
5.3 Old age problem
Proposed Readings:- Gulati Fertility in India Rudolph and
Rudolph In Pursuit of Laxmi M. S. A. Rao Urban Sociology in India
G. Grobes Women in India Sumi Krishna Environmental Politics:
Peoples Lives and
Development Choices
M.L.Sharma &T.M.Dak Aging in India : Challenges for the
Society O. S. Srivastava Demography and Population Studies Arish
Bose Demographic Diversity in India Atul Kohli The State and
Poverty in India: The Politics of Reform Amartya Sen Poverty and
Famines Ram Ahuja Social Problems in India Ram Ahuja Criminology
Ghanashyam Shah Poverty Alleviation Programmes in India Waxman The
Stigma of Poverty : A Critique of Poverty; Theories a
and Politics