Sociology Syllabus............

2013
Paper I Fundamentals of Sociology : a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of Sociology. b) Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences. c) Sociology and common sense. Pathfinders of Sociology : a) Karl Mar ! "istorical materialism# mode of production# alienation# class struggle. b) Emile $ur%heim# Social fact# collecti&e consciousness and social solidarity# suicide# religion and society. c) Ma 'eber ( Social action# ideal types# types of authority and bureaucracy. Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. d) Simmel : Formal Sociology : Forms ) *ypes+ Subjecti&e ) ,bjecti&e -ulture# Money+ Metropolis. e) -ontemporary interpretations of Modern Sociology: *alcolt Parsons ( Social system and its four major problems# pattern &ariables. .obert K. Merton ! /atent and manifest function and dysfunction# conformity and de&iance# reference groups. f) Social System : E0uilibrium# status# role# culture# heredity and en&ironment# social control# conformity ) de&iance# forms of interaction# social interaction and e&eryday life. *ypes of human groups. Personality and sociali1ation. Power# authority# legitimacy# sociology of political life. .eligion in relation to solidarity and social conflict# magic# science and morality. Social aspects of production# distribution# e change and consumption. g) 2ndi&idual ) groups : Personality ) Sociali1ation# classification of groups ) their contemporary significance. 2ne0uality# Stratification ) Mobility : a) -oncepts ( e0uality# ine0uality# hierarchy# e clusion# po&erty and depri&ation. b) Social mobility ( open and closed systems# types of mobility# sources and conse0uences of mobility. Economy ) Society : a) Social aspects of production# distribution# e change ) consumption# Social organi1ation of wor% in different types of Society ( sla&e society# feudal society# industrial 3 capitalist society# post ! industrial society.b) Formal and informal organi1ation of wor%. c) /abour ) Society.

Politics and Society : a) Power elite# bureaucracy# pressure groups and political parties. b) 4ation ( state# citi1enship# democracy# ci&il society# ideology. c) Protest# agitation# social mo&ements# collecti&e action# re&olution. .eligion ) Society : a) .eligion in modern society: religion and science# seculari1ation# religious re&i&alism# fundamentalism# pluralism. b) Magic# religion ) morality and science. Science ) *echnology : a) Ethos of science+ b) Scientific temper+ c) Social responsibility of science+ d) Social control of science+ e) Social conse0uences of science and technology+ f) *echnology and social change. Social research and methods of en0uiry: a) 2mportance of social research. b) Sur&ey Method ( 5uestionnaires and inter&iews as techni0ue. c) Field Method ! ,bser&ation 6participant and non(participant) as techni0ue. d) E perimentation in Sociology. Social ) cultural change in modern society : a) $e&elopment and dependency# b) 7gents of social change# c) Education ) social change# d) Science# *echnology ) social change# e) $ominant -ulture# f) -elebrity -ulture. Paper II Society ) -ulture in 2ndia : 8nity ) di&ersity# modernity and tradition# contestation. 7pproaches to the study of 2ndian Society : 2ndological 69hurye)+ Structural( functional 6Srini&as)+ Mar ist 3 $ialectical 6$esai) + $alit 67mbed%ar). Major Social 9roups : .eligious groups# linguistic and regional groups# castes ) tribes. Some Major 2nstitutions : Marriage# family# %inship patterns and changes affecting those+ gender sociali1ation+ di&ision of labour and economic interdependence# decision(ma%ing# centres of power and political participation+ religion and society+ Education# ine0uality# social change# contemporary trends.

Social 2ne0uality : 4ature and types+ traditional concepts of hierarchy# caste and class+ the :ac%ward -lasses+ concepts of e0uality and social justice in relation to traditional hierarchies+ education# occupation+ changing patterns of stratification. Social change in modern 2ndia : 'esterni1ation# Sans%ritisation and seculari1ation+ directed and undirected change+ legislati&e and e ecuti&e measures+ social reforms+ social mo&ements+ industriali1ation ) urbani1ation+ associations and pressure groups. 'omen ) children : $emographic profile of women+ special problems ( dowry# atrocities# discrimination+ e isting programmes for women and their impact. Situational analysis of children+ child welfare programmes. 9lobalisation ) ecological crisis in 2ndia : Ecological and En&ironmental mo&ements in 2ndia. Social problems in 2ndia : ;) Po&erty in rural and urban areas# <) -hild labour# =) Problem of youth# >) $rug addiction# ?) @u&enile delin0uency# A) Problems relating to old age# B) Population problem# C) Mass illiteracy# D) Problem of &iolence.