SOCIOLOGY!

(The entire syllabus is divided into five units. Ten questions shall be set in all with two questions
from each unit. The candidate shall be required to answer five questions in all
selecting one from each unit.
UNIT- I
(SOCIOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION)
Definition, Origin and Development of Sociology: Nature and Scope of Sociology-
Relationship with other Social Sciences: Law, Economics, Political Science, Psychology,
Anthropology and History; Theoretical Perspectives: Evolutionary (Herbert Spencer),
Functional (Talcott Parsons), Conflict (Karl Marx), Interactionist (G. H. Mead), Ethno- methodol
ogy-Phenomenol ogy.
Types of Society: Tribal, Rural and Urban (Concept, Features, Issues &Legal Safeguards);
Rural-Urban Dichotomy-Law and Society-Significance of Law for the Functioning of Society
Classical Thinkers of Sociology: Durkheim-Social Fact-Repressive and Restitutive Law in
Traditional and Modem Societies; Karl Marx-Historical Materialism and Class Struggle; Max
Weber-Bureaucracy and Rationalisation
UNIT- II
(SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS, SOCIAL GROUPINGS AND SOCIAL
PROCESSES)
Basic Concepts: Society-Community-Association-Institution-Role and Status-Culture and
Civilisation-Socialization
Social Groups: Primary, Secondary, In-group & Out-groups
Social Processes: Accommodation-Integration-Assimilation-Competition and Conflict

UNIT- III
(SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE)
• Family: Meaning-Types-Functions-Legal Enactments; Kinship: Meaning-Types- Functions-
Kinship Usages; Marriage: Meaning-Types-Legal Enactments
• Religion: Origin-Meaning-Theories-Secularism-Legal Provisions
• Education: Meaning-Theoretical Perspectives-Legal Enactments
UNIT- IV
(SOCIAL CONTROL, SOCIAL CONFLICT AND DEVIANCE)
• Social Control: Meaning-Informal Means-Formal Means of Social Control-Norms Values-
Folkways and Mores-Customs and Public Opinion-Religion and Morality-Law and
Education as Means of Social Control
• Social Differentiation: Meaning-Forms-Factors; Social Disorganization: Concept-
Features-Forms and Factors; Social Conflict: Concept-Features-Forms and Factors
• Crime and Deviance: Concept-Theories-Forms and Difference
UNIT- V
(SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY)
• Social Stratification: Meaning and Forms of Social Stratification-Theories of Social
Stratification
• Concept of Social Inequality: Caste-Class-Race-Tribe-Issue of Untouchability- Legal
Measures for addressing Caste and Tribe Discrimination
• Anti-Caste Struggles: Dalit Movements and Adivasi Struggles
Suggested Readings:
1. Alex Inkeles: What is Sociology? (Foundations of Modern Sociology), Prentice Hall, USA.
2. Andre Beteille: Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore
Village, University of California Press, Berkeley.
3. Anthony Giddens: Sociology, Polity Press, Malden, USA.
4. C. N. Shankar Rao: Sociology, S. Chand, Delhi.
5. David G. Mandelbaum: Society in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.
6. Dipankar Gupta: Social Stratification, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
7. Leela Dubey: Sociology of Kinship, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.
8. Francis Abraham, Social Thought, Oxford Press, London.
9. Francis Abraham and J. H. Morgan: Sociological
Thought from Comte to Sorokin,
Macmillan India.
10. Ganshyam Shah: Social Movements and the State, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
11. M. Haralambos: Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
12. Imtiaz Ahmad (ed.): Family, Kinship and Marriage among Muslims in India, Manohar Book
Service, Delhi.
13. Imtiaz Ahmad: Caste and Social Stratification among the Muslims, Manohar Book Service,
Delhi.
14. Iravati Karve: Kinship Organization in India, Asia Publishing House, Bombay.
 15. Krishna Chakraborthy: Family in India, Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
16. Krishna Iyer: Law and the People (A Collection of Essays), People's Publishing House, New
Delhi.
17. M. N. Srinivas: Caste in Modern India and Other Essays, Asia Publishing House, Bombay.
18. M. N. Srinivas: Caste: It’s Twentieth Century Avatar, Penguin India.
19. M. N. Srinivas: The Dominant Caste and other Essays, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
20. Mabel Agnes Elliott & Francis Ellsworth Merrill: Social Disorganization, Harper &
Brothers, New York.
21. D. N. Majumdar: Races and Cultures of India, Asia Publishing House, Bombay.
22. M. S. A. Rao: Social Movements in India, Manohar Publications, New Delhi.
23. Nicholas S. Timasheff: An Introduction to the Sociology of Law, Transaction Publishers, UK.

24. Patricia Uberoi (ed.): Family, Kinship and Marriage in India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi.
25. Ram Ahuja: Society in India: Concepts, Theories and Recent Trends, Rawat Publications,
Jaipur.
26. Raymond Aron: Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Penguin Books, London.
27. S. R. Myeni: Sociology, Allahabad Law Agency, Faridabad.
28. Satish Deshpande: Contemporary India: A Sociological View, Viking Publishers, New Delhi.
29. M. N. Srinivas: Indian Social Structure, Hindustan Publishing Corporation, New Delhi
30. T. B. Bottomore: Sociology, S. Chand Company, New Delhi.
31. Upendera Baxi: Towards the Sociology of Law, Satwahain Publications, New Delhi
32. Vidya Bhushan: An Introduction to Sociology, Kitab Mahal, Allahabad.
33. Vidya Bhushan: Text Book of Sociology for Law Students, Kitab Mahal, Allahabad.
34. Virginius Xaxa:‘Tribes in India’ inVeena Das (ed.) The Oxford
India
Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
35. Yogendra Singh: Social Stratification and Change in India, Manohar Publishers and
Distributors, New Delhi.