SYLLABUS Subject- :SOCIOLOGY Optional - Paper - II
SYLLABUS
Subject: SOCIOLOGY No.
Unit -1: Sociological Theory
1. Classical Sociological Traditions
• Emile Durkheim • Max Weber • Karl Marx 2. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism • Bronislaw Malinowski • A.R. Radcliffe- Brown • Talcott Parsons • Robert K. Merton • Claude Levi Strauss 3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions • G.H. Mead • Karl Manheim • Alfred Schutz • Harold Garfinkel • Erving Goffinan • Clifford Geertz
4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism and Post Colonialism
• Edward Said • Pierre Bourdieu • Michel Foucault • Jurgen Habermas • Anthony Giddens • Manuel Castells V
5. Indian Thinkers • M.K. Gandhi • B.R. Ambedkar • Radha Kamal Mukherjee • G. S. Ghurye • M.N. Srinivas • Irawati Karve
Unit - 2: Research Methodology and Methods
1. Conceptualizing Social Reality
• Philosophy of Science • Scientific Method and Epistemology in Social Science • Hermeneutic Traditions • Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science • Ethics and Politics
2. Formulating Research Design
• Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents
• Induction and Deduction • Fact, Concept and Theory • Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives
4. Techniques • Sampling • Questionnaire and Schedule • Statistical Analysis • Observation, Interview and Case study • Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing
Unit -3: Basic Concepts and Institutions
1. Sociological Concepts r Social Structure Culture Network Status and Role Identity Community Diaspora Values, Norms and Rules Personhood, Habitus and Agency Bureaucracy, Power and Authority
2. Social Institutions
• Marriage, Family and Kinship
• Economy • Polity • Religion • Education • Law and Customs
3. Social Stratification
• Social Difference, Hierarchy, Inequality and Marginalization
• Caste and Class • Gender, Sexuality and Disability • Race, Tribe and Ethnicity
5. Social Change and Processes
• Evolution and Diffusion • Modernization and Development • Social Transformations and Globalization • Social Mobility
Unit-4: Rural and Urban Transformations
1. Rural and Peasant Society
• Caste-Tribe Settlements • Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations • Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations • Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration • Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements • Changing Inter-Community Relations and Violence r 2. Urban Society
• Urbanism, Urbanity and Urbanization
• Towns, Cities and Mega-Cities • Industry, Service and Business • Neighbourhood, Slums and Ethnic Enclaves • Middle Class and Gated Communities • Urban Movements and Violence
Unit—5: State, Politics and Development
1. Political Processes in India
• Tribe, Nation State and Border
• Bureaucracy • Governance and Development • Public Policy: Health, Education and Livelihoods • Political Culture • Grass-root Democracy • Law and Society • Gender and Development • Corruption • Role ofInternational Development Organizations
2. Social Movements and Protests
• Political Factions, Pressure Groups
• Movements based on Caste, Ethnicity, Ideology, Gender, Disability, Religion and Region • Civil Society and Citizenship • NGOs, Activism and Leadership • Reservations and Politics
Unit-6: Economy and Society
• Exchange, Gift, Capital, Labour and Market
• Mode ofProduction Debates • Property and Property Relations • State and Market: Welfarism andNeoliberalism • Models ofEconomic Development • Poverty and Exclusion • Factory and Industry Systems r • Changing Nature ofLabour Relations • Gender and Labour Process • Business and Family • Digital Economy, E-Commerce • Global Business and Corporates • Tourism • Consumption
Unit - 7: Environment and Society
• Social and Cultural Ecology: Diverse Forms
• Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity • Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ethno-Medicine • Gender and Environment • Forest Policies, Adivasis and Exclusion • Ecological Degradation and Migration • Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation • Water and Social Exclusion • Disasters and Community Responses • Environmental Pollution, Public Health and Disability • Climate Change and International Policies • Environmental Movements
Unit - 8: Family, Marriage and Kinship
• Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural
• Gender Relations and Power Dynamics • Inheritance, Succession and Authority • Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction • Children, Youth and Elderly • Emotions and Family • Emergent Forms ofFamily • Changing Marriage Practices • Changing Care and Support Systems • Family Laws • Domestic Violence and Crime against Women • Honour Killing
Unit - 9: Science, Technology and Society
• History ofTechnological Development • Changing notions ofTime and Space • Flows and Boundaries r • Virtual Community • Media: Print and Electronic, Visual and Social Media • E-Govemance and Surveillance Society • Technology and Emerging Political Processes • State Policy, Digital Divide and Inclusion • Technology and Changing Family Relations • Technology and Changing Health Systems • Food and Technology • Cyber Crime
Unit - 10: Culture and Symbolic Transformations
• Signs and Symbols
• Rituals, Beliefs and Practices • Changing Material Culture • Moral Economy • Education: Formal and Informal • Religious Organizations, Piety and Spirituality • Commodification ofRituals • Communalism and Secularism • Cultural Identity and Mobilization • Culture and Politics • Gender, Body and Culture • Art and Aesthetics • Ethics and Morality • Sports and Culture • Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism • Religion and Economy • Culture and Environment • New Religious Movements
