187

SOCIOLOGY

PAPER - I

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY - I

UNIT I : Sociology

(a) Emergence of Sociology

(b) Nature and Subject Matter

(c) Scope

UNIT II : Relations with Other Social Sciences :

(a) Economics and Political Science

(b) History and Education

(c) Psychology and Anthropology

UNIT III : Basic Concepts I :

(a) Society and Community

(b) Association and Institution

(c) Folkways and Mores

UNIT IV : Basic Concepts II :

(a) Status and Role

(b) Norms and Values

(c) Structure and Function

(d) Kinship and Descent

UNIT V : Social Groups :

(a) Characteristics and Importance

(b) Classification of Social Groups

(c) Primary, Secondary and Reference Groups

Suggested Readings :

1. Bottomore, T.B., 1962, Sociology, Allen Unwin: London.

2. Broom and Selznick, 1976, Sociology with Readings, Harper and Row.

3. Davis,K., 1949, Human Society, The Macmillan Co.: New Delhi.

4. Gisbert, P., 1957, Fundamentals of Sociology, Orient Longman.

5. Johnson, H.M., 1973, Sociology, Allied Publisher, Bombay.

6. Mac’Iver, R.M. and C.H. Page, 1949, Society: An Introductory Analysis, Holt, Rinchart and

Winston: New York.

7. Inkeles, A., 1964, What is Sociology? Pretice Hall of India: New Delhi

8. Young, K and R.W. Mack, 1986, Systematic Sociology: Text and Readings, Affiliated East

West Press Ltd.: New Delhi.

9. Horton, Paul B. and Chester L. Hunt, Sociology, Tata McCraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. :

New Delhi.

10. Rawat, H.K. 2007, Sociology: Basic Concepts, Rawat Publications: Jaipur.

11. Rao, C.N. Shankar, 1990, Sociology - Principles of Sociology with an Inroduction to Social

Thought, S. Chand & Company Ltd. : New Delhi.

188

PAPER - II

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY - II

UNIT I : Culture:

(a) Elements of Culture

(b) Transmission and Diffusion of Culture

(c) Aspects of Culture and Cultural Lag

UNIT II : Socialization:

(a) Stages, Characteristics

(b) Types

(c) Agencies

UNIT III : Social Control:

(a) Nature and Importance

(b) Types

(c) Agencies of Social Control

UNIT IV : Family :

(a) Types of Family

(b) Functions of Family

(c) Changing Patterns of Family

UNIT V : Marriage :

(a) Characteristics of Marriage

(b) Functions of Marriage

(c) Forms of Marriage

Suggested Readings :

1. Bottomore, T.B., 1962, Sociology, Allen Unwin : London.

2. Broom and Selznick, 1976, Sociology with Readings, Harper and Row.

3. Davis, K., 1949, Human Society, The Macmillan Co. : New Delhi.

4. Gisbert, P., 1957, Fundamentals of Sociology, Orient Longman.

5. Johnson, H.M., 1983, Sociology, Allied Publisher, Bombay.

6. Mac Iver, R.M. and C.H. Page, 1949, Society : An Introductory Analysis, Holt, Rinchart and

Winton: New York.

7. Inkeles, A., 1964, What is Sociology?, Pretice Hall of India: New Delhi.

8. Young, J. and R.W. Mack, 1986, Systematic Sociology: Text and Readings, Affiliated East

West Press Ltd.: New Delhi.

9. Horton, Payl B. and Chester L. Hunt, Sociology, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.: New

Delhi.

10. Rawat, H.K., 2007, Sociology: Basic Concepts, Rawat Publications: Jaipur.

11. Rao, C.N. Shankar, 1990, Sociology - Principles of Sociology with an Introduction to

Social Thought, S. Chand & Company Ltd.: New Delhi.

12. Abraham, M. Francis, 2006, Contemporary Sociology: An Introduction to Concepts and

Theories, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

189

PAPER - III

SOCIETY IN INDIA - I

UNIT I : Nature of Indian Society:

(a) Nature of Diversity

(b) Forces of Unity

(c) Multiculturism

UNIT II : Segments of Indian Society :

(a) Agrarian

(b) Tribal

(c) Industrial

UNIT III : Polulation Dynamics :

(a) Demographic Profile

(b) Causes and Effects of Rapid Growth of Polulation

(c) Measures of Population Control

UNIT IV : Major Linguistic Groups :

(a) Language Familes

(b) National Language and the Eighth Schedule

(c) Re-organization of States on Linguistic Basis

UNIT V : Religions in India :

(a) Hinduism and Islam

(b) Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism

(c) Christianity, Zoroastrianism

Suggested Readings :

1. Ghurye, G.S., 1969, Caste & Race in India, Polular Prakashan, Bombay.

2. Rao, M.S.A., 1974, Urban Sociology in India, Orient Longman, New Delhi.

3. Rao, C.N. Shankar, 2007, Sociology of Indian Society, S. Chand & Company Ltd., New

Delhi.

4. Mandelbaum, DG, 1970, Society in India, Vol. 1 Popular Prakashan, Bombay.

5. Bose, N.K., 1967, Culture & Society in India, Asia Publishing House, Bombay.

6. Ahuja, R., 2004, Indian Social System, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.

7. Thapar, Romesh 1977, Tribe, Caste & Religion, Macmillan & Co., New Delhi.

8. Srinivas, M.N., 1955, India’s Villages, Asia Publishing House, Bombay.

9. Census of India, 2001.

10. A Lion on The World’s Religion, 1992, Lion Publishing plc: Oxford.

11. Singh, Y., 1988, Modernization of Indian Tradition, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.

190

PAPER - IV

SOCIETY IN INDIA - II

UNIT I : Family of India:

(a) Joint Family - Characteristics

(b) Factors for Changes in the Joint Family System

(c) Patterns of Changes in the Joint Family System

UNIT II : Marriage in India :

(a) Marriage among the Hindus

(b) Marriage among the Muslims

(c) Marriage among the Christians

UNIT III : Caste in India :

(a) Characteristics of Caste System

(b) Varna and Jati

(c) Nature and Factors of Changes in Caste System

UNIT IV : Women in India :

(a) Changing Status of Women in India

(b) Major Problems of Women in Contemporary India

(c) Measures for Women’s Upliftment in Contemporary India

UNIT V : Weaker Sections in India and their Problems :

(a) Scheduled Castes

(b) Scheduled Tribes

(c) Other Backward Classes / Minority Groups

Suggested Readings :

1. Ghurye, G.S., 1969, Caste & Race in India, Polular Prakashan, Bombay.

2. Rao, M.S.A., 1974, Urban Sociology in India, Orient Longman, New Delhi.

3. Rao, C.N., 2007, Sociology of Indian Society, S. Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi.

4. Mandelbaum, DG, 1970, Society in India, Vol. 1 Popular Prakashan, Bombay.

5. Bose, N.K., 1967, Culture & Society in India, Asia Publishing House, Bombay.

6. Ahuja, R., 2004, Indian Social System, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.

7. Thapar, Romesh 1977, Tribe, Caste & Religion, Macmillan & Co., New Delhi.

8. Srinivas, M.N., 1978, The Changing Position of Indian Women, Oxford University Press:

Bombay.

9. Ahuja, Ram, 1992, Rights of Women: A Feminist Perspectives, Rawat Publications: Jaipur.

10. Kapadoa, K.M., 1988, Marriage & Family in India, OUP, New Delhi.

11. Uberoi, Patricia, 1993, Family, Kinship & Marriage in India, OUP, New Delhi.

12. Singer, Milton and Cohn Bernard S., 1968, Structure and Change in Indian Society, Aldine

Publishing Cp.: Chicagos.

191

PAPER - V

FOUNDATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT

UNIT I : Auguste Comte :

(a) Law of Three Stages

(b) Social Statics and Social Dynamics

(c) Positivism

UNIT II : Herbert Spencer :

(a) Organic Analogy

(b) Theory of Social Evolution

(c) Types of Society

UNIT III : Karl Marx :

(a) Historical Materialism

(b) Class Struggle

(c) Alienation

UNIT IV : Emile Durkheim :

(a) Social Facts

(b) Theory of Suicide

(c) Sociology of Religion

UNIT V : Max Weber :

(a) Social Action

(b) Types of Authority

(c) Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Suggested Readings :

1. Coser, Lewis A., 1996, Masters of Sociological Thought, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.

2. Timasheff, N.S., 1967, Sociological Theory: Its Nature & Growth, Random Home: New York.

3. Aron, Raymond, 1965, Main currents in Sociological thought Vol. I & II, Penguin: London.

4. Abraham, F. & J.H. Morgan, 1985, Sociological Thought, MacMillan, India.

5. Morrison, K., 1995, Marx, Durkheim & Weber, Sage, New Delhi.

6. Martindale, D., 1990, Nature & types of Sociological Theories, Rawat Publications: Jaipur.

7. Zeitlin, Irving M., 1995, Rethinking Sociology: A Critique of Contemporary Theory, Rawat

Publications: Jaipur and New Delhi.

8. Haralambos, M. with R.M. Head, 1980, Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, Oxford

University Press : New Delhi.

9. Abraham, M. Francis, 1982, Modern Sociological Theory - An Introduction, Oxford University

Press, Delhi.

192

PAPER - VI

SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS

UNIT I : Social Research :

(a) Aims of Social Research

(b) Characteristics of Scientific Research

(c) Steps in Scientific Research

UNIT II : Types of Research :

(a) Basic and Applied

(b) Descriptive and Exploratory

(c) Explanatory and Experimental

UNIT III : Research Design :

(a) Functions

(b) Characteristics of Good Research Design

(c) Phases in Research Designing

UNIT IV : Sampling and Sources of Data :

(a) Types of Sampling

(b) Primary Sources of Data

(c) Secondary Sources of Data

UNIT V : Techniques of Data Collection and Report Writing :

(a) Observation

(b) Questionnaire

(c) Interview

(d) Report Writing

Suggested Readings :

1. Goode, W.J. & P.K. Hatt, 1981, Methods in Social Research McGraw Hill, New York.

2. Srinivas, MN, AM Shah & EA Ramaswamy (Ed.) 1979 The Field workers & the field

promlems & the Challenge in Sociological Investigations OUP, New Delhi.

3. Evans Pritchard, EE 1951 Social Anthropology, Routledge, London.

4. Kothari, CR 1989 Research Methodology : Methods & Techniques, Wiley Pub., Bangalore.

5. Jayaram, N. 1989 Sociology : Methods & Theories, Macmillan, Madras.

6. Beteille, A & TN Madan, 1975, Encounter & Experience : Personal accounts of field work,

Vikas Publications, New Delhi.

7. Bottomore, TB, 1962, Sociology, George Allen & Unwin, London.

8. Young, PV, 1988, Scientific Social Survey & Research, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

9. Barnes, JA, 1977, The Ethics of Enquiry in Social Science, OUP, Delhi.

10. Wilkinson & Bhandarkar, 1977, Methodlogy & Techniques of Social Research, Himalaya

Pub., Bombay.

193

PAPER - VII

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

UNIT I : Social Stratification :

(a) Determinants

(b) Features

(c) Functions

UNIT II : Theories of Social Stratification :

(a) Functional

(b) Conflict

(c) Weberian

UNIT III : Types of Social Statification :

(a) Caste

(b) Class

(c) Estate

UNIT IV : Social Mobility :

(a) Nature and Types

(b) Factors and Barries of Social Mobility

(c) Consequences of Social Mobility

UNIT V : Statification among :

(a) Muslims

(b) Christians

(c) Scheduled Tribes

Suggested Readings :

1. Ahmed, 1, 1974, Social Statification among the Muslims in India, Manohar Publications :

New Delhi.

2. Beteilee, A., 2001, Caste, Class & Power, OUP, New Delhi.

3. Beteille, A., Six Essays in comparative Sociology, OUP, New Delhi.

4. Gupta, D., 1994, Social Stratification, OUP, New Delhi.

5. Ghurye, G.S., 1969, Caste Class & Race in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.

6. Mandelbaum, G., 1970, Society in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.

7. Haralambos, M., 1980, Sociology : Themes & Perspectives, OUP, New Delhi.

8. Sharma, KL., 1994, Social Stratification & Mobility, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.

9. Gupta, D., Social Stratification, Orient Longman, New Delhi.

10. Gupta, D., & K.L. Sharma, 1992, Social Statification, Orient Longman, New Delhi.

11. Singh, Yogendra, 2002, Social Stratification and Change in India, Manohar Publishers and

Distributors : New Delhi.

12. Ahuja, Ram, 2007, Society in India - Concepts, Theories and Recent Trends, Rawat Publica-

tions, Jaipur.

194

PAPER - VIII

SOCIAL CHANGE

UNIT I : Social Change :

(a) Nature and Characteristics

(b) Progress and Development

(c) Evolution and Revolution

UNIT II : Theories of Social Change :

(a) Evolutionary

(b) Functional

(c) Conflict

(d) Cyclical

UNIT III : Factors of Social Change :

(a) Technological

(b) Educational

(c) Cultural

(d) Economic

UNIT IV : Non-directed Change :

(a) Sanskritization

(b) Westernization

(c) Secularization

(d) Modernization

UNIT V : Directed Social Change :

(a) Panchayati Raj

(b) Consequences of Land Reforms

(d) Impact of Green Revolution

(c) Role of North Eastern Council in Development

Suggested Readings :

1. Moore, W.E., 1963, Social Change, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

2. Dube, S.C., 1971, Explanation and Management of Change, Tata-Mcgraw Hill, New Delhi.

3. Srinivas, M.N., 1966, Social Change in Modern India, Allied Publishers, Bombay.

4. Shankar Rao, C.N., 2007, Sociology, S. Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi.

5. Singh, Y., 1988, Modernization of Indian Tradition, Rawat Publishers, Jaipur.

6. Doshi, S.L. and Jain, P.C., 2001, Rural Sociology, awat Publications, Jaipur.

7. Vago, S., 1989, Social Change, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

8. Kuppu Swamy, B., Social Change in India.

9. Desai, A.R., 1978, Rural Sociology in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.

10. Singh, Y., 2002, Social Stratification and Change in India, Manohar Publisher, New Delhi.

11. Singh, Y., 1993, Social Change in India, Har-Anand Publications, Pvt., Ltd., New Delhi.

195

PAPER - IX

SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES

UNIT I : A.R. Radcliffe - Brown :

(a) Social Structure

(b) Social Function

UNIT II : Bronislaw Malinowshi

(a) Theory of Function

(b) Concept of Culture

(c) Theory of Need

UNIT III : Talcott Parsons :

(a) Social Action

(b) Pattern Variables

(c) AGIL Paradigm

UNIT IV : R.K. Merton :

(a) Latent and Manifest Function

(b) Reference Group Theory

(c) Theory of Anomie

UNIT V : C.H. Cooley :

(a) Looking Glass Self Theory

(b) Individual and Society

(c) Primary Group

Suggested Readings :

1. Coser, Lewis A., 1996, Masters of Sociological Thought, Rawat Publication, Jaipur.

2. Timasheff, N.S., 1967, Sociological Theory : Its Nature & Growth, Random Home :

New York.

3. Aron, Raymond, 1965, Main currents in Sociological thought Vol. I & II, Penguin : London.

4. Abraham, F. & J.H. Morgan, 1985, Sociological Thought, MacMillan, India.

5. Morrison, K., 1995, Marx, Durkheim & Weber, Sage, New Delhi.

6. Martindale, D., 1990, Nature & types of Sociological Theories, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.

7. Zeitlin, Irving M., 1995, Rethinking Sociology : A Critique of Contemporary Theory, Rawat

Publications : Jaipur and New Delhi.

8. Haralambos, M. with R.M. Head, 1980, Sociology : Themes and Perspectives, Oxford

University Press : New Delhi.

196

PAPER - X

CONFLICT AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

UNIT I : Social Conflict :

(a) Causes of Conflict

(b) Stages of Conflict

(c) Types of Conflict

UNIT II : Social Movements :

(a) Nature and Types

(b) Formation of Social Movements

(c) Theories of Social Movements

UNIT III : Peasant Movements :

(a) Moplah Rebellion in Malabar

(b) Santhal Insurrection

(c) Telangana Peasant Struggle

(d) Naxalbari Peasant Struggle

UNIT IV : Tribal Movements in N.E. India :

(a) Mizo National Movement

(b) Zeliangrong Movement

(c) Seng Khasi Movement

UNIT V : Backward Classes Movements :

(a) Nature and Characteristics

(b) Factors in the Emergence of Backward Classes Movements

(c) Non-Brahmin Movements

Suggested Readings :

1. Coser, L.A., 1956, The Function of Conflict, ew York Free Press.

2. Ghurye, G.S., 1968, Social Tension in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.

3. Rao, M.S.A., (ed.), 1983, Social Movements in India, 2 Vols. Manohar Publications,

New Delhi.

4. Singh, K.S., (ed.), 1983, Tribal Movements in India, 2 Vols., Manohar Publications, New Delhi.

5. Beteille, A., 1988, Backward Classes and the New Social Order, Oxford University Press,

New Delhi.

6. Dhanagare, D.N., 1976, Peasant Protest and Movements, Oxford University Press, Delhi.

7. Doshi, S.L. and P.C. Jain, Rural Sociology in India, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.

8. Desai, A.R., 1979, Peasant Struggles in India, Asia Publishing House.

9. Haralambos, M with R.M. Head., 1980, Sociology : Themes and Perspectives, Oxford

University Press, New Delhi.

197

PAPER - XI

RURAL SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA

UNIT I : Rural Sociology :

(a) Origin, Development, Scope

(b) Village Community - Characteristic, Village Solidarity

(c) Rural - Yrban Differences

UNIT II : Rural Social Structure :

(a) Jajmani System

(b) Patterns of Land Ownership in Pre-Independent India.

(c) Changes in Land Ownership Patterns after Independence

UNIT III : Rural Social Stratification :

(a) Traditional Caste and Class Nexus

(b) Emerging Rural Class Stratification

(c) Changing Rural Caste System in Contemporary India

UNIT IV : Rural Problems :

(a) Agricultural Problems : System of Cultivation,

Problem of land holdings.

(b) Economic Problems : Indebtedness, Bonded Labour,

Poverty & Unempployment

(c) Social Problems : Corruption, Casteism, Conservatism

UNIT V : Rural Social Change :

(a) Emerging Rural Society in India

(b) Measures for Rural Reconstruction

(c) Forces of Social Change in Rural Society

Suggested Readings :

1. Desai, A.R., 1978, Rural Sociology in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.

2. Doshi, S.L. and P.C. Jain, 2001, Rural Sociology, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.

3. Sharma, R.K., 2007, Rural Sociology, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd., New Delhi.

4. Beteille, A., 1974, Studies in Agrarian Social Structure, Oxford University Press, Delhi.

5. Singer, M. and S.S. Cohn (ed.), 1968, Structure and Change in Indian Society, Winner - Gren

Foundation, New York.

6. Rao, C.N., 2007, Sociology of Indian Society, S. Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi.

7. Srinivas, M.N., 1955, India’s Villages, Asia’s Publishing House, Bombay.

8. Ahuja, R., 2004, Indian Social System, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.

198

PAPER - XII

URBAN SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA

UNIT I : Urban Sociology :

(a) Origin, Development, Scope

(b) Urbanism

(c) Rural-Urban Convergence

UNIT II : Urbanization in India :

(a) Factors of Urbanization

(b) Types of Cities

(c) Urban Influence on Rural Society

UNIT III : Some Aspects of Urban Life :

(a) Migration

(b) Neighbourhood

(c) Voluntary Association

UNIT IV : Urban Social Problems :

(a) Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

(b) HIV/Aids

(c) Juvenile Delinquency

(d) Prostitution

UNIT V : Urban Development :

(a) Problems of Urban Development

(b) Urban Development Programmes

(c) Role of Municipal Council

Suggested Readings :

1. Quinn, J.A., 1974, Urban Sociology, Orient Longman.

2. Rao, M.S.A., 1974, Urban Sociology in India, Orient Longman, New Delhi.

3. Abrahamson, M., 1976, Urban Sociology, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

4. Rao, C.N., Sociology of Indian Soceity, S. Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi.

5. Sharma R.K., 2007, Urban Sociology, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd., New Delhi.

6. Bhatnagar, K.K., 2007, Urban Development and Administration, Rawat Publication, Jaipur.

7. Ahuja, Ram., 1997, Social Problems in India, Rawat Publications, Jaipur.

8. Ahuja, Ram, 2007, Society in India - Concepts, Theories and Recent Trends, Rawat

Publications, Jaipur.

199