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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL TRIBAL UNIVERSITY, AMARKANTAK.(M.P)M.A SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUS

FIRST SEMESTER (ALL PAPERS ARE COMPULSORY)

SL. NO TITLE OF THE PAPER NO OF CREDITS TOTAL MARKS(EXTERNAI & INTERNAL)

1 BASIC CONCEPTS IN SOCIOLOGY 4 80+202 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 4 80+203 INDIAN SOCIETY 4 80+204 SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA 4 80+20

SECOND SEMESTER (THREE PAPERS CUMPULSORY & ONE OPTIONAL)

SL.NO TITLE OF THE PAPER NO OF CREDITS TOTAL MARKS(EXTERNAI & INTERNAL)

5 SOCIAL THINKERS 4 80+206 SOCIAL STATISTICS

& COMPUTER APPLICATION 4 80+207 SOCIOLOGY OF TRIBES 4 80+208 OPTIONAL ONE 4 80+20

THIRD SEMESTER (THREE PAPERS CUMPULSORY & ONE OPTIONAL)


9 CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES 4 80+2010 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION 4 80+2011 POPULATION AND SOCIETY IN INDIA 4 80+2012 OPTIONAL ONE 4 80+20

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FOURTH SEMESTER (TWO PAPERS CUMPULSORY & TWO OPTIONAL)


13 ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY 4 80+2014 ECONOMY AND SOCIETY 4 80+2015 OPTIONAL ONE 4 80+2016 OPTIONAL ONE 4 80+20

OPTIONAL PAPERS


17 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA 4 80+2018 GENDER AND SOCIETY 4 80+2019 GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIETY 4 80+2020 SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY LIFE AND KINSHIP 4 80+2021 EDUCATION AND SOCIETY 4 80+2022 TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT 4 80+2023 RURAL SOCIETY IN INDIA 4 80+2024 STATE AND SOCIETY IN INDIA 4 80+20

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FIRST SEMESTER, (ALL PAPERS ARE COMPULSORY)M.A SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUS

Paper – 1 Marks - 80

BASIC CONCEPTS IN SOCIOLOGY

Unit- I Sociology as a Discipline.Unit- II Society, Community, Groups, Institutions and Associations,

Social Stratification: Caste, Class, Race, EthnicityUnit- III Social Structure, Social Organization, Processes and Change.

Culture: Norms, Values, Religion and Civilization.Unit- IV Processes of Change; Modernization, Development and Globalization.Unit- V Social Control: Types of Social control, Agencies of Social control: Socialization,

Customs, Laws and Education.

Essential Readings:

MacIver and Page , An Introductory Analysis. Kingsley Davis, Human Society. Berger and Berger, Sociology: A Biographical Approach. Andre Betille, Sociology. Haralambos, M., Sociology : Themes and Perspectives. Inkeles, Alex., What is Sociology?. Jayaram N., Introductory Sociology. J.P. Singh, Sociology: Concepts and Theories. Johnson, Harry M., Sociology : A systematic introduction. B.K. Nagla and S.B. Singh : Introduction Sociology, (Both in English & Hindi language). N.K. Singhi and V. Goshwami, Samaj Shrastra Vivechan (In Hindi). Doshi, S.L. and Jain P.C. Samajshastra Ki Nai Disayen (in Hindi). Bierstedt, R. The Social Order. Fiehter, J.H. Sociology (2

ndEdn).

Bottomore, T.B. Sociology- A Guide to Literature and Problems. Giddens A. Sociology. Peter Worsley, Introducing Sociology.

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Paper – 2 Marks – 80

Unit - I Social research: Scientific Method, and Objectivity in Research. Formulation ofsocial research, Problem.

Unit - II Hypothesis: Meaning, and formulation, Types of Hypotheses, Role of hypotheses insocial research.

Unit - III Research Design: Meaning and Types: Exploratory, Descriptive, ExperimentalUnit - IV Sampling: Universe and sampling Types; Probability, Non - Probability Sampling.Unit - V Tools of data collection: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Case study, Content

analysis;

Essential Readings:

Goode, William J and P. K .Hatt. Methods in Social Research. Young, P.V. Scientific Social Surveys and Research. Wilkinson, T.S and P.L Bhandarkar. Methods and Techniques of Social Research. Sjobers & Nett, Research Methodology. Kothari. R, Research Methodology. Ahuja, Ram. Research Methodology. Bajpai, S.R. Methods of Social Research.

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INDIAN SOCIETY


Unit - I Approaches to the study Indian Society: Structural and Cultural (Dialectical andIndological, Sanskritization; Westernization;)

Unit - II- Caste System: History and Dynamics, Caste, Class and Power

Unit - III Family: Nuclear and JointKinship: Patterns and Regional variations (Irawati Karve)

Unit - IV Marriage: Age at Marriage, Marriage as a Scrament and as a Contract. Dowry,Divorce, Intercaste Marriage, Marriage and Legislation.

Unit - V Status of Women in India; Patriarchy, Gender equality and Women’s Movementsand dynamics. Movement and quest for equality.

Essential Readings:

Mandelbum, D.G. Society in India. Singh, Yogendra. Modernization of Indian Tradition: A Systematic Study of Social Change. Srinivas, M.N. Caste in Modern India and other Essays. Srinivas, M.N. Social Change in Modern India. Dumont, Louis. Homo Hierarchicus. Beteille, Andre. Sociology: Essays on Approach and Method. Gupta, Dipankar, Interrogeting Caste Sharma,K.L. : Indian Society (in Hindi & English) Cohen, B.S. Indian Society.

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SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA


Unit - I: History and Dynamics of the Development of Sociology and Social Anthropologyof India;

Unit - II: Indian Society: Groups and Communities, Unity in Diversity, Tribes, Castes,Class, Gender, Ethnicity, Religious groups.

Unit - III: Polity and Society: Panchayati Raj Institutions, Elections, Political parties, Stateand Civil Society.

Unit - IV: Economy and Society: Agriculture, Industry (Formal and Informal sectors), WhiteCollar Occupations and Profession, Rural- urban interaction.

Unit - V: Basic Problems: Poverty, Unemployment, Illiteracy, Malnutrition, Pollution,Environmental degradation.

Essential Readings:

Mukherjee, Ram Krishna,The Dynamics of Rural Society. Mukherjee, D.P.Diversities. Damle, Y.B., "Reference Group Theory with regard to Mobility in Caste" in James Silverberg (ed.) Social Mobility in the Caste System in India, Desai, A.R. (ed.) : Rural Sociology in India, Bombay, Asia Publishing House Oommen, T. K., Social Transformation in Rural India. Singh, Yogendra, Modernization of Indian Tradition. Singh, K. S., People of India: An Introduction (Vol.-I). Palanithurai, G. Dynamics of New Panchayati Raj System in India. Beteille, A. Backward Classes and the New Social Order. Gupta, Dipanker. Mistaken Modernity. Guha, R. Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India. Das, Gusdasan. Indian Unbounded. Ramchand Guha. India after Gandhi. Beteille, A. Politics and Society.

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SECOND SEMESTER, (THREE PAPERS CUMPULSORY & ONE OPTIONAL)

M.A SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUS

SOCIAL THINKERS


UNIT -I Karl Marx: Historical materialism; Class and Class -conflict in Capitalist Society;Alienation.

UNIT -II Max Weber: Protestant Ethics and The Spirit of capitalism; Ideal Types; SocialAction. Power, Authority and Bureaucracy.

UNIT - III Emile Durkheim: Sociology as Science; Theory on Suicide; Social Division oflabour; Sociology of religion.

UNIT - IV: Claude Levi-Strauss: Myth, Religion, Kinship, and Structuralism,

UNIT – V Radcliffe Brown and Malinowski: Institutions, Social Structure AndFunctionalism.

Essential Readings:

Coser, Lewis A. "MASTERS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT". Timasheff, Nicholas S. "SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY - ITS NATURE &

GROWTH". Nishet, Robert A. "THE SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITION". Aron, Raymond "MAIN CURRENTS IN SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT" Vol. 1 &

2,. Abel, Theodore "THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY" Indian ed., Abraham, Francis M. "MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY: AN

INTRODUCTION", Sorokin Pitrim "CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES". Weber, M. 2002. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capital. Durkheim, E. 1982. The Rules of Sociological Method. Durkheim, E. 1933. The Division of Labour in Society. Radcliffe-Brown, A.R. 1971. Structure and Function in Primitive Society. Levi-Strauss, C. 1963. ‘Do Dual Organisations Exist?’ in C. Levi-Strauss (ed.):

Structural Anthropology (132-166).

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SOCIAL STATISTICS & COMPUTER APPLICATIONSPaper – 6 Marks - 80

Unit – I Statistical Methods Concept and Meaning

Unit – II Measures Central Tendencies : Mean, Mode and Median

Unit – III Measures of Dispersion, Standard Deviation, Mean Deviation, Quartile deviation,Correlation and Regression.

Unit – IV Test of Signification: Parametric and Non Parametic Values, StatisticalDistributions: X2 – Test, F- Test and Z Test and Data Analysis.

Unit – V Computer Applications, Use of Internet, Website, Preparation of Software.

Essential Readings:

Bajaj and Gupta. Elements of Statistics.. Bryman, Alan., Quality and Quantity in Social Research. Garrett, Henry., Statistics in Psychology and Education. Punch, Keith. Introduction to Social Research. Loether, Herman J., and Donald G. McTavish, Descriptive and Inferential Statistics: An

Introduction, (Fourth Edition). De Vaus, David, Analysing Social Science Data: 50 Key Problems in Data Analysis. Kinnear, Paul R., and Colin D. Gray, SPSS 12 Made Simple. Gupta, Statistical Method.

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SOCIOLOGY OF TRIBES


Unit – I Defining Tribes: Concepts and ApproachesMarriage: Rules of Marriage, Mate Selection, Exchange, Divorce

Kinship System: Clan, Lineage, Consangunity and affinity,Unit – II Family: Organizations and Functions, Patriarchy, Male-Female relations, Division

of Labour.

Unit – III Tribal Economy: Agriculture, Labour Forest, Market, Poverty, Indebtedness

Unit – IV Religion: Rites de Passage, Festivals, Fares, and Magic.

Unit – V Social Change: Education, Reservations, Movements, Migration and Mobility.

Essential Readings:

Dube, S.C. ,India’s Changing Villages. Haimendorf, Christoph von, Tribes of India; Hasnain, N., Tribes in India. Raza, Moonis and A. Ahmad, An Atlas of Tribal India . Sharma, Suresh, Tribal Identity and Modern World . Singh, K.S. , Tribal Situation in India (Indian Institute of Advanced Study) Singh, K.S, Tribal Society . Singh, K.S. , Economies of the Tribes and Their Transformation. Singh, K.S, Tribal Movements in India, Vol.I and II . Singh, K.S,The Scheduled Tribes . Doshi S.L. : Tribal society in India. Bose, N.K. : Culture and Society in India. Bose, N.K. : Tribes In India. Sachidanand. Harijan Elites. Naik, T.B. The Bhils. BeteilIe, A. ‘The Concept of Tribe with Special Reference to India’ Cohn, B.S. An Anthropologist among Historians. Vidyarthy, L.P. The Tribal Culture of India. Sharma, K.L. Social Stratification and Mobility. Sachidanand. Harijan Elites

PAPER – 8 (OPTIONAL ONE), Students chose any one paper out of 8Optional.

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THIRD SEMESTER, (THREE PAPERS CUMPULSORY & ONE OPTIONAL)


CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES


Unit - I Bearing of Sociological Theory on Empirical Facts and Bearing of Facts onSociological Theory.

Unit - II Functional theory: Emergence of functionalism; Variants of functionalism;functionalism in contemporary Sociology.

Unit - III Conflict theory: Emergence and dynamics Variants of conflict theory: Marxist,Neo-Marxist (Coser, Dahrendarf) and Critical theory.

Unit - IV Exchange theory: Gensis and dynamics; Behaviouralism;Contemporary Perspection on Exchange theory: Peter Blaw, G.C.Homaus, LeviStrausses

Unit - V Interactionist theory: Symbolic interactionism; Phenomenology;Ethnomethodology.

Essential Readings:

Abraham, M Francis.Modern Sociological Theory. Adams, Bert N. Sociological Theory 2001. Calhoun, Craig, et al. (eds.) Classical Sociological Theory. Ritzer, George 2000. Sociological Theory. The Polity Reader in Social TheoryPolity Press. Turner, Bryn et al. (eds.). The Sage Handbook of Sociology. Turner, Jonathan H. The Structure of Sociological Theory. Zetlin, Irving M. Rethinking Sociology Coser. The Function of Social Conflic. Merton, R. K. The Function of Social Structure

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SOCIAL STRATIFICATION


Unit - I Basic Concepts: Hierarchy, Difference, Varna, Caste, Class, Power, and Ethnicity.

Unit - II Approaches to Social Stratification: Marxian, Weberian, and Functional.

Unit - III Caste System and Its Dynamics

Unit - IV Caste, Class and Power: Caste and Class, Caste and Power, Caste andDiscriminations.

Unit - V Social Mobility:Vertical and Horizantal, Education, Migration, Occupation andReservations as a factor of Mobility in Caste System, Close and Open System.

Natural Differences and Social Stratification: Race and Stratification, Gender andStratification.

Essential Readings:

Beteille, A: Inequality among Men. Beteille, A: Caste, Class and Power. Dumont, Louis: Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications. Franklin, J.H (ed): Color and Race. Goldthrope, J.H: Social Mobility and Caste Structure in Modern Britain. Gupta, Dipankar (ed): Social Stratification, Oxford University Press. Madan, T.N: ‘On the Nature of Caste in India: A Review Symposium on Homo

Hierarchicus: Introduction’, Contributions to Indian Sociology, vol. 5, 1-13. Marriot, Mckim: ‘Caste Systems’ in Encyclopaedia Britanica, vol. 3, 982 – 91. Marx, Karl and Frederick Engels: Selected Work (3 vols.), vol. 1. Sharma, K. L. Social Stratification in India:Issues & Themes. Sharma, K. L. Social Stratification in Hindi. Singh, Yogendra, Social Stratification & Social Change. Gupta, D. (ed) on Caste, Sage. Das, Vina. Social Stratification. James, Silverbert. Caste & Race.

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POPULATION AND SOCIETY IN INDIA


Unit – I Population and Society – To define the Interface between Population and SocietyUnit – II Te Evolution/Development of the field of Social Demography.Unit – III Demographic Processes: Concepts of Fertility, Mortality and Migration.

Sociology of Reproductive Health and Child Development.Unit – IV Demographic Composition: Age, Sex, Rural, Urban and Social Social Composition of

Population.Unit – V Sociology of Demographic Composition with Special Reference to Dalit, Tribal

Demography and Demographic of Minorities.Sociology of Population Policy.

Essential Readings:

Bose, Asish: Demographic Diversity of India Delhi. Premi, M.K. et al : An Introduction to Social Demography. Sharma, Rajendra : Demography and Population Sinha and Dwivedi : Janankiki ki (Hindi). Srivastava, O.S. : Demography and Population Studies. Chandrasekar, S. (ED). Infant Mortality, Population Growth and Family Planning in India. Weeks, John R, `Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues. Nam, Charles B, `Population and Society’. Heer, David M., `Society and Population’. Haq, E. Sociology of Population in India. Economic and Political Weekly. Sandhya. Sociology-Economic Co-relations. U.N.D.P. Report. U.N.P.F. Report. Mamdevi. Myth of Population Control.

PAPER – 12. (OPTIONAL ONE), Students chose any one paper out ofRemaining (7) Optional.

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FOURTH SEMESTER, (TWO PAPERS CUMPULSORY & TWO OPTIONAL)


ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY


Unit - I Defining Ecology, Interaction between Nature, Man and Society.

Unit - II Ecology and Society: Livilihood, Environment and Development.

Unit - III Gender and Ecology: Eco-feminism, Management of Food, Feull, and Water.

Unit - IV Ecological degradation: Deforestation, Exploitation and Dehabitation.

Unit - V Environmental movements in India, Role of State and NGOs.

Essential Readings:

John A.Hannigan, Environmental Sociology. Ramachandra Guha (Ed), Social Ecology, Oxford University Press. Carolyn Merchant (Ed), Ecology, Key concepts in critical theory.

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ECONOMY AND SOCIETY


Unit - I Interlinking Economy in Society.

Unit – II Basic concepts: Production, Distribution, Consumption, Consumption, Market.

Unit – III Aproaches: Marxian, Weberian, Anthropological.

Unit – IV Globalisation and Consumption Patterns: Global Market, Consumer Classes,Economic domination, Lifestyle.

Unit – V State and Economic: Liberalisation and Privatisation, Global Competition,Welfare Policies.

Essential Readings :

Corrigan Peter. The Sociology of Consumption An Introduction. Amartya Sen. Development as freedom. Farkers George and Oaula England (eds.) Industries, Firms, and Jobs: Sociological and

Economic Approaches. Goheen, John.India's Cultural Values and Economic Development: A Discussion,

Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 7, No. 1. Granovetter, Mark and Swedberg, Richard. (eds.) The Sociology of Economic Life. Smelser Neil. J. (ed.) Readings in Economic Sociology.. Smelser, Neil J. and Swedberg, Richard (eds.) Handbook of Economic Sociology. Trigilia, Carlo, Economic Sociology: State, Market, and Society in Modern Capitalism. Dreze, Jean and Sen Amartya (eds.) Indian Development Selected Regional Perspectives? Rao Vijayendra and Michael Walton (eds.) Culture and Public Action. Max Weber, Economy and Society edited by Parsons.

PAPER – 15 & 16. (OPTIONAL TWO), Students chose any two papers out ofRemaining (6) Optional.

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OPTIONAL PAPERS

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA


Unit- I Social movements: Meaning and Typology.

Unit –II Approaches to Social movements: Revolutionary, Radical, Liberal.

Unit – III Dynamics of Social movements in India: Pre – Colonial, Colonial, Post- Independence.

Unit – IV Movements in India: Democratic movements, Peasant Movements, ReligiousMovements, Reform Movements.

Unit – V State Formation and Movements in India: Punjab, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Chhatishgarh,Utrrakhand, and North-East, and Civil Society Movements.

Essential Readings:

Banks, J.A. The Sociology of Social Movements. London, Macmillan. David S. Meyer, Nancy Whittilev, Belinda Robnett. Social Movements. Foweraker Joe. Theorizing Social Movements. Oomen, T.K. Protest and Change: Studies in Social Movements. Rao, M.S.A. Social Movements and Social Transformations. Touraine, A. The voice and the eye: an analysis of social movements. Wilson J. Introduction to Social Movements. Rao, M.S.A. Social Movements in India. Katzenstein Ray. Social Movements in India. Desai, A.R. Ed. Peasant Struggles in India. Bombay.2 vol. Dhanagare, D.N. Peasant Movements in Indian 1920-1950. Singh, K.S. Tribal Movements in India. Selliot, Eleanor. From Untouchable to dalit : Essays on the Ambedkar Movement. Gore, M.S. The Social Context of an Ideology : Ambedkar’s Political and Social Thoughts. Shah, Nandita, The Issues at Stake : Theory and Practice in the Contemporary women’s Movements in

India. Shiva, Vandana, Ecology and the Politics of Survival. Gore M-.S. Non Brahmin Movement of Maharastra. Michel S. M., (Ed). Dalits in India. Oommen T.K.: Nation. Civil Society and Social Movements. Omvedt, Gail , Dalit and Democratic Revolution. Omvedt, Gail , Dalit visions : The anti-caste movement and the construction of an Indian Identity. Shah Ghanshyam. Social Movements in India. A Review of Literature. Singh K.S. Tribal movements in India, ( ed. ) Vol. I & II. Singh Rajendra, Social Movements, Old and New.

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GENDER AND SOCIETY


Unit – I Gendering as the Parts of InequalityApproaches to the Study of Gender: Patriarchy, Division of Labour, Employment,Decision - making

Unit – II Reproduction, Sexuality and Ideology: Biology and Culture, Concepts of Maleand Female, Life Cycle

Unit – III Family, Work and Property: Production and Reproduction, Work and Property,Family and Household

Unit – IV Gender as a Social Issue: Inequality, Dependence, Subordination, Education,Employment,Participation, Reservation.

Unit – V Empowerment of Women.

Essential Readings :

Mead, M. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies. Engels, F. The Origin of the Family,Private Property and, the State. De Beauvoir, S. The Second Sex, Harmondsworth : Penguin. (Book Two). Rosaldo, M.Z. and L.Lamphere (ed.). Women, Culture and Society. Barrett, M. Women's Oppression Today, London: Verso. (Chapters 1 to 4, and 6). MacCormack,C.and M.Strathern (ed.). Nature, Culture and Gender, Cambridge: Douglas. M. Purity and Danger, Harmondsworth: Penguin. (Chapter 9). Boserup, E. Women's Role in Economic Development. Meillassoux, C. Maidens, Meals and Money. Sharma, U. Women, Work and Property in North West India. Ardener, E. “Belief and the Problem of Women” and “The Problem Revisited”, in S. Ardener (ed.), Perceiving Women, London: Malaby Press.

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GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIETY


Unit - I Concept of GlobalizationUnit - II Role of MNC’s, NGO’s, IMF, WB, Market, State, and Media, Globalization.Unit - III Globalization and Culture: The ethos of Globalization; Cultural homogenization,

Hegemony and dominance;Unit - IV Social Consequences of globalization: Inequality, Subordination,Appriation of

Resources and Dominance.Unit - V Globalization in India: Privatization, Rich-poor Decide, New Middles and

Lifestyle.

Essential Readings:

Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity at large: Cultural dimensions of globalization. Baldev Raj Nayar (Ed). Globalization and Politics in India. Dreze Jean and Amartya Sen. Indian economic development and social opportunity. Frank Lechner, John Boli. The Globalization Reader. George, V. and Wilding, P. Globalization and Human Welfare. Hoogvelt, Ankie. Globalization and the post-colonial world – The new political economy

of development. Kiely, Ray and Phil Marfleet (Eds.). Globalization and the third world. McGrew, Anthony. Poku, Nana K. (Eds). Globalization, Development and Human Merlin A. Taber & Sushma Batra. Social Strains Of Globalization In India. Preston, P.W. Development theory – An introduction. Proshanta K. Nandi, Shahid M. Shahidullah. Globalization and Evolving World Society. Rajib Lochan Panigrahy and L.R. Patro (ed.). Globalization and Sustainable Agriculture

in India. Samir Dasgupta. The Changing Face of Globalization. EPW- One Whole Vol. Singh, Y. Modernization of Indian Tradition.

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SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY LIFE AND KINSHIP


Unit – I Basic Concepts : Incest, Clan, Lineage, Kindered.Kinship and Descent: Unilineal, Double and Cognatic Descent.

Unit – II Kinship Organization in India :Unit – III Marriage : Endogamy, Exogamy, Monogamy, Polygamy, Levirate and Sororate,

Hypergamy and Hypogamy.Unit – IV Dowry and Bride Price. Changing Patterns of Marriage among Hindus, Muslims

and Christians.Unit – V Changimg Patterns of Family life in India. Inhabitation and Property, Migration

and Mobility, Structure and Composition

Essential Readings:

Dube, Leela : Women and Kinship : Comparative Perspectives on Gender in South andSouth East Asia.

Fox, Robin, : Kinship and Marriage : An Anthropologocal Perspective. HarmondsworthPenguine.

International Encyclopedia of Social Science, 1968. Karve, Iravati : Kinship Organization in India, Kapadia, K.M. : Marriage and Family in India in India (in Hindi), Murduck: Social Structure. Beteiee, John: Others Culture: Mair, Lucy:An Introduction to Social Anthropology. Shah, A.M. : The Family in India. Critical Essays, Uberoi, Patricia,: Family, Kinship and Marriage in India,

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EDUCATION AND SOCIETY


Unit – I Education and Society: Defing the Interface Between Education and Society.

Unit – II Development of the studies on the Relation between Education and Society.

Unit – III Sociological Approaches to Education with reference to the work done byDurkheim, Karl Mannheim, Weber, T. Parsons, Marx, Grasmic, Althusser, EvanIllich.

Unit – IV Education as a Source of continuty, Change and Modernization.

Unit – V Education and Society in India with reference to Education in relations to IndianSociety, Critical study of various commission Report and current EducationPolicy, Relation between Education in Indian State.

Essential Readings:

Oottay, Education and Society. Holsay, Flowd and Anderson.Education. Economy and Society. Durkheim. Education and Society. Karl, Mannheim. Approaches to Education. Rudolf and Rudolf. State and Education. Nayak, J. P. Development of Education in India. Marxist Perspective of Sociology of Education. Haq, E. Schooling System in India. Haq, E. School, Family and Media. Haq, E. Education Polity and Society. Kothary Commission, Government of India.

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TRIBAL DEVELOPMENTPaper – 22 Marks - 80

Unit – I Approaches to the Study of Tribal Society in India: Assimilationist andIsolationist Approaches

Unit – II Indian State : Policies and Programmes for the Welfare of Tribal People.

Unit – III Patterns and Trends of Development among Tribes

Unit – IV Development Projects in India: An appraisal

Unit – V Factors Affecting Change in Family Life and Kinship.

Legislative Measures

Education

Migration

Mobility

Essential Readings:

Singh, Yogendra, Modernization of Indian Tradition. Mandelbaum, D.G. , Society in India,Bombay. Sharma,K.L. : Indian Society (in Hindi & English both), NCERT. Buddh Dev Chodhary, Tribal Development in India. Singh, K.S. , Tribal Situation in India (Indian Institute of Advanced Study) Singh, K.S, Tribal Society . Tribal Society in India. Tribal Situation in India. Singh, K.S. , Economies of the Tribes and Their Transformation. Singh, K.S, Tribal Movements in India, Vol.I and II . Singh, K.S,The Scheduled Tribes . Doshi S.L. : Tribal society in India. Bose, N.K. : Culture and Society in India. Bose, N.K. : Tribes in India. BeteilIe, A. ‘The Concept of Tribe with Special Reference to India’ Cohn, B.S. An Anthropologist among Historians. Vidyarthy, L.P. The Tribal Culture of India. Sharma, K.L. Social Stratification and Mobility. Sachidanand. Harijan Elites. Naik, T.B. The Bhils.

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RURAL SOCIETY IN INDIAPaper – 23 Marks - 80

Unit - I Nature andScope of Rural Sociology, Rural-Urban Differencess and Interaction.

Unit - II Peasanthy and Agrarian Class Structure,Agrarian Relations and Mode of Production.

Unit - III Caste, Class and Power in Rural India: Continuty and Change.

Unit - IV Peasant Movements: Change and Development, Role of State in Rural Transformation.

Unit - V Non- form Economic Activities and New Middle Classes in Rural India.

Essential Readings:

Andre Beteille : Agrarian Relation in India. Andre Beteille : Caste, Class and Power. A.R. Desai : Rural Sociology in India. Badan Powell : The Indian Village Community. McKim Marriott : Village India. Rama Krishnan Mukherjee : The Dynamics ofRural Society. Redfield, R. : Little Community & Peasant Society. A.R. Desai : Gram Samajshastra (In Hindi). Mandelbum. Socio-Cultural Corelation of Population. Srinivas: Indian Village. Sharma & Gupta: Country- Town Nexus. T.N.Madan: Indian Village. Gupta, Dipanker: Kisan Union. Chouhan,B.R.: Rural Society in India. Danial, Thornes: Agrarian Perspective, Land & Labour in India on Agrarian Perspective. Sharma, Surender:Sociology in India. Shah, A. M. Household Dimension of the Family in India: A Field Study In Gujarat

Village and Review of other Studies.

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STATE AND SOCIETY IN INDIA


Unit - I. Interlinks of State and Society.Unit – II Some Basic Concepts: State, Nation, Government, Democracy, Power, and

Authority.Unit – III Approaches: State as determinants of Society, Society and Economy as

determinants of State, Marx, Weber, Pareto, Mosca, Dahl, MillsUnit – IV State and Society in India: Political Parties, Elections, Government formations.

Unit – V Political Processes and Change: Emergence of Pressure groups, Factors,Coalitions, Social justice and Egalterianism.

Essential Readings:

Eisenstadt, S.N. (ed.). Political Sociology: A Reader. Bottomore, T. B. Elites & Society. Easton, D. ‘An Approach to the Analysis of Political Systems’, World Politics, 9(3): 383-400. Gluckman, M. Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society. Baviskar, B. S. The Politics of Development: Collins, R. ‘A Comparative Approach to Political Sociology’ in R. Bendex (ed.):

State and Society (42-67). Miliband, R. The State in Capitalist Society.. Rudolph, L.I. and S.H. Rudolph. In Pursuit of Lakshmi, The Political Economy ofThe Indian

State. Mills, C. W. The Power Elite. New York: Marshall, T. H. Class, Citizenship and Social Development. Dahrendrof, R. Essays in the Theory of Society. Pareto, V. The Mind and Society. Sharma, Rajender. State and Society. Rawat. Kothari, Rajani. Caste & Politics in India.

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