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TUMKUR UNIVERSITY

SOCIOLOGY

I SEMESTER

SOC. 1.1. CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY

Objectives:

The aim of the course offered in two parts on the first and second semester is

to provide the student with the necessary foundations in the major thinkers and

pioneers of sociological thinking such Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Pareto. A

sound understanding of these thinkers would go a long way in helping a student to

understand the contemporary and current social issues and problems.

Course Outline:

Unit 1 : Introduction

Emergence of Sociology from social philosophy of medieval age –

especially with reference to ideas of state of nature progress; social

evolution; utopian socialism

Unit 2 : Sociological Ideas

a. Auguste Comte

b. Herbert Spencer and

c. Montesquieu

Unit 3 : Socialism of Emilo Durkehim

a. Sociology as a study of social fact

b. Rules of sociological method

c. Studies on division of labour, religion and suicide

Unit 4 : Max Weber’s Contributions

a. Fundamental concepts – social action, social relationship, legitimacy,

authority and power.

b. Methodology of social sciences – values, objectivity, ideal types

c. Weber’s conception of history, rationalization, disenchantment,

Protestant ethic and he spirit of capitalism.

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Reading List:

1. Aron, Raymond (1991) Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. 1.

Penguin. London, Chapters on Durkheim and Weber.

2. Barnes H E (ed.) An Introduction tot eh History of Sociology. Chicago

University Press, Chicago. 1948

3. Collins Randell : Max Weber. Sage, Lodon 1986. Chapter on Social Action

and Typology.

4. Coser, Lewis : Masters of Sociological Thought. HBJ, New York, 1977

Chapters on Weber and Durkheim.

5. Durkheim E:The Rule of Sociological Method Free Press, New York. 1958

6. Gerth, HH and C.W. Mills : From Max Weber, Essays in Sociology.

Oxford, 1981.

7. Giddens, Anthony: Capitalism and Modern Social Theory, Cambridge

University Press 1994.

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SOC. 1.2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Unit 1 : Introduction of Social Research

a) Meaning

b) Objectives

c) Importance

Unit 2 : Approaches and Types of Social research

a) Approaches : Historical, Case Study, Descriptive, Experimental

b) Types: Fundamental/Pure/Theoretical and Applied

Unit 3 : Research Procedures:

a) Identification and formulation of the Research Problem

b) Survey of Literature

c) Research Design

d) Hypothesis

e) Sample Selection

f) Methodology and Definition of Concept and Variable

g) Pilot Survey and Pre-test

h) Data Collection : Primary and Secondary Sources.

Unit 4 : Tools and techniques of Data Collection

a) Observation

b) Questionnaire and Schedule

c) Survey and Census

d) Interview

e) Sociometry

Unit 5 : Analysis of Data and Preparation of a Research Report

a) Techniques of Data Analysis : Editing, Coding and Tabulation

b) Kinds of Research Reports and Documentation.

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Reading List:

1. Bose, Pradi Kumar (1995) : Research Methodology, New Delhi : ICSSR

2. D.A. De VAUS (1986): Surveys in Social Research, London &

Winchester, MA: George Allen & Unwin.

3. Goode and Hatt (1952): Methods in Social Research, New York : Mc.

Graw Hill.

4. young Pauline. V (1992). Scientific Social Survesy and Research, New

Delhi : Prentice Hall of India.

5. Sadhu, A.N. and Amarjit Singh (1980). research Methodlology in Social

Sciences, Bombay : Himalaya Publishing House.

6. Dooley, David (1997). Social Research Methods, New Delhi: Prentice

Hall of India.

7. Goode and Hatt : Methods in Social Research, Mc Graw Hill.

8. Young Pauline V: 1992; Scientific Social Sureys and Research, Prentice

Hall of India, New Delhi.

9. Sadhu A.N and Amarjit Singh: 1980, Research Methodology in Social

Sciences, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay.

10. Dooley, David; 1997, Social Research Methods, Prentice hall of India,

New Delhi.

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SOC. 1.3 RURAL SOCIETY IN INDIA

Objectives

The course is designed to provide in overview of the rural social reality to

the student. With emphasis is on the changing nature of the rural society. The

factors on the changing nature of the rural society. The factors that have been

responsible for changes in rural society as also the efforts of the governments at

addressing rural problems/issues are to be ive importance.

Course Outline:

Unit 1 : Historical Background of Village Community in India:

a) Myth and reality of Indian village community.

b) Importance of its study.

Unit 2 : Social Organization of Indian Village:

a) Caste System

b) Features and processes.

Unit 3 : Economic Organization:

a) Land – Importance of Land; Economic Interdependence;

b) The so called ‘Janmani’ System;

c) Impact of market economy/commercialization on village economy;

d) Changes in agriculture since independence new economic opportunities /

challenges.

Unit 4 : Rural Power Structure:

a) Village Panchayat

b) Impact of the Democratic process party politics on village

c) Emerging trends in rural power structure

d) Decentralization of power.

Unit 5 : Rural Society in Transition:

Appraisal of the impact of urbanization, industrialization, modernization

and globalization.

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Reading List:

1. Berch, Berberogue : (ed) Class, State and Development in India. Sage.

New Delhi, 1992.

2. Desai A.R. (Ed): Rural Sociology in India. Popular, Bombay, 1969

3. Desai A.R. : Rural India in Transition, Popular, 1972.

4. Epstein T.S. : South India – Yesterday Today and Tomorrow. Mac

Millan, London, 1978.

5. Lakshminarayana H.D. : Democracy in Rural India, National, Delhi 1980

6. Oommen T.K. : Social Transformation in Rural India, Vikas, New Delhi,

1984.

7. Thorner Danier and Alice Thorner: Land and Labour in India, Asia

Bombay 1962.

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SOC. 1.4.1 ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

Objectives:

One of the earliest to draw attention to the deleterious consequences of

capitalist mode of unsustainable development has been Lewis Mamford. Sociology

thus has always had a built in critique of the style and processes of economic

development. Naturally therefore sociologists are in the forefront of the movements

expressing concern about the deteriorating environment and ecology Environmental

issues have come to the center stage not only in the developed west, but also in the

developing countries like India.

Course Outline:

Unit 1 : Environment and Environmental Problems:

a) Interaction between ‘environment’ and ‘society’.

b) Nature of environmental problems.

c) Types of environmental problems : Exhaustion, pollution and

disturbance

d) Causes of environmental problems : population growth, quantity of

environmental utilization, quality of environmental utilization, carrying

capacity of the earth.

e) Interests, values and reactions to environmental problems.

Unit 2 : Classical Sociological Tradition:

Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Maxweber on environmental concerns.

Unit 3 : Environmental Sociology:

a) Issues and theoretical approaches; Social construction of environmental

problems.

b) News Media and environmental communication, Ups and down in the

development of environmental sociology.

c) Emerging theoretical perspectives in environmental sociology,

Zavestoskis, Dunlapand Catton, Ramachandra Gruha, Patrick Geddes

and Radhakamal Mukherji, current debates on ‘risk society’.

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Unit 4 : Nature and Culture:

a) Ecology and Social Structure, Synthesis of Societal and Environmental

Dialect.

b) Resouce use and abuse; competing claims over nature.

Unit 5 : Social Impact Assessment on Environmental Problesm.

Environmental issues relating to population, water, sanitation, pollution,

energy, housing and urban development and rural poverty.

Reading List :

1. Egbert Tellegen and Marten Wolsink. 1994, Society and its Environment: An

Introduction, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1079 LH Amsterdam.

2. Gadgil Madhav and Ramachandra Guha 1996; Ecology and Equity, the use

and abuse of nature in contemporary India, New Delhi OUP.

3. Giddens, Anthony 1996, Global Problems and Ecological Crisis, in

introduction to sociology, 2nd

edition, New York, W.W.N.

4. Hannigan, John A. 1995 Environmental Sociology, A Social Constructionist

Perspective London and New York, Routledge.

5. Michael Redchift, 1984, Development and Environmental Crisis, Mehenn

Co. Ltd., New York.

6. Munshi, Indra, 2000. Environment in sociological theory, Sociological Bulletin,

Vol. 49, No. 2.

7. OL Riordan T, 1981, Environmenalism PioN

8. Ramachandra Guha (ed) 1998 Social Ecology, New Delhi, Oxford University

Press.

9. Schnaibeng Allan, 1980 The Environment OUP, New York.

10. Sharma S.L., 1994, “Perspectives on sustainable development in South Asia in

Samad (ed); Perspectives on sustainable development in Asia, Kaula Lumpur:

ADIPA.

11. State of India’s Environment 1985. The second-citizens report, Centre for

Science and Environment.

References:

1. Arnold, David and Gruha Ramachandra, 1995 Nature, Culture,

Imperialism. Oxford University Press; South Commission 1989.

2. The need to reorient development strategies and development of the

environment. OUP-Delhi-UNDP. Sustainable Development, New York,

OUP.

3. World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987, Our Common

Future, Brutland Report, New Delhi, Oxford University Press.

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SOC 1.5.1 URBAN SOCIETY IN INDIA

Objectives :

While it is true that India is every today predominantly rural, the urban

growth has been no less spectacular and problem free. In absolute terms India

perhaps has longer urban population, which is growing very rapidly in the last 2/3

decades, Urban growth has also its accompanying social problems. The course is

aimed to sensitize the student to the urban reality of India.

Course Outline:

Unit 1 : Classical Sociological Traditions as Urban and City Dimensions;

a) Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber and Ferdinand Tonnies.

b) Urban Community and Special Dimensions, Park, Burgess and Mc

Kenzie.

Unit 2 : Urban Sociology in India:

a) Emerging trends in urbanisation

b) Factors or urbanisation sociological dimensions of urbanisation.

c) Social consequences of urbanisation.

Unit 3 :Classification of urban centres, cities and towns:

a) City industrial urban base, its growth and special features.

b) Industry centered developments.

Unit 4 : Changing Occupational Structure:

a) Its impact on social stratification class, caste, gender, family Indian city.

b) Its growth, migration, problems of housing, slum development urban

environmental problems, urban poverty.

Unit 5 : Urban Planning and Problems of Urban management in India:

Urban institutions, Factors affecting planning, regional planning and the

links between social and special theory.

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Reading List:

1. Quinn J.A. 1955, Urban Sociology, S. Ghand & Co., New Delhi.

2. Pickwance G.G. (ed) 1976, urban Sociology; Critical Essays, Methuen,

Saunders Peter 1981, Social Theory and Urban Question, Hutchionson.

3. Bose Ashish 1978, Studies in Indian urbanisation 1901-1971 Tata Mc.

Graw Hill

4. Abrahimson M. 1976, Urban Sociology, Englewoot, Frentie Hall.

5. 83 Ronnan, Paddison, 2001 : Handbook of Urban Studies Sage : India.

6. Bharadwaj R.K., 1974 : urban Development in India, National

Publishing House, Gold.

7. harry, 1982 : Sociology of Urban Life, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliff.

8. colling Worth, J.B. 1972, Problems of Urban Society Vol. 2, George and

Unwin Ltd, References.

9. Alfred de Souza 1979, The Indian City; Poverty, Ecology and urban

Development, Manohar, Delhi.

10. Desai A.R. and Pillai S.D. (ed) 1970, Slums and Urbanisation, Popular

Prakashan, Bombay.

11. Caste /Is M. 1977 : The Urban Question, Edward Arnold, London.

12. Ramachandran R. 1991, Urbanisation and Urban Systems in India, OUP,

Delhi, Ellin Nan 1996 Post Modern urbanism, Oxford UK.

13. Edward W. Soja 2000 Post Metropolis; Critical studies of cites and

regions, Oxford Blackewell.

14. Fawa F. Sylvia, 1968: New urbanism in World Perspectives – A Reader

T.Y. Cowell, New York.

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II SEMESTER

SOC. 2.1. CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY II

Course Outline:

Unit 1 : Marx and Marxism

Marx’s concept of history and society

class and class consciousness – the inevitable doom of capitalism

Alienation and social being.

Unit 2 : Vilfredo Pareto

Logical and non-logical action

Sociology as logico-experimental science

Residues and derivations

The circulation of elites

Unit 3 : George Simmel

Method: forms of interaction and individually; social types; modern

culture

Unit 4 : Pitrim A Sorokin

Sorokin and integralist sociology

Reading List:

1. Aron, Raymond : Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Penguin,

Lodon, 1991, Vol. 1.

2. Carver, Terrel : Marx’s Sociological Theory, Oxford, 1982, Chapters 3

and 4

3. Coser, Lewis: Masters of Sociological Thought, HBJ, New York, 1977.

4. Finer, S.F. (ed.) : Vifredo Pareto : Sociological Writings, Basil

Blakwill, Oxford, 1966.

5. Giddens, Anthony: Capitalism and Modern Social Theory, Cambridge

Universiy Press, 1994, Part 1 – Marx.

6. Zimmerman C.C., Sociological Theories of Pitirism Sorokin,

University of Jaipur, (undated)

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SOC 2.2. SOCIOLOGY OF INDIAN SOCIETY I

Objective:

This course is designed as a core course to equip the student with a second

theoretical understanding of the development of sociological understanding of

Indian Society. In a way it is also Sociology of Indian Society. Beginning with the

orientalist and industrial construction of India. The student is exposed to the

developments in what may be called main stream sociology of India. Contributions

of D.P. Mukharjee, G.S. Ghurye, M.N. Srinivas, Louis Dumount, Andre Betelle,

and others are sought to be understood in the context of the changes and shifts in

sociological paradigm.

Course Outline:

Unit 1 : The Western Conquest of the Non-western World and India.

a) The emergence of Orientalism.

b) Orientalist constructions of Indian society and culture.

Unit 2 : Pre-colonial Indian Society and Culture:

a) Western Accounts of India;

b) British reports on 17th

and 18th

century India; especially on village

economy, education, science and technology;

c) British Census of India – especially on caste.

Unit 3 : Origin and growth of Sociology in India from Orientalist and

Indological Writings.

Contributions of the Pioneers – D.P. Mukherjee, G.S. Ghurye and

D.N. Majumdar.

Unit 4 : The Emergence and importance of the field view of Indian Society.

Ethnographic accounts; British Social anthropology and its influence on

Indian scholars – M.N. Srinivas on ‘book view’ and field view’ of Indian

society.

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Reading List:

1. Dharampal : Collected Wrirings (in 5 volumes), Other Indian Press, goa,

2000.

2. Edward Said, Orientalism.

3. Index, Ronald: Imagining India, Oxford, 1992.

4. Index, Ronald : Orientalist Constructions of India. Asian Review.

5. M.N. Srinivas : Caste in Modern India and Other Essays.

6. Madan T.N. : Pathways, Oxford, 1994.

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SOC 2.2. SOCIOLOGY OF POPULATION AND HEALTH

Objective:

People in India suffer from communicable and infections diseases and

nutritional madequacies. here is a lack of infrastructural facilities both in rural and

urban areas. The national policy on population and health care needs a re-look as

the social dimension is neglected. Any improvement in the quality of life of the

people of any country is closely associated with health care issues and any study

must invariably look into the population structure, socio-demographic profiles of

the population, morbidity rates and the cultural milieu under which policies and the

programmes operate. The recent census report of India has provided newer

dimensions to population issues and also set a debate on the health care policy. This

course attempts to move towards an appropriate awareness and is designed to

facilitate understanding of population as related to society and health. Census, NSS

reports, NGO reports and repots of various commissions set up by the Government

should be used in the classroom for discussion.

Course Outline:

Unit 1 : Definition, nature, scope and concepts:

a) Study of population, relation between population and society

b) Its relevance, scope and nature.

c) Basic concepts of population, birth rate, death rate, density.

d) Composition of India’s population: age, sex, education level and

employment Census – its uses and relevance.

Unit 2 : Theories of Population:

a) Theories of population pre and post Malthusian theories.

b) Population pyramid. (Explain using data from census of different

countries with particular reference to India)

c) Population growth and development – causes and issues.

d) Ageing population – with reference to developing and developed

countries.

e) Comparative study of population in developed and developing countries

(with special reference to India.

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Unit 3 : Migration:

a) Migration – definition, theories, causes.

b) Migration and urbanisation; Migration and its impact on population,

economy, hosing, transportation.

c) Population movements and demographic change; Social, economic land

cultural changes in context of migration; rural poverty and emigration.

d) Impact of globalisaiton, liberalisation (internal migration) and Indian

Diaspora.

Unit 4 : Social Components of Health:

a) Sociology of health definitions and scope.

b) Four dimensions of health; Health and its relationship with other social

components (such as social, cultural, economic, demographic.)

c) Community health: concepts, problems in India, health, longevity and

illness and responses related to disease as also health-seeking.

d) health as a fundamental right, financing health care and health care

insurance

e) Special issues of women, children, aged and disable.

f) Evaluation of States population and health policy.

Reading List:

1. Bogue Donald, Demography.

2. Census of India, Government of India Publication, New Delhi.

3. NSS reports, Government of India Publication, New Delhi.

4. Aggrawala B.R., India’s Population Problems.

5. Bose, Ashish, Patterns of Population Change

6. Agarwala S.N. 1981: India’s Population Problems, New Delhi : Tata Mc

Graw Hill Publications.

7. Caldwell J.C., P.H. Redy and P. Caldwell. 19083. The Causes of Marriae

Change in South India. Population Studies, 37 : 343 – 61.

8. Davis K., and J. Blake, 1956. Social Structure and Fertility : An Analytical.

9. Framework, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 4 : 211-35.

10. Goyal R.P., 1975, Shifts in Age at Marriage in India between 1961 and

1971. Demography India, 14 : 336-44.

11. I.I.P.S. 1995. National Family Health Survey (MCH and Family Planning),

India 1992-93, Bombay : I.I.P.S.

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12. Mandelbaum, David G., 1974. Human Fertility in India : Social Components

and Policy Perspectives. Berkeley : University of California Press.

13. Sinha U.P., 1970. Marriage Age Patterns in India – A Criticism. Artha

Vijnana, 12 : 439-42.

14. Smith P.C., 193. The Impact of Age at Marriage and Proportions Marrying

in Fertility. In A Rodolfe Bulato and D. Ronald Lee (eds.), Determinants of

Fertility in Developing Countries. New York : National Academy Press.

15. United Nations, 1961. The Mysore Population Study, New York :

Department of Economic and Social Affairs, U.N.

16. Wringley E.A., 1978. Fertility Strategy for the Individual and the Group. In

C. Tilly (ed.), Historical Studies of Changing Fertility. Princeton N.J.,:

Princeton University Press.

17. Mutharayappa S.C., Primary Health Care in Karnataka – A Report Albrech,

Gary L. and Fitzpatrick R., 1994. Quality of life in healthcare : Advances in

Medical Sociology, Mumbai : Jai Press.

18. Coe, Rodney M., 1970, Sociology of Medicine, New York : McGraw Hill

19. Dasgupta R., 1993, Nutritional Planning in India. Hyderabad : NIN

20. Nayar K.R., 1998: Ecology and health : A System approach, New Delhi :

APH Publishing Corporation.

21. Rao, Mohan. 1999: Disinvesting in health: The World Bank’s Prescription

for Health, New Delhi : Sage.

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SOC 2..2 SOCIOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Objective:

As industrial society is part-society with all its distinctive characteristics and

as industrialization has been seed-bed of sociological treatise on society, the

knowledge and scholarship on industry and society should be the necessary

requirement for the sociology students. With the rapid industrialization of the

country the problems of industrial relations have multiplied. This course aims in

understanding the matrix of workers participation in management, collective

bargaining vide a legislations related to these issues and also its repercussions on

the society.

Course Outline:

Unit 1 : Sociology of Industrial Relations as a distinct Area of Study and

Research:

Its Relation to other disciplines viz. Industrial Sociology, Psychology.

Unit 2 : Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Industrial Relations

a) Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Dunlop, Flanders and others.

b) Marxist Approach to the Study of Industrial Relations and Conflict.

Unit 3 : Industrial Relations and Industrial Conflict:

a) Social Genesis of Conflict, Manifestations and Consequences – Strikes,

Closures, Lockout.

Unit 4 : Industrial Relations in a Legal Framework.

a) Legislations Relating to Industrial Disputes / Trade Unions.

b) A Critical Review of Government’s Labour Policy.

Unit 5 : Industrial Relations and Industrial Democracy.

a) Workers Participation in Management.

b) Collective Bargaining as a System of Participative Management.

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Reading List:

1. Arthur Korn Hausemeted (ed) Industrial Conflict, New York, Mc. Graw

Hill, 1975.

2. Blumberg P., Industrial Democracy, Sociology of Participation: London,

Constable, 1968.

3. Flanders, A Collective Bargaining, Hormond Sworth; Penguin Books,

1969.

4. Karnik V.B., Indian Trade Union : A Survey, Popular Prakashan,

Mumbai, 1970.

5. Laxmanna C., (ed): Workers Participation and Industrial Democracy,

Global Perspective Ajantha Publication, 1990.

6. Ramaswamy E.A., 1978, Industry and Labour, OUP.

7. Ramaswamy E.A., 1988, Industrial Relations in India, New Delhi.

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III SEMESTER

3.1. MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES

Unit 1 : Sociology of Knowledge.

Karl Marx, Herbert Spence, Emile Durkheim, Thorstein Veblen, Karl

Mannheim, Pitrim A. Sorokin and Florian Znaniecki.

Unit 2 : Symbolic Ineractionism.

George H. Mead, Charles H. Cooley and Herbert Blumer

Unit 3 : Ethno Methodology

Harold Grafinkel

Unit 4 : Phenomenology

Alfred Schultz

Unit 5 : Conflict Theory

Karl Marx, Ralf Dahrendorf, Lewis A. Coser and Alvin Gouldner

Reading List:

Abraham, Francis. Modern Sociological Theory, New Delhi : Orient

Longman, 1984.

Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Lickmann. The Social Construction of Reality :

A treatise in the Sociology of knowledge. New York : Irvington Publishers.

Collins Randall. Sociological Theory, Jaipur, Rawat Publications, 1997.

Coser, Lewis, Masers of Sociological Thought, Jaipur, Rawat Publications,

2002.

Craib, Ian, Modern Social Theory : from Persons to Habermas, Lodnon,

Harvester Press, 1992.

Giddens, Anthony, Central Problems in Sociological Theory : Action,

Structure and Contradiction in Social Analysis, London, MacMillan, 1983.

Martindale, Don, The Nature and Types of Sociological Theory, London,

Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1960.

Merton, R.K. Social Theory and Social Structure, New Delhi, Amerind.

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3.2 STATISTICS AND COMPUER APPLICATIONS

Unit 1 : Introduction to Statistics:

Descriptive and Inductive Statistics. Assumptions of qualification and

Measurement.

Unit 2 : Handling Data

Tabulation of Data, Diagrammatic and Graphical Representation of Data.

Unit 3 : Methods of Statistical Measurement.

Measures of Central Tendency – Arithmetic Mean, Median and Mode

Measures of Dispersion – Range, Quartile deviation, Standard Deviation &

Mean Deviation.

Correlation – Person’s Correlation and Rank Correlation, Factor Analysis.

Association of Attributes – Chi – Square Test.

Unit 4 : vital Statistics.

Methods of Collecting Vital Events, Measures of Mortality and Fertility

Qualitative Data Format and Processing Techniques.

Unit 5 : Computer Operations.

Application of computers in Social Research

Software Packages : MS Office, Excel, Flow Charts and Power Point

Presentation.

Reading List:

Agarwal Y.P. : Statistical Methods : Concepts, Applications and

Computation, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers, 1995.

Altman, Micha, Jeff Gill & Michael McDonald : Numerical Issues in

Statistical Computing for the Social Scientist, New York, Johan Wiley and

Sons, 2003.

Bryman, Alan, Quality and Quantity in Social Research, Lodon, Unwin

Hyman, 1988.

Gupta S.C., Fundamental of Statistics : New Delhi, Himalaya Publishing

House, 1990.

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3.3 STATISTICS AND COMPUER APPLICATIONS

Unit 1 : Introduction

Definition and Subject Matter of Political Sociology.

Interrelationship between Political System and Society.

Unit 2 : Understanding Basic Concepts.

State, Citizenship, Freedom, Constitution, Power, Democracy, Totalitarian

System Political Parties., Factions, Pressure Groups.

Unit 3 : Theories of Power Distribution.

Mosca, Pareto, Mitchels, C.W. Mills.

Unit 4 : Political Process in India

Role of Caste, Religion, Regionalism and Language in Indian Politics.

Role of Media and Civil Society in Generating Public Opinion and their role

in bringing political change.

Unit 5 : Analysis of Electoral Behaviour with particular reference to India.

Introduction of Psephology – Meaning, Scope and Importance.

Reading List :

Ali, Ashraf and C.N. Sharma, Political Sociology: A new Grammar of

Politics, Madras, University Press, 1983.

Bendix, Reinhard, state and Society, Boston, Little Brown, 1968.

Biswas, Bipti Kumar, Political Sociology, Calcutta, Irma KLM Private 1989.

Dahl, Robert, Modern Political Analysis, New Delhi, Prentice Hall, 1983.

Eisenstadt S.N. (Ed.), Political Sociology, New York, Basic Books, 1971.

Gould, Harold A and Sumit Gangully (Eds.), India Votes : Alliance Politics

and Minority Governments in the Ninth (1989), and Tenth (1991) General

Elections, Boulder, West View Press, 1993.

Gupta, Dipankar, Political Sociology in India : Contemporary Trends,

Hyderabad, Orient Longman, 1996

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3.4 STATISTICS AND COMPUER APPLICATIONS

Unit 1 : Basic Concepts

Understanding Development – Differences Between Growth and

Development, Sustainable Development, Human Development and Inclusive

Development.

Unit 2 : Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Development.

Modernization Theories, World System Approach, Centre-Periphery Model

and Conflict Theories.

Unit 3 : Social Issues and Development

Social Structure as a felicitator or Inhibitor of Development – Role of

Religion, Caste, Education and Gender.

Unit 4 : Issues in India’s Development

Population, Poverty, Regional Imbalances lack of Entrepreneurship and

Environment.

Unit 5 : India’s Experiences in Development

Critical Appraisal of Five year Plans.

Social Consequences of Economic Reforms.

Socio-Cultural Repercussions of Globalization.

Reading List

Appadurai, Arjun : Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of

Globalization, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1997.

Desai A.R. India’s Path of Development : A Marxist Approach, Bombay,

Popular Prakashan, 1985.

Dreze, jean and Amartya Sen, Indian Economic Development and Social

Opportunity, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1996.

Haq, Mahabubul, The Sociology of Modernization and Development, New

Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1991.

Harrison D., The Sociology of Modernization and Development, New Delhi,

Sage 1989.

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Hoogvelt, Ankie M.M., The Sociology of Developing Societies, London,

macmillan, 1998.

Hoselitz Bert F, Sociological Aspects of Economic Growht, New Delkhi,

Amerind Publishers, 1996.

Kiely, Ray and Phil Marfleet, Eds Globalization and the Third World,

London, Routledge, 1998.

Kothari, Rajani, Rethinking Development: In Search of Humane

Alternatives. New Delhi, Aspects Publications, 1990.

Pandey, Rajendra, Sociology of development, New Delhi, Mittal, 1985.

Pandey, Rajendra, Sociology of Udnevelopment, New Delhi, Mittal, 1986.

Rostow W.W., The Stages of Economic Growth, London, University Press,

1960.

Singh, Chew C. and Rober A Denmark (Eds.) The undevelopment of

Development, New Delhi, Sage, 1996.

Smelser, Niel J. The Sociology of Economic life, New Delhi, Prentice Hall

1988.

Zimmerman, Carle and Richard E. Duwords (Eds.) Sociology of

Underdevelopment, Jaipur, Rawat Publications, 1976.

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3.5 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY

Unit 1 : Introduction

Meaning and Characteristics of Stratification

Theories of Stratification

Unit 2 : Forms and Factors of Stratification

Class, Caste and Estate

Education, Occupation, Income, Power and Wealth.

Unit 3 : Understanding Mobility

Meaning of Mobility

Horizontal and Vertical Mobility

Education, Occupation and Income as Determinants of Mobility

Prestige Grading of Occupations.

Unit 4 : Mobility and Polity in India.

Political Participation and Opportunities for Social Mobility

The Constitution of India and Social Mobility

Unit 5 : Leverages of Mobility

Understanding Mobility through Westernization, Sanskritization and

Urbanization.

Social Movements and Social Mobility

Reading List

Barber B. Social Stratification, New York, Harcourt and Brace and Co.

1957.

Beteille, Andre, Caste, Class and Power : Changing Patterns of Stratification

in a Tanjore Village, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2002.

Dumont. L., Homo Hierarchicus, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970.

Lipset S.M. and R. Bendix (Eds.,) Class, Status and Power : Readings in

Social Stratification, Kegan Paul. 1954.

Prabash J., Affirmative Action and Social Change : Social Mobility of

Dalits, New Delhi, Anmol Publications, 2001.

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IV SEMESTER

4.1. SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Unit 1 : Introduction.

Definition, Nature and Scope of Social Movements.

Typologies of Social Movement, Structure and Organization.

Unit 2 : Theoretical Perspectives on Social Movements.

Emergence of Social Movements.

Marxist and Post-Marxist Weberian

Post – Weberian and Structural – Functional

Unit 3 : Social Movements and Social Change.

Reform, Revival, Counter Movements, Transformation and Decline.

Role and Type of Leadership with special reference to Social Movements in

India.

The Bearing of Political Institutions and Processes on Social Movements

with reference to India, and specific reference to Karnataka.

Role of Media.

Unit 4 : Social Movements in India.

A. Reform and Protest Movements

Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Veerasaivism.

Arya Samaj, Satyashodhak Samaj, Sufi Movement and Prarthana Samaj.

B. Peasant and Labour Movements

West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and

Karnataka.

Labour and Trade union Movements in India.

C. Dalit and Backward Classes Movements.

Emergence of Dalit Movement in India.

Role of Jyotiba Phule and Babasaheb Ambedka

Dalit Movement in Karnataka

Backward Classes Movement in India and Karnataka.

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D. Tribal Movements.

Issues before Tribal Movements.

Santal and Jarkahad Movements.

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition

of Forest Rights) Act 2006.

Reading List:

Banks, J.A. The Sociology of Social Movements. London: macmillan.

1979.

Desai, A.R. Peasant Struggles in India. Bombay : Oxford Univesity Press,

1979.

Dhanagare, D.N. Peasant Movements in India 1920-1950. New Delhi :

Oxford University Press, 1983.

Gore, M.S. The Social Context of an Ideology : Ambedkar’s Political

and Social thoughts. 1993.

Oomen, T.K. Protest and Change : Studies in Social Movements, New

Delhi : Sage, 1990.

Rao, MSA, Social Movements in India (Volumes 1 and 2). New Delhi :

Manohar, 1978.

Shah, Ghanshyam. Social Movements in India : A Review of Literature.

New Delhi : Sage, 1990.

Singh, K.S. Tribal Movements in India. New Delhi : Manohar, 1982.

Selliot, Eleanor From Untouchable to Dalit : Essays on the Ambedkar

Movement. New Delhi : Manohar, 1995.

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4.2. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Unit 1 : Relation between Sociology and Health.

Sociology of Health – Its Aims and Scope.

Health and its Relationship with other Social Institutions.

Concepts of Wellbeing and Quality of Life : Their Indicators

Medical Sociology and Sociology in Medicine.

Unit 2 : Social Epidemiology

Vital and Public Health Concepts

Epidemiology and Resources : Social Components in Therapy and

Rehabilitation

Culture and Disease : Attitudes, Beliefs and Values associated with

Diseases.

Recent Trends in Diseases with special reference to HIV/AIDS and

Communicable Diseases.

Unit 3 : The Physician in he Changing Indian Society.

The Professionalization and Socialization of the Physician

Doctor – Patient Relationship.

Nursing as an Emerging Para Medical Profession.

Unit 4 : Hospital as a Social Organization

Types of Hospitals, Functions of Hospitals, Coordination and Supervision of

Hospitals.

Inter-personal Relationships in Hospitals and Medical Social Service in

Hospitals.

Unit 5 : Hospital as a Community Organization

Community Health, Concept of Integrated Health Services.

Functioning of Primary Health Centers in India.

Health Care Delivery and Social Policy

National Health Policy : A Critical Analysis.

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Reading List.

Albert, Gary L., and R. Fitzpatrick. Quality of Life in Health Care :

Advances in Medical Sociology, Mumbai : Jai Press, 1994.

Bloom, Samuel W. The Doctor and His Patient. New York : Free Press,

1963.

Coe, Rodney M. Sociology of Medicine. New York : Mc. Graw Hill, 1970.

Chloe Bird, Peter Conrad and Alan Fremont, eds. Handbook of Medical

Sociology. New York : Prentice Hall, 2000.

Cockerham, William C. Medical Sociology. New Jersey : Prentice Hall,

1997.

Conrad, Peter, ed. Sociology of Health and Illness : Critical Perspectives.

New York : Worth Publishing, 2005.

Dutta, P.R. Rural Health and Medical Care in India. Ambala : Army

Education Press.

Madan, T.N. Doctors and Nurses. New Delhi : Vikas, 1980.

Ommen T.K. Doctors and Nurses : A Study in Occupational Role

Structures Bombay : Macmillan, 1978.

Rama, Baru V. Private Health Care in India. New Delhi : Sage, 1998.

Schwatz, Howard. Dominant Issues in Medical Sociology. New York :

Mc.Graw Hill, 1994.

Venkataratnam, R. Medical Sociology in an Indian Setting. Madras :

Macmillan, 1979.

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4.3. GENDER AND SOCIETY

Unit 1 : Social Construction of Gender

The Relevance of Gender Studies to Sociology

Basic concepts in Gender Studies – Sex and Gender, Patriarchy, Gender

Bias, Gender Relations, Gender Equality, Gender Justice, Androgyny and

Gender Sensitivity.

Unit 2 : Understanding – Feminism.

Feminism as a Concept and Practice

Theoretical Debates on Feminism – Liberal, Marxist, Radical, Socialist,

Existential and Post – Modern Schools.

Indian Perspectives on Feminism

Unit 3 : ender and Society in India

The Construction of Gender in Indian Social Institutions – Family, Marriage,

Religion and Caste

Changing Status of Women in India-Pre-Independence, From Independence

to the International Women’s Decade and From Independence to the

International Women’s Decade to Contemporary Times.

Unit 4 : Women and Development Process in India.

Understanding Development from a Gender Angle – WID, WAD and GAD

Women and Development Efforts in India – Review of Five Year Plans and

Special Programmes aimed at Women’s Development – National and State

Women’s Commissions and Women’s Empowerment Year.

Performance of Women in Key Development Sectors – Education, Health,

Economy and Politics.

Unit 5 : Women’s Movement in India

Issues before he Indian Women’s Movement, The Role of Autonomous

Women’s Groups in the Women’s Movement.

Influence of Women’s Movement on State, Law and Civil Society.

Contemporary Challenges before the Women’s Movement – India’s

Changing Demographic Profile – Domestic Violence – Communal Violence

and Religions Fundamentalism.

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Reading List

Altekar, A.S. The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization. Delhi :

Motilal Banarasidas, 1983.

Channa, Karuna, ed., Socialization, Education and Women. New Delhi :

Orient Longman, 1988.

Chaudhuri, Maitrayee, ed., Feminism, in India. New Delhi : Kali for

Women and Women Unlimited, 2004.

Desai, Neera., and Maithreyi Krishnaraj. Women and Society in India.

Delhi : Ajanta, 1987.

Dube, Leela, Eleanor Leacock and Shirley Ardner. Visibility and Power :

Essay son Women in Society and Development. New Delhi : Oxford

University Press, 1986.

Forbes, Geraldine. Women in Modern India. New Delhi : Cambridge

University Press, 1998.

Gandhi, nandita and N. Shah. Issues at Stake : Theory and Practice in the

Contemporary Women’s Movement in India. New Delhi : Kali for

Women, 1992.

Geetha, V. Gender. Calcutta : Stree, 2002.

Ghadially, Rehana, ed. Women in Indian Society. New Delhi : Sage, 1988.

Kumar, Radha. The History of Doin. New Delhi : Zubaan, 2003.

Oakley, Ann. Sex, Gender and Society. New York : Harper and Row, 1972.

Rege, Sharmila, ed. Soiology of Gender. New Delhi : Sage Publications,

2003.

Tong, Rosemarie. Feminist Thought : A Comprehensive Introduction.

London : Routledge, 1993.

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4.4. GENDER AND SOCIETY

Unit 1 : Introduction

Meaning and Processes of Marginalization.

Scope and Importance of the Study of Marginalization.

Socio-Economic Indices of Marginalization – Poverty, Relative Deprivation,

Exploitation, Discrimination, Backwardness and Inequality.

Unit 2 : Perspectives on Marginalization

Role of Ideology in Marginalization

View of Phule, Periyar, Ambedkar and Lohia

Subaltern Perspectives.

Unit 3 : Marginalized Groups in India.

Scheduled Castes

Scheduled Tribes

Religious Minorities – Muslims, Christians, Parsees and Sikhs

Linguistic Minorities

Women.

Unit 4 : Marginalization and Affirmative Action

Constitutional Provisions

State Policies and Programmes

Role of Voluntary Groups.

Unit 5 : Social Movements and the Marginalized Groups.

Recent Trends in the Movement for Empowerment of Marginalized Groups

Anti-Reservation Agitations.

Reading List:

Ambedkar, B.R. Who were the Shudras ? How They Came to be the

Fourth Varna in the Indo-Aryan Society. Bombay : Thackers, 1946.

Beteille, Andre. Backward Classes and the New Social Order. New Delhi

: Oxford University Press, 1981.

Beteille, Andre. Backward Classes in Contemporary India. New Delhi :

Oxford University Press, 1992.

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Charsley, S.R. and G.K. Karanth, eds. Challenging Untouchability. New

Delhi : Sage, 1998.

Gore, M.S. The Social Context of an Ideology : The Social and Political

Thoughts of Babasaheb Abmedkar. New Delhi : Sage, 1993.

Khan, Mumtaz Ali. Scheduled Castes and Their Status in India. New

Delhi : Uppal Publishing House, 1980.

Jogdand, P.G. New Economic Policy and Dalits. Jaipur : Rawat

Publications, 2000.

Omvedt, Gail. Dalit Visions : he Anti Caste Movement and the

Construction of an Indian Identity. New Delhi : Orient Longman, 1995.

Parvathamma, C. Schedule Castes at the Cross Roads. New Delhi :

Ashish Publishing House, 1989.

Singh, K.S. he Scheduled Tribes. New Delhi : Oxford University Press,

1995.

Guha, Ranjeet. Sabalern’s Studies 2 Volumes. New Delhi : Oxford

University Press.

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4.5. SOCIOLOGY OF AGEING

Unit 1 : Introduction

Scope and Significance of the Study of Sociology of Ageing

The Emerging Field of Gerontology.

Emergence of Sociology of Ageing as a Sub-discipline.

trends and Patterns of Ageing – Global and Indian Scenario.

Unit 2 : Aspects of Ageing

Factors of Ageing

Problems of Ageing : Physical, Economic, Cultural and Psychological

Changing Family and Ageing.

Unit 3 : Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Ageing.

Structural – Functional and Conflict Perspectives

Symbolic Interactionism.

Phenomenology

Ethno methodology

Unit 4 : Coping with Ageing

Formal and Informal Support Systems

Ageing and Illness

Ageing and Retirement

Gender Dimensions of Ageing.

Unit 5 : Policies and Programmes for the Elderly in India.

Role of the State – Central and State Schemes.

Role of Voluntary Organizations

National Policy on Ageing

Reading List

Atchley. Social Processes in Later Life. California : Wadsworth, 1972.

Baara, Jan., Dale Dannefer, Chris Phillipson and Alan Walker, eds. Ageing,

Globalization and Inequality. New York : Baywood Publishing Company,

Inc., 2006.

Baum, M., and Baum, R.C. Growing Old : A Social Perspective. New

Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1980.

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Bhatia, H.S. Ageing and Society: A Sociological Study of Retired Public

Servants. Udaipur: Arya’s Book Centre, 1983.

Bond, John., Colman Peter and Sheila Peace. An Introduction to Social

Gerontology. New Delhi; Sage Publications, 1993.

Cox. Later Life: The Realities of Ageing. New Jersey : Prentice Hall, Inc.,

1984.

Dhillon, P.K. Psycho-Social Aspects of Ageing in India. New Delhi :

Concept Publishing Company, 1992.

Jayprakash, Indira., ed. Quality Ageing : Collected Papers. Varanasi :

Association of Gerontology, 1991.

Mishra, S. Social Adjustment in Old Age. New Delhi; B.R. Publishing

House 1987.

Raju, S.S. Health Status of the Urban Elderly : A Medico-Social Study.

Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2002.

Rao, K.S. Ageing in India New Delhi : National Book rust of India, 1994.

Sharma, M.L., and T.M. Dak, eds. Ageing in India New Delhi: Ajanta

Publications, 1987.