Note :
A candidate for M.A. examination shall offer Psychology or Sociology or Statistics or Public
Administration only if he/she has completed the prescribed courses in an affiliated college or the
Department concerned of this University.
APPLICABILITY OF REGULATIONS FOR THE TIME
BEING IN FORCE
Notwithstanding the integrated nature of a course spread over more than one academic year, the
regulations in force at the time a student joins a course shall hold good only for the examinations held
during or at the end of the academic year. Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to debar the
University from amending the regulations subsequently and the amended regulations, if any, shall apply
to all students whether old or new.
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GUIDELINES FOR CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT (20%) FOR
REGULAR STUDENTS OF POST GRADUATE COURSES of Sociology
(Semester System)
(Effective from the First Year Admissions for the Academic Session 2010-11)
1. The Syndicate has approved the following Guidelines, Mode of Testing and
Evaluation including Continuous Internal Assessment of students:
(i) Terminal Evaluation 80%
(ii) Continuous Assessment 20%
(iii) Continuous Assessment may include Written Test, Snap Test,
Participation in Discussions in the class, Term Paper, Attendance
etc.
(iv) In order to incorporate an element of Continuous Internal
Assessment of students, the Colleges\Department will conduct
tests as quantified below:
(a) Written Test (one per semester): 25 (reduced to 5)
(b) Snap Test : 25 (reduced to 5)
(c) Term Paper/s : 25 (reduced to 5)
(d) Participation in Class Discussions: 15 (reduced to 3)
(e) Attendance : 10 (reduced to 2)*
Total: 100 reduced to 20
*Weightage of 2 marks for Attendance component out of 20 marks for
Continuous Assessment shall be available only to those students who attend 75% and
more of classroom lectures/seminars/workshops. The break-up of marks for attendance
component for theory papers shall be as under:
Attendance Component Mark/s for Theory Papers
(a) 75% and above up to 85% : 1
(b) Above 85% : 2
2. In the case of Paper SOC R 439: Methods & Techniques in Social Research:
The system of evaluation for Internal Assessment shall be based on field work–
data collection, report writing and presentation of report. The break-up of the marks shall
be as under:
Data Collection : 25 (reduced to 5)
Report Writing: 50 (reduced to 10)
Presentation of Report: 25 (reduced to 5)
Total 100 reduced to 20
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3. It shall not be compulsory to pass in Continuous Internal Assessment. Thus
whatever marks are secured by a student out of 20% marks, will be carried forward and
added to his/her score out of 80%, i.e. the remaining marks allocated to the particular
subject and, thus he/she shall have to secure pass marks both in the University
examinations as well as total of Internal Continuous Assessment and University
examinations.
4. Continuous Internal Assessment awards from the affiliated Colleges/Department
must be sent to the Controller of Examinations, by name, two weeks before the
commencement of the particular examination on the Proforma obtainable from the
Examination Branch.
5. The marks obtained by a candidate in Continuous Internal Assessment in
Postgraduate Classes from the admissions of 2006 will be shown separately in the
Detailed-Marks-Card (D.M.C.)
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PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH
OUTLINES OF TESTS, SYLLABI AND COURSES OF READINGS IN THE
SUBJECT OF SOCIOLOGY FOR M.A. I & III SEMESTERS EXAMINATIONS,
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011, 2012 & 2013 AND II & IV SEMESTER
EXAMINATIONS, APRIL/MAY, 2012, 2013 & 2014.
SCHEME FOR OPTING COURSES
SEMESTER-I
Course no. Title
SOC R 411 History of Social Thought
SOC R 412 Sociology of Family and Gender
SOC R 413 Sociology of Development
SOC R 414 Social Stratification: Concepts & Theories
SEMESTER-II
SOC R 425 Positivistic Sociological Theories
SOC R 426 Methodology of Social Research
SOC O 521 Population and Society
SOC O 621 Social Dimensions of Development
SOC O 721 Sociology of Urban Settlements
SOC O 821 Structural Moorings of Gender Oppression
SOC O 921 Peasants and Rural Society In India
SOC O 922 Organizational Theory and Behaviour
SOC O 923 Basic Social Statistics
SEMESTER-III
SOC R 438 Interpretive Sociological Theories
SOC R 439 Methods & Techniques in Social Research
SOC O 532 Basic Methods in Population Studies
SOC O 632 Social Development in India
SOC O 633 Rural Development in India
SOC O 732 Problems of Urban India
SOC O 832 Family in Cross Cultural Perspective
SOC O 931 Sociology of Aging
SOC O 932 Organizational Structure and Development
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SOC O 933 Sociology of Deviance: Concepts and Theories
SOC O 934 Sociology of Crime
SOC O 935/945 Dissertation (III and IV Semesters)*
SOC O 936 Advanced Social Statistics
SEMESTER-IV
SOC R 440 Perspectives on Indian Society
SOC O 543 Determinants and Consequences of Population Growth
SOC O 544 Sociology of Human Migration
SOC O 644 Environmental Crisis and Sustainable Development
SOC O 645 Entrepreneurship and Development
SOC O 743 Cities, Urban Planning and Development
SOC O 843 Family Dynamics in Contemporary India
SOC O 844 Gender and Development
SOC O 941 Fundamentals of Industrial Sociology
SOC O 942 Social Problems
SOC O 943 Political Sociology
SOC O 944 Sociology of Marginalized Communities
SOC O 945/935 Dissertation (IIIrd and IVth semesters)*
SOC O 946 Media and Culture
There will be two categories of courses and each course will be of 4 credits.
(1) SOC R level are Required or Compulsory Courses.
(2) SOC O level are Open Courses (including Dissertation).
The students will be required to complete 64 credit hour courses successfully in
the total duration of four semesters. The break up of the credit hours is as follows:
________________________________________________________________________
Course Category No. of Courses to be completed Credits
________________________________________________________________________
1. Required or Compulsory Courses 9 9x4= 36
(SOC R level)
2. Open Courses 7 7x4= 28
(SOC O level) Total credits ______64
Each student shall take up all four Required Courses in the First Semester. In the
Second Semester, in addition to two Required Courses, each student shall opt for two
Open Courses out of those offered in that particular Semester. In the Third Semester
again, in addition to two Required Courses, each student shall opt for two Open Courses,
out of those offered during that Semester, including Field Dissertation, depending upon
his/her eligibility for the same. In the Fourth Semester, apart from one Required Course,
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each student shall opt for three Open Courses (two in case he/she already has
dissertation)*.
*Note: Since the Semester system in M.A. Sociology is just being introduced in
colleges from the session 2011-12, SOC O 935/945 Dissertation shall continue to be
offered only in the Department and USOL. Its introduction in the colleges shall be
subject to approval by the concerned university authorities as per university norms.
Further, offering of Optional Courses by the Department/College will depend upon the
availability of faculty for teaching the course(s). In this way, the candidates will exercise
their choice in the following manner:
________________________________________________________________________
Semester Required Course Open Course
________________________________________________________________________
I 4 -
II 2 2
III 2 2
IV 1 3
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*Note: The Dissertation (SOC O 935/945) will carry 8 credits (200 marks) and will
spread over two Semesters, i.e. Semesters III and IV. Only those students who have
scored 480 marks during the 1st year (1st and 2nd semesters), taking not more than a
total of 32 credits, will be allowed to take up dissertation.
Areas of Specialization
There are four Areas of Specialization within the Open Courses. These are:
1. Development Studies
2. Population Studies
3. Family & Gender Studies
4. Urban Studies
A candidate who successfully completes at least 3 Open Courses during M.A.
programme in one of these four areas of specialization, will be issued a Certificate of
Specialization in that area.
For the purpose of providing specialization, various courses have been grouped
under the areas as follows:
1. Development Studies
i) SOC O 621: Social Dimensions of Development (Sem. II)
ii) SOC O 632: Social Development in India (Sem. III)
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iii) SOC O 633: Rural Development in India (Sem. III)
iv) SOC O 644: Environmental Crisis and Sustainable Development (Sem.
IV)
v) SOC O 645: Entrepreneurship and Development (Sem. IV)
vi) SOC O 743: Cities, Urban Planning and Development (Sem. IV)
vii) SOC O 844: Gender and Development (Sem. IV)
2. Population Studies
i) SOC O 521: Population and Society (Sem. II)
ii) SOC O 532: Basic Methods in Population Studies (Sem. III)
iii) SOC O 543: Determinants and Consequences of Population Growth (Sem.
IV)
iv) SOC O 544/744: Sociology of Human Migration (Sem. IV)
3. Family and Gender Studies
i) SOC O 821: Structural Moorings of Gender Oppression. (Sem. II)
ii) SOC O 832: Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Sem. III)
iii) SOC O 843: Family Dynamics in Contemporary India (Sem. IV)
iv) SOC O 844: Gender and Development (Sem. IV)
4. Urban Studies
i) SOC O 721: Sociology of Urban Settlements (Sem. II)
ii) SOC O 732: Problems of Urban India (Sem. III)
iii) SOC O 743: Cities, Urban Planning and Development (Sem. IV)
iv) SOC O 744/544: Sociology of Human Migration (Sem. IV)
Thrust Areas
Sustainable Development (in the context of Globalization, Information,
Communication and Technology)
Family and Gender Studies
Population, Health and Aging
Social Control and Deviance (with special reference to Activism, Terrorism and
Cyber Crime)
Additional Areas of Interest
Social Development, Deviance & Social Problems, Development and Social Change,
Urban Studies, Peasant and Rural Studies, State and Society
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M.A. (SOCIOLOGY) SYLLABI AND COURSES OF READING
SEMESTER-I
SOC R 411: HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT
Objective:
1. To introduce students to historical evolution of sociological thought.
2. To sensitize students to a detailed study of Classical Sociologists, i.e. Karl Marx,
Max Weber and Emile Durkheim.
3. To apply the formulation of these thinkers to contemporary issues.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to the maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline:
Unit-I
A brief review of Enlightenment Thought with special reference to Rousseau; and of the
Conservative Reaction to it, with special reference to St. Simon and Auguste Comte.
Unit-II
Karl Marx: Methodology - the concepts of Totality: Dialectical analysis of History,
Species-Being, Human Praxis.
Basic Concepts: Means, Relations and Modes of Production: Base and Super-structure;
Contradiction; Exploitation; Alienation.
Epochs of social development with special reference to Capitalism; Classes and Class
Conflict.
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Unit-III
Max Weber: Methodology-Verstehen, Value-Neutrality and Objectivity, Generality and
the Ideal Type; Adequate Causation.
Basic concepts: Social action and its Types, social relationships; Power, Domination and
Legitimate Order.
Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism; the Rationalization process, Bureaucracy,
distribution of Power and Social Stratification.
Unit-IV
Emile Durkheim: Methodology-the nature of Social Facts and their Causation.
Basic concepts: Individual and Collective Conscience, Social Solidarity and Anomie; the
Sacred, the Profane and the nature of Religion, Suicide as social fact.
Mechanical to Organic Solidarity, Differentiation and Social Division of Labour, the Rise
of Capitalism.
Suggested Readings
1. Aron, Raymond, (Reprint 1990), Main Currents in Sociological Thought (Vols. I
& II), London, Pelican
2. Avineri S. (1970) The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx, London,
Cambridge University Press.
3. Bendix R. (1960) Max Weber: An Intellectual Portrait, New York, Doubleday.
4. Durkheim E. (1960) The Division of Labour in Society, Illinois, Free Press of
Gilencoe.
5. Giddens, Anthony (1971) Capitalism and Modern Social Theory, London,
Cambridge, U. Press.
6. Irving M. Zeitlin (1969) Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory,
New Delhi, Prentice Hall.
7. Marx, K. and Engels F. (1971), The Manifesto of the Communist Party, Moscow,
Progress Publishers.
8. Max Weber (1965), Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, London, Allen
& Unwin.
Additional Readings
1. Ritzer, George, (1996) Sociological Theory, London, Sage Publications.
2. Hughes, John A. et. al., (1995), Understanding Classical Sociology - Marx,
Weber and Durkheim, London, Sage Publications.
3. Pampel Fred C., (2000) Sociological Lives and Ideas: An Introduction to the
Classical Theorists, N.Y., Worth Publishers.
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SOC R 412: SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY AND GENDER
Objective
This course is aimed at sensitizing the students regarding the basic concepts and
approaches used for explaining and understanding family and gender. It also aims at
sensitizing students about the process of gender socialization within the framework of
family. Finally, it exposes the student to specific problems and legal provisions made
available to counter these problems relating to gender inequality in the Indian context.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Concepts and Approaches to Family
Concepts-Family, Household and Domestic function;
Approaches- Structural Functional, Conflict, Symbolic-Interactionist, Exchange and
Feminist
Unit-II
Concept and Construction of Gender
i) Concepts- Sex, Gender, Gender-Identity and Gender-roles
ii) Basic understanding of Patriarchy, Masculinity and Femininity, Gender
Socialization and Gender Stereotyping through the institutions of family,
education, work and religion
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Unit-III
Approaches to Gender
Feminism: Meaning; Liberal, Radical, Socialist-Marxist and Post Modernist Feminisms
Unit-IV
Gender Equality through Legislation (in Indian Context)
i) Dimensions of Gender Inequality: Female Foeticide, Neglect of Girl Child and
Bride Burning and Status of Elderly Women
ii) Brief introduction to PNDT Act, Dowry Prohibition Act and Domestic Violence
Act
Suggested Readings
1. Bender, Donald R. (1970) ‘A Refinement of the Concept of Household: Families,
Co-residence and Domestic Functions’, American Anthropologist, Vol.32,No.1,
PP 1-15.
2. Chanana, Karuna (1988) Socialization, Education and Women: Explorations in
Gender-Identity, New Delhi: Orient Longman.
3. Lipman, Jean Blumen (1984) Gender-Roles and Power, New Jersey, Prentice
Hall Inc.
4. Oakely, Ann (1972) Sex, Gender and Society, London : Harper & Row Pub.
5. Patel, Tulsi (2005) The Family in India: Structure And Practice, New Delhi: Sage
Publications.
6. Saradamoni K.(ed) (1992) Finding the Household: Conceptual and
Methodological Issues, New Delhi: Sage Publication.
7. Shah. A.M. (1973) The Household Dimension of Family, New Delhi: Orient
Longman.
8. White James M. & David M. Klein (2002) Family Theories. Thousand Oaks:
Sage Publications (Second Edition).
9. Wood, Julia T (1999) Gendered Lives. London: Wadsworth Pub. Company (Third
Edition).
10. Wykes, Maggie and Barrie, Gunter (2005) The Media and Body Image, New
Delhi: Sage Publications.
Additional Readings
1. Bare Acts: PNDT Act, Dowry Prohibition Act, Protection of Women Against
Domestic Violence Act, Hindu Succession Act.
2. Burr, Wersley R. et.al (1997) Contemporary Theories about Family, New York:
Free Press.
3. Das, Man Singh & Gupta, Vijay Kumar (eds.) (1995) Gender Roles and Family
Analysis, New Delhi: M.D. Pub.
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4. Dube, Leela (1997) Women and Kinship: Contemporary Perspectives on Gender
in South and South-East Asia, Tokyo: United Nations Univ. Press.
5. Hofstede, Geert and Associates (1998) Masculinity and Femininity, Thousand
Oaks: Sage Publication.
6. Lancy, Lobo (1992) ‘Household and Family among Thakurs in a North Village’,
Sociological Bulletin, Vol. 41, No. 1&2, pp 46-66.
7. Lengermann, Patrician M. & Jill Niebrugge-Brantley (1996) ‘Contemporary
Feminist Theory’, in George Ritzer, Sociological Theoy, (Fourth Edition), pp.
436-486, New York : McGraw-Hill.
8. Thorne, Barrie & Marilyn Yalom (eds.) (1982) Rethinking the Family: Some
Feminist Questions, New York: Longman.
9. Weitz, Shirley (1977) Sex-Roles, London: George Allen & Unwin.
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SOC R 413: SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT
Objective
Keeping in view the relevance of the theme of development, especially in the less
developed societies, this course aims (a) to familiarize the students with the various ways
that development has been conceptualized; (b) to critically evaluate the modernization
theory in its economic, sociological, social-psychological and political forms; (c) to
provide a review of the underdevelopment theory given by the Latin American political
economists; and (d) to re-assess the various paths to development.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
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Course Outline
Unit-I
Development: The concept and its changing connotations (liberal and socialist);
Operational Indicators.
Unit-II
Modernization Theories:
Economic (Gunnar Myrdal, W. W. Rostow);
Sociological (Neil J. Smelser, Daniel Lerner, Talcott Parsons);
Social-Psychological (David C. McClelland, Everett E. Hagen);
Political (Gabriel A. Almond & James S. Coleman);
Their Critical Assessment
Unit-III
Theories of Underdevelopment:
Centre-Periphery (A. G. Frank, Samir Amin);
Unequal exchange (Paul Baran); World system (Immanuel Wallerstein);
Their Critical Assessment
Unit-IV
Paths of Development:
Capitalist, Socialist, Mixed;
Globalization as a Strategy of Development.
Suggested Readings
1. Coleman, J. (1968) “Modernization: Political Aspect”, in D. L. Sills (ed.) The
International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences Vols. 9 & 10 (L-M), London:
MacMillan.
2. Desai, Vandana and Robert B Potter, (2008) The Companion to Development
Studies, London: Hodder Arnold Publication.
3. Gray, J. (1969) “The Economics of Maoism” in H. Bernstein (ed.)
Underdevelopment and Development-The Third World Today, N.Y.: Penguin Pub.
(pp. 254-273).
4. Harrison D. (1988) The Sociology of Modernization and Development, New
Delhi: Routledge.
5. Horowitz, I. L. (1966) Three Worlds of Development, N.Y.: Oxford University
Press (Selected chapters).
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6. Lerner, D. (1968) “Modernization: Social Aspects” in D. L. Sills (ed.) The
International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, Vols. 9 & 10 (L-M) (pp. 387-394),
London: MacMillan.
7. McMichael, Philip (2008) Development and Social Change: A Global
Perspective, Newbury Park, CA: Pine Forge Press.
8. Myrdal, Gunnar (1968) An Approach to Asian Drama, Harmondsworth: Penguin.
9. Ness, G. D. (1970) Sociology of Economics Development: A Reader, N.Y.:
Harper and Row (Selected Chapters).
10. Pandey, R. (1985) Sociology of Development, New Delhi: Mittal Pub.
11. Pandey, R. (1986) Sociology of Underdevelopment, New Delhi: Mittal Pub.
12. Parsons, Talcott (1966) Societies: Evolutionary and Comparative Perspectives,
Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, (pp. 20-29).
13. Sabbarwal, Sherry (2010) “Globalization, Democracy and Human Rights” in S. R.
Mehta (ed.) Socio-Cultural Diversities and Globalization: Issues and
Perspectives, Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
14. Sharma, S. L. (1980) Criteria of Social Development, Journal of Social Action,
Jan.-March.
15. Sharma, S. L. (1986) Development: Socio-Cultural Dimensions, Jaipur: Rawat
(Chapter I).
16. Smelser, N. J. (1968) Essays in Sociological Explanation, Englewood Cliffs, N.
J.: Prentice-Hall, (Chapter 6).
17. Walby, Sylvia (2009) Globalization and Inequalities: Complexity and Contested
Modernities, Newbury Park, CA: Pine Forge Press.
18. Went, Robert (2000) Globalization: Neo-Liberal Challenge, Radical Responses.
London: Pluto Press.
Additional Readings
1. Abraham, M. F. (1990) Modern Sociological Theory: An Introduction. New
Delhi: OUP.
2. Apter, D. (1987) Rethinking Development, London: Sage.
3. Blomstrom, M. and B. Hettne (1984) Development Theory in Transition, London:
Zed Books.
4. Desai, A. R. (1983) India’s Path of Development: A Marxist Approach. New
Delhi, OUP.
5. Giddens, A. (1990) The Consequences of Modernity, Cambridge: Polity Press.
6. Haq, Mahbub Ul (1995) Reflections on Human Development, New Delhi: OUP.
7. Larrain, J. (1991) Theories of Development: Capitalism, Colonialism and
Dependency, Cambridge, Polity Press.
8. Leeson, P. F. and Minogue, M. (eds.) (1988) Perspectives on Development:
Cross-Disciplinary Themes in Development, Manchester: Manchester University
Press.
9. Schuurman, F. J. (1993) Beyond the Impasse: New Directions in Development
Theory, London: Zed Books.
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SOC R 414: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION: CONCEPTS & THEORIES
Objective
1. To sensitize students about elements of discrimination, exploitation, inequality
and prevalence of hierarchies in everyday life.
2. To give a background of important sociological concepts.
3. To give theoretical formulations of important thinkers like Max Weber, Karl
Marx, Talcott Parsons, Davis and Moore and Ralph Dahrendorf.
4. To sensitize students in terms of understanding contemporary formulations like
the emerging of middle class and changing dimensions of caste and class.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Concepts
Inequality, Differentiation; Ranking, Hierarchy and Social Stratification
Dimensions of Social Stratification
Caste, Class, Race, Ethnicity and Gender
Unit-II
Theoretical Formulations:
i) Functional Theory: Davis and Moore; Critique
ii) Conflict Theory: Karl Marx, R. Dahrendorf
iii) Multidimensional Theory: Max Weber
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Unit-III
Emerging Class System
Class, Middle Class, New Middle Class
Correlates of Social Class: Occupation, Education and Income
Unit-IV
Changing Caste System
Change and Continuity in Caste in India
Resurgence of Caste (with special reference to Politics and Khap Panchayats)
Affirmative Action with regard to Scheduled Castes
Suggested Readings
1. Beteille, Andre (1977) Inequality Among Men, Delhi, Oxford University Press.
2. Bendix, R & S. M. Lipset (eds.) (1970) Class, Status and Power, London,
Routledge & Kegan Paul.
3. Beteille, Andre (ed.) (1969) Social Inequality, Penguin Books.
4. Cottrell, Allin (1984) Social Classes in Marxist Theory, London, Routledge &
Kegan Paul.
5. Culvert, P (1982) The Concept of Class, London, Hutchison.
6. D’Souza V. S. (1981) Inequality and its Perpetuation, Delhi, Manohar
Publication.
7. Eisenstadt, S. N. (1971) Social Differentiation and Stratification, London, Scott,
Foresman & Co.
8. Giddens A. (1980) The Class Structure of the Advanced Societies, London, Unwin
Hyman.
9. Gupta, Dipankar (ed) (1991) Social Stratification, Delhi, OUP.
10. Johnson, D. L. (1982) Class and Social Development: A New Theory of the
Middle Class, Baverly Hills, Sage Pub.
11. Malik, S. C. (1986) Determinants of Social Status in India, Delhi, Motilal
Banarsidas.
12. Sharma, K. L. (1986) Social Stratification in India, New Delhi, Manohar.
13. Srinivas, M. N., ed. (1996) Caste: Its Twentieth Century Avatar, New Delhi,
Viking.
14. Singh G. (1985) The New Middle Class in India: A Sociological Analysis, Jaipur,
Rawat Publication.
15. Singh, Yogendra (1977) Social Stratification & Social Change, Delhi. Manohar
Publication.
16. Tumin, M. M. (1978) Social Stratification, Prentice Hall.
Additional Readings
1. Beteille, Andre (2002) Equality and Universality: Essays in Political Theory,
Delhi, OUP.
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2. Beteille, Andre (2002) The Antinomies of Society, Delhi, OUP.
3. Johnson, D. L. (ed.) (1985) Middle Classes in Dependent Countries, Beverly
Hills, Sage Publication.
4. Lane, David (1982) The End of Social Inequality, New York, George Allen &
Unwin.
5. Lloyd, Peter (1983) The Third World Proletariat, Boston, George Allen &
Unwin.
6. Meale, R. S. (1984) History and Class, Oxford, Basic Blackwell.
7. Stinchcombe, A. L. (1986) Stratification and Organization, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press.
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SEMESTER-II
SOC R 425: POSITIVISTIC SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
Objectives
This course exposes the students to the writings of sociologists constituting the School of
Positivistic Theories who treat Sociology as a natural science. It also includes the more
recent theories such as Structuration, Post-structuralism, etc.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Positivism Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim
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Unit-II
Functionalism & Radcliffe Brown, Malinowski, Talcott Parsons
Structural-Functionalism Robert K. Merton
Neo-Functionalism Jeffrey Alexander
Unit-III
Structuralism Levi-Strauss, Siegfried Frederick Nadel
Structural Marxism Louis Althusser
Structuration Anthony Giddens
Post-structuralism Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault
Unit-IV
Conflict Theories Karl Marx, Ralf Dahrendorf, Randall Collins
Suggested Readings
1. Adams, Bert N. and Sydie, R.A. (2002) Contemporary Sociological Theory,
California, Pine Forge Press.
2. Adams, Bert N. and Sydie, R.A. (2001) Sociological Theory, California, Pine
Forge Press.
3. Alexander, J. (1985) Neofunctionalism, Beverley Hills, California, Sage.
4. Alexander, J. (1982) Theoretical Logic in Sociology, Berkeley, California,
University of California Press.
5. Bauman, Z (1976) Towards a Critical Sociology: An Essay on Commonsense and
Emancipation, London, Routledge and Kegan Paul.
6. Clarke, S. (1981) The Foundation of Structuralism, Brighton, Harvest Press.
7. Colomy, P. (ed.) (1990) Functionalist Sociology, London, Edward Elgar.
8. Colomy, P. (ed.) (1990) Neofunctionalist Sociology, London, Edward Elgar.
9. Craib, Ian (1984) Modern Social Theory, Brighton, Harvester Press.
10. Derek, Layder (2006) Understanding Social Theory, New Delhi: Sage
Publications.
11. Giddens, A. (1987) Social Theory and Modern Sociology, Cambridge, Polity
Press.
12. Giddens, A. and J.H. Turner (1987) Social Theory Today, Cambridge, Polity
Press.
13. Helle, H.J. and S.N. Eisenstadt (eds.) (1985) Macro-Sociological Theory,
London, Sage.
14. Lane, M. (ed.) (1970) Structuralism: A Reader, London, Jonathan Cape.
15. Ritzer, G. (1988) Sociological Theory, N.Y., McGraw-Hill.
16. Turner, J.H. (1978) The Structure of Sociological Theory, Homewood, Dorsey
Press.
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Additional Readings
1. Craib, Ian (1992) Modern Social Theory: From Parsons to Habermas, London,
Harvester Press.
2. Collins, Randall (1997) Sociological Theory, Jaipur, Rawat.
3. Turner, J. (1995) The Structure of Sociological Theory, Jaipur, Rawat.
4. Westby, David L (1991) The Growth of Sociological Theory, New Jersey:
Prentice Hall.
5. Zeitlin, I.M. (1998) Rethinking Sociology, A Critique of Contemporary Theory,
Jaipur, Rawat.
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SOC R 426: METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
Objective
This course familiarizes the students with the major Epistemological Schools in
methodology of social sciences. It will also acquaint the students with the basic elements
of social research and the major problems confronted by social scientists in arriving at
objectivity and value neutrality.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Major Epistemological Schools in Methodology in Social Research
Positivistic and Interpretive; Rationalism and Empiricism; Objectivism and
Constructivism
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Unit-II
Major Methodological Dilemmas in Social Research
Subjectivity and Objectivity
Value neutrality
Methodological Individualism versus Methodological Collectivism
Limits of Quantification in Social Research
Logic of Triangulation
Unit-III
Sampling
Meaning and Importance
Universe, Population, Sampling Frame, Sampling Error
Types of Sampling:
Probability Sampling- Meaning, Types, Advantages and Disadvantages
Non- Probability Sampling- Meaning, Types, Advantages and Disadvantages
Theoretical Sampling
Unit-IV
Qualitative Research
Ethnography, Participatory Research, Action Research, Interviewing as Conversation,
Narratives, Grounded theory, Naturalistic Inquiry, Strengths and Weaknesses of
Qualitative Research
Suggested Readings
1. Bernard, H. Russell (2000) Social Research Methods- Qualitative and
Quantitative Approaches, New Delhi, Sage Publication India Pvt. Ltd.
2. Bryman, Alan (2001) Social Research Methods, New York, Oxford University
Press.
3. Cicourel, A.V. (1964), Method and Measurement in Sociology, Glencoe, Free
Press.
4. Gill, Rajesh, 2005 “Controversies in Sociology: An Introspection”, Kerala
Sociologist, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, December, pp. 49-61.
5. Mukherjee, Partha N. (2000), Methodology in Social Research, New Delhi: Sage
Publication.
6. Strauss, Anselm (1990) Basics of Qualitative Research- Grounded Theory
Procedures and Techniques, New Delhi: Sage Publication.
Additional Readings
1. Bose, P. K. (1997) “Problems and Paradoxes of Inductive Social Science: A
Critique of Ramkrishna Mukherjee”, Sociological Bulletin, 46 (2), Sept.
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2. Bryant, G.A., (1985) Positivism in Social Theory and Research, Macmillan.
3. Hanmond, Michael, Howarth, Jane and Keat, Russel (1991) Understanding
Phenomenology, Basil Blackwell.
4. Himmelstrand, Ulf (1986) The Sociology of Structure and Action, New Delhi,
Sage Publication.
5. Hindess, Barry (1977) Philosophy and Methodology in Social Sciences. The
Harvester Press.
6. Jenks, Chris (ed.) (1998) Core Sociological Dichotomies, New Delhi, Sage
Publication.
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SOC O 521: POPULATION AND SOCIETY
Objective
The course intends to discuss the inter-linkages between size, growth, composition and
quality of population with societal components. It introduces the students to the
importance of population issues in ancient thought to modern times. The course would
include theoretical contributions from Malthusian-Neo-Malthusian, Marxian-Neo-
Marxian and Developmentalist perspectives. Discussion will focus mainly on issues in
India but of course in comparative context at the global and regional levels.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
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Course Outline
Unit-I
Population and Society:
Development of Early Thought- A Brief view from Roman, Greek, Chinese, Arabian and
Indian writings.
Emergence of ideas from these thoughts on Population Equilibrium, Optimum
Population, Population Control, Regulating Population through the institution of
Marriage, Family and the State
Unit-II
Theoretical Contribution:
Malthus and Neo-Malthusian
Marxian and Neo-Marxian
Demographic Transition
Family Planning and Developmentalist Perspectives
Middle Path Approach
Unit-III
Trends of Population Growth at Global and Regional level and Future Growth.
Trends of Population Growth in India:
Pre and Post Independence Period, Future Growth by mid of 21st century.
Distribution of Population by Regional Balances,
Compositions of Population by Age, Gender, Rural-Urban, Education, and Broad
Industrial Classification Categories
Unit-IV
Towards Population Stabilization in India:
Population Policy 2000 –Goals and Strategies
Continuity and Change from earlier Population Policy in the Post Independent India.
Reproductive & Child Health Approach.
Suggested Readings
1. Bhende, Asha & Tara Kanitkar (1999) Principles of Population Studies, Mumbai,
Himalayan Publications.
2. Bogue, Donald J. (1969) The Principles of Demography, N.,Y. John Wiley.
3. Bose, Ashish (1991) Demographic Diversity in India, Delhi, B.R. Publishing.
4. Census of India (2001), Paper 2 (Rural-Urban Totals).
5. Chambliss, R. (1954), Social Thought: From Hammurabi to Comte, New York,
Dryden Press.
6. Haberland, Nicole and Diana Measham (eds.) (2002) Responding to Cairo: Case
studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning, New
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York, Population Council.
7. International Encyclopaedia of Population, 2 Vols.
8. Kleinmann, Davis S. (1980) Human Adaptation and Population Growth: A Non-
Malthusian Perspective, New York, Monclairef.
9. Nam, Charles (1968) Population and Society, Boston, Houghton, Miffin Co.
10. National Population Policy (2000), Government of India.
11. Pachauri, S. (ed.) (1999), Implementing Reproductive Health Agenda in India: the
Beginning, New Delhi, Population Council.
12. Petersen, William (ed.) (1972), Readings in Population. N.Y., Macmillan.
13. Population Studies, (1996) Golden Jubilee Special Issue, Great Britain (select
papers).
14. Premi, M.K. (1991), India’s Population: Heading Towards a Billion, Delhi, B.R.
Publishing.
15. Sen, Amartya and Jean Dreze (1996), Indian Development, Oxford University
Press.
16. Simon, Julian L. (1981), The Ultimate Resource, Princeton, Princeton University
Press.
17. U.N., (1973) Determinants and Consequences of Population Growth, (Chapter-
Introduction), NY.
18. U.N. (2002) World Population Reports, N.Y.
Additional Readings
1. Agarwala, S.N. (1984), Population, New Delhi: National Book Trust, India.
2. Agarwala, S.N. (1977), India’s Population Problems, New Delhi: Tata McGraw
Hill.
3. Hans,Raj (2001), Fundamentals of Demography, New Delhi: Surjeet Publications.
4. Kulkarni, P.M. (2000), “Prospective Changes in the size and structure of India’s
Population – Implications of PFI Projections up to 2051” in Millennium
Conference on Population, Development and Environment Nexus, New Delhi:
PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
5. Panandikar, V.A Pai (2000), “India’s Demography and Democracy”, in
Millennium Conference on Population, Development and Environment Nexus,
New Delhi: PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
6. Thompson, Warren, S. (1953), Population Problems, New York: McGraw-Hill.
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SOC O 621: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
Objective
Economic development in society cannot remain unaffected by social-structural factors.
Similarly, the social structure, too, is influenced by economic growth and modernization.
With this in view, the present paper (a) provides the Gandhian, Marxist, Ecological, Postmodernist,
Feminist and Sociological critiques of the economic growth and
modernization models of development; (b) discusses how structural factors like caste,
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tradition, religion and population can impede or facilitate development; (c) examines how
economic development and modernization can, in turn, lead to problems related to
ethnicity, disparity, displacement and (d) discuss some of the new trends in development
studies.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course outline
Unit-I
Critiques of Economic Paradigm of Development:
Gandhian, Marxist, Post-Modernist, Ecological, Feminist, and Sociological
Unit-II
Social-Structural and Cultural Factors in Economic Development:
Caste, Religion, Population, Traditions and Values
Unit-III
Socio-Cultural Consequences of Economic Development: Disparity, Displacement and
Resettlement, Ethnic Resurgence, Erosion of Traditions and Values.
Unit-IV
New Directions in the Understanding of Development:
Ethical Development, Capability Approach (Amartya Sen)
New modernity and Risk society (Ulrich Beck)
Human Rights and Development (Perter Uvin)
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Inclusive Development
Millennium Development Goals (UNDP)
Suggested Readings
1. Biswas, S. C. (ed.) (1969) Gandhi, Theory and Practice: Social Impact and
Contemporary Relevance, Shimla, IIAS. (Articles by V. Palshikar & Raj
Krishna)
2. Boyne, Roy (2003) Risk (Concepts in the Social Sciences), Berkshire: Open
University Press
3. Cernea, M. M. (1988) Involuntary Resettlement and Development” Finance and
Development, Sept. (pp.) 44-46.
4. Desai, Vandana and Robert B Potter, (2008) The Companion to Development
Studies, London: A Hodder Arnold Publication.
5. Development and Populations, Special Issue (1990) Yojana, Vol. 34, Nos. 1 & 2,
Jan. 26.
6. Dube, S. C. (1958) India’s Changing Villages: Human Factors in Community
Development, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul (Chapter 6).
7. Ferreira, Francisco H. G. and Michael Walton (2006) World Development Report:
Equity and Development, Washington DC: World Bank & N.Y.: Oxford
University Press.
8. Mishra, G. P., D. M. Diwakar and Ashok Mathur (2006) Deprivation and
Inclusive Development, Lucknow: New Royal Book Co.
9. Pieterse, Jan Nederveen (2010) Development Theory, Newbury Park, CA: Pine
Forge Press.
10. Quinlivan, Gary and Antony Davies (2003) “Ethical Development and the Social
Impact of Globalization”, International Journal on World Peace, Vol. 20.
11. Rao, M. S. A. (1969) “Religion and Economic Development” Sociological
Bulletin, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, March (pp.1-15).
12. Sabbarwal, Sherry (2010) “Globalization, Democracy and Human Rights” in S. R.
Mehta (ed.) Socio-Cultural Diversities and Globalization: Issues and
Perspectives, Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
13. Sardar Sarovar Project: Review of Resettlement and Rehabilitation in
Maharashtra (1993) report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, in Economic
and Political Weekly, Aug. 21, (pp. 1705-1714)
14. Sen, Amartya (2000) Development as Freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press
15. Sharma, S. L. (1994) “Salience of Ethnicity in modernization: Evidence from
India”, Sociological Bulletin, Vol. 39, Nos. 1 & 2 (pp. 33-51).
16. Sharma, S.L. (1988) “Modernization of Indian Society: A symbolic Intreractionist
Perspective”, The Journal of Sociological Studies, Vol.7, Jan. (pp.10-33).
17. Sinha, D. and S. R. Kao (eds.) (1988) Social Values and Development, New
Delhi: Sage (Introduction and Chapter I).
18. “Sustainable Development” Special Issue (1991) The European Journal of
Development Research, Vol. 3, No. I June.
19. UN, (2007) Globalization and inclusive development (Note by the UNCTAD
secretariat), Geneva: United Nations Pub
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20. UN, (2009) Millennium Development Goals Report 2009, N.Y.: United Nations
Publication.
21. Uvin, Peter (2004) Human Rights and Development, West Hartford, Connecticut:
Kumarian Press.
Additional Readings
1. Apthorpe, Raymond, J. and A. Krahl (1986) Development Studies: Critique and
Renewal, Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill.
2. Chakraborty, M. (1987) “Resettlement of Large Dams Oustees in India” in People
and Dams, Published by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, New
Delhi.
3. Foster, G. M. (1973) Traditional Societies and Technological Change, New
Delhi: Allied Pub. (Chapter 5).
4. Giddens, A. (1996) “Global Problems and Ecological Crisis” in Introduction to
Sociology, IInd edition, New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
5. Momsen, J. (1991) Women and Development in the Third World, N.Y.:
Routledge.
6. Nusebaum, Martha (1993) The Quality of Life, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
7. Pieterse, J. N. (ed.) (1992) Emancipations, Modern and Postmodern, London:
Sage.
8. Pimpley, P. N., “Development and Downward Social Mobility in Independent
India”, unpublished monograph.
9. Sabbarwal, Sherry (1992-93) “Ethnicity: A Critical Review of the Conceptions and
Perspectives”, Social Science Research Journal, Vol. 1, Nos. 1 & 2, March-Sept.,
1992-93.
10. Sharma S. L. (1986) Development: Socio-cultural Dimensions; Jaipur: Rawat
(Chapters 1, 7, 8, 9).
11. Sharma, S. L. (1989), “social Development: Reflection on the Concept and the
Indian Experience”, Guru Nanak Journal of Sociology, Vol.10, Nos. 1 & 2 (pp.
37-55).
SOC O 721: SOCIOLOGY OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS
Objective
This course has been devised to introduce the students to the history of urban settlements
and emergence of Urban Sociology as a discipline. The course would acquaint the
students with the basic concepts, approaches and theoretical formulations relating to
urban typology, urban ecology, urbanism etc., with a special focus on the diverse
experiences of western and non-western, particularly Indian, regions. This course will
provide the basic understanding to the students who wish to specialize in urban
sociology.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course outline
Unit-I
Urbanization in Historical Perspective
Emergence of Urban Settlements
Urbanization in Developed and Developing Countries
Suburbanization
Pre-industrial, Industrial and Post-industrial and Colonial city
Metropolitan and Mega city
Unit-II
Approaches to Urban Society
Ecological-Classical Neo-Classical and Socio-Cultural
Technological and Demographic
Urbanism as a Way of Life
Rural-Urban Continuum
Marxist Approach to City
Unit-III
Internal Structure of Cities
Concentric-Zone Theory, Star theory, Sector theory, Multiple-Nuclei theory
Location of Cities
Central Place theory, Break-in-transportation, Specialized Functions
Urban Primacy and Rank-Size Rule.
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Unit-IV
Urban Functions
Basic and Non-basic Functions
Generative and Parasitic Cities.
Functional Classification of Cities
Cultural Role of Cities
Suggested Readings
1. Castells, Manuel, (1997), The Urban Question, London, Edward Arnold.
2. Gill, Rajesh, (2009) The Contemporary Indian Urban Society- Gender, Ethnicity
and Governance, Jaipur, Rawat Publication.
3. Gill, Rajesh (1989), “Some Issues in the Conceptualization of Urbanism”, Journal
of Sociological Studies, Vol. 8, Jan., 75-85
4. Gill, Rajesh, (2000), ‘Cities and Ethnic Identities: A Case of De-ethnicization or
Re-ethnicization’, Sociological Bulletin, Vol. 49, No. 2, September, pp. 211-228.
5. Guglar, Joseph (ed.), (1988), Urbanization of the Third World, Oxford, Oxford
University Press.
6. Hatt, P.K. and Reiss, A.J. (eds.) (1951), Cities and Society, Illinois, The Free
Press.
7. Lewis, Oscar, (1970), “Further Observations on the Folk-Urban Continuum and
Urbanization with special reference to Mexico City”, in Hauser and Schnore
(eds.), The Study of Urbanization, New York, John Wiley and Sons.
8. Redfield, Robert and Milton B. Singer, (1954), “Cultural Role of Cities”, in
Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 3, 53-73.
9. Sjoberg, Gideon, (1960), The Pre-Industrial City, Illinois, The Free Press.
10. Theodorson, G.A. (ed), (1982), Urban Patterns, Studies in Human Ecology,
University Press.
11. Theodorson, George, (1961), Studies in Human Ecology, Evanstow, Harper and
Row.
12. Weber, Max, (1960), The City, Translated by Martindale, London, Heinemann.
13. Wirth, Louis, (1938), “Urbanism as a Way of Life”, American Journal of
Sociology, Vol. 44, 1-24.
Additional Readings
1. Ficker, V.B. & H.S. Graves, (1971), Social Science and Urban Crisis, New York,
The Macmillan Company.
2. Flanagan, William G., (1990), Urban Sociology, Images and Structure. Boston,
Allyn and Bacon.
3. Gans, Herbert J., (1968), “Urbanism and Sub-Urbanism as ways of Life: A Reevaluation
of Definitions” in Sylvia F. Fava (ed.), Urbanism in World
Perspective, New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
4. Hoselitz, Bert F., (1960), Sociological Aspects of Economic Growth, Illinois, Free
Press.
5. Spates, James, (1982), The Sociology of Cities, New York, St. Martin Press.
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SOC O 821: STRUCTURAL MOORINGS OF GENDER OPPRESSION.
Objective
The course aims at understanding the social-structural underpinnings of gender
oppression persisting in India and worldwide. The agenda of gender empowerment fails
to yield the desired outcomes because of structural impediments which are, nevertheless,
difficult to overcome. On the one hand, there is the socially given identity of ‘otherness’
of the woman and on the other, there are contested spaces and processes of self-identity
formation. Various contemporary issues, perspectives and challenges in feminist
scholarship, movements, agency and empowerment will be explored in a holistic
framework through the course.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Unit-I
Social-structural Orthodoxies
Social construction of gender: structural myths of femininity and masculinity.
Patriarchy and gendered division of labor.
Reflections on structural gender inequity in nature-culture debates.
Historical traditions and gender oppression: comparative analyses of oriental and
occidental cultures.
Unit-II
Feminist Methodology
Approaches to gender:
Liberal feminism.
Differences and linkages between Marxist, Radical and Socialist feminist paradigms.
Cultural feminism as an offshoot of Radical feminism.
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Context specific Black and Dalit feminisms.
Unit-III
Status of Indian Women
Status of girls and women in India: critical appraisal of status reports-
1. Towards Equality: Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India,
Govt. of India,1975 (Chapters 1 & 3)
2. CEDAW Reports: Govt. of India, 2000 & 2007 (Articles 2 & 3)
3. Gendering the Human Development Indices: Recasting the Gender Development
Index and the Gender Empowerment Measure for India: Govt. of India, 2009.
Crimes against women and the question of women’s dignity.
Educational, work-participation and health statuses of women.
Politics of gender empowerment.
Unit-IV
Beyond Structure
Deconstruction of structures of gender: the post-structural and post-modern questions.
The body and sexuality.
Gender narratives: Anna Karenina, Penelope (Odyssey), Sita and Draupadi in Indian
epics.
Role of women’s agency and movements towards social change.
Essential readings
Agarwal, Bina (ed.), 1994, A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia,
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Agarwal, Bina (ed.), 1998, Structures of Patriarchy: State, Community and Household in
Modernizing Asia, New Delhi, Kali for Women.
Beauvoir, Simone de, 1989, The Second Sex, New York, Vintage Books.
Blumberg, Rae Lesser (ed.), 1991, Gender, Family and Economy: The Triple Overlap,
California, Sage.
Bose, Mandakranta, 2000, Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval and Modern
India, New Delhi, OUP.
Butler, Judith, 1999, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, New
York, Routledge.
Cohen, Beth (ed.), 1995, The Distaff Side: Representing the Female in Homer’s
‘Odyssey’, New York, OUP.
Collins, Patricia Hill, 2000, Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the
Politics of Empowerment, New York, Routledge.
Friedan, Betty, 1984, The Feminine Mystique, New York, Dell Publications.
Grogan, Sarah, 1999, Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women
and Children, New York, Routledge.
Hooks, Bell, 2000, Feminist Theory: From Margin To Center, London, Pluto Press.
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Jackson, Stevi & Jackie Jones, 1998, Contemporary Feminist Theories, Edinburgh,
Edinburgh University Press.
Kalleberg, Arne L. & Rachael A. Rosenfield, 1990, “Work in the Family and the Labour
Market: Cross-national Reciprocal Analysis.” In Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol.
52, No. 2 (May), pp. 331-346.
Kimmel, Michael S., 2000, The Gendered Society, New York, OUP.
Lerner, Gerda, 1986, The Creation of Patriarchy, Oxford, OUP.
Leslie, Julia, 1991, Roles and Rituals for Hindu Women, Madison, Fairleigh University
Press.
Lorber, Judith & Susan A. Farrell (eds.), 1991, The Social Construction of Gender,
California, Sage.
Mandelker, Amy, 1993, Framing Anna Karenina: Tolstoy, the Woman Question and the
Victorian Novel, Columbus, Ohio State University Press.
Mazumdar, Vina, 1979, Symbols of Power: Studies on the Political Status of Women in
India, Mumbai, Allied Publishers.
Mies, Maria, 1980, Indian Women and Patriarchy, New Delhi, Concept.
Oakley, Ann, 1985, Sex, Gender and Society, London, Gower.
Omvedt, Gail, 1990, Violence Against Women: New Movements and New Theories in
India, New Delhi, Kali for Women.
Ray, Raka, 2002, Fields of Protest: Women’s Movements in India, New Delhi, Kali for
Women.
Rege, Sharmila, 2006,Writing Caste/ Writing Gender: Narrating Dalit Women’s
Testimonies, New Delhi, Zubaan.
Roman, Leslie G. & Linda Eyre (eds.), 1997, Dangerous Territories: Struggles for
Difference and Equality in Education, New York, Routledge.
Weitz, Rose (ed.), 1998, The Politics of Women’s Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance and
Behaviour, New York, OUP.
Additional readings
Agnes, Flavia, Sudhir Chandra & Monmayee Basu (eds.), 2004, Women and Law in
India, New Delhi, OUP.
Desai, Neera & Maitreyi Krishnaraj (eds.), 1987, Women and Society in India, New
Delhi, Ajanta.
Desai, Neera (ed.), 1988, A Decade of the Women’s Movement in India, New Delhi,
Himalaya.
Leslie, Julia (ed.), 2000, Invented Identities: The Interplay of Gender, Religion and
Politics in India, New Delhi, OUP.
Polity Press, 1994, The Polity Reader in Gender Studies, Cambridge.
Shulamith, Firestone, 2003, The Dialectic Of Sex : The Case For Feminist Revolution,
New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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SOC O 921: PEASANTS AND RURAL SOCIETY IN INDIA
Objective
The basic purpose of the course is to apprise the students about the basic differences of
rural sociology vis-a-vis the urban sociology, and the crucial role played by the peasantry
therein. Also how the traditional social institutions, agricultural economy and the caste
system together build up social structure which is entirely different from the ideal
market-oriented capitalist institutions. The course would also throw light on the nature of
changes taking place in the rural social structure after the presentation of money and
market economy linked to the global capital.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course outline
Unit-I
Significance of the study of Rural Society as a separate subject
Basic concepts/definition: Peasant, Rural Society, village and Indian Village.
Rural Social Institutions: Family, Kinship, Class, Tribe, Caste System, Jajmani system,
religion, Political Institutions and factions.
Unit-II
Rural India under the British rule:
Introduction of limited Land Reforms
Introduction of Commercial Crops and their Social and Political Repercussion
Introduction of Modern Industry and New Rural-Urban Linkages
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Social Transformation in Independent India:
Shift from Feudal to Capitalist form of Agriculture and Change in Social Structure.
Role of Land Reforms
Role of Peasant Movement
Unit-III
Globalization and Crises of Rural Society
Impact on Economy
Impact on Social Institutions
Unit-IV
Emerging Social Ecology
Democratic Process and Caste-Ethnic Relations
Panchayati Raj Institutions and Neo-Village Republics
Suggested Readings
1. Desai, A.R. (1977) Rural Sociology in India, Bombay: Popular Prakashan.
2. Frankel, F.R. and Rao, M.S.A. (1989) Dominance and State Power in Modern
India, Bombay: OUP.
3. Mencher, J.P, (1983) Social Anthropology of Peasantry, Part-III, OUP.
4. Mishra, Rajeeb (2006) Voluntary Sector and Rural Development: Concepts,
Practice and New approach to Remove Rural Poverty, Rawat Publications, New
Delhi.
5. Omvedt, Gail (ed.) (1982) Land, Caste and Politics in India, Delhi: OUP.
6. Reddy, A.Vinayak and Charyulu, M.Yadagira. (Eds.). (2008). Rural Development
in India: Politics and Initiatives, New Century, New Delhi.
7. Shanin, Theodor (ed.), (1987) Peasants and Peasant Society, New Delhi:
Penguin.
Additional Readings
1. Appadurai, Arjun, (1996) Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of
Globalization; New Delhi, OUP
2. Beck, Ulrich (2000) What is Globalization? London: Polity.
3. Berch, Berberogue, ed. (1992) Class, State and Development in India, New Delhi:
Sage.
4. Thorner, D and Thorner, E. (1962) Land and Labour in India, Bombay: Asia
Publication.
5. Walter, C. Neala, (1990) Developing Rural India: Policies, Politics and Progress,
New Delhi, Allied.
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SOC O 922: ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY AND BEHAVIOR
Objective
The course provides (a) an introduction to the concept of organization; (b) discusses the
various theoretical approaches to organizations; (c) familiarizes the student with the
concepts of organizational ideologies and culture; and (d) focuses on the behavioral
dimensions in organizations.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the
marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum
marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be answered
in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of the paper shall
contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the candidates shall be given
internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit – 4 in all. Each question will
carry 15 marks.
Course outline
Unit-I
Concept of Organization:
Definition, Features and Typologies based on Function, Regulation, Technology and
Structure and Environment
Unit-II
Theoretical Perspectives:
Classical – Marx, Weber, Taylor (Scientific Management);
Neo-Classical – Human Relations approach with special reference to the Hawthorne
studies;
Modern – Systemic (closed, open and socio-technical systems approach by the Tavistock
School) and Interactional (Goffman and the total institution)
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Unit-III
Organizational Ideologies and Culture:
Ideologies – Structuralism, Psychologism, Consensualism, Welfarism and Legalism;
Culture- sub-cultures and socialization
Unit-IV
Behavior in Organizations:
Job satisfaction, Job Commitment, Decision making and Stress Management
Suggested Readings
1. Baron, Robert A. (1976) Behavior in Organizations, N.Y.: John Wiley.
2. Beach, L. R. (1997) Psychology of Decision Making: People in Organizations,
Thousand Oaks: Sage.
3. Biddle, D. and R. Evenden (2000) Human Aspects of Management, New Delhi:
JAICO Publishing House.
4. Drummond, H. (2000) Introduction to Organizational Behavior, New York: OUP
5. Eldridge, J. E. T. & A. D. Crombie (1974) A Sociology of Organization, London:
Nelson.
6. Haslam, S. A. (2001) Psychology in Organizations: The Social Identity Approach,
London: Sage.
7. Pestonjee, D. M. (1999) Stress and Coping: The Indian Experience, New Delhi:
Sage.
8. Robbins, S. P. (1999) Organization Theory: Structure, Designs and Applications,
New Delhi: Prentice-Hall.
9. Salaman, G. (1979) Work Organizations, London: Longmans.
10. Wieland, George F. & R. A. Ullrich (1976) Organizations: Behavior, Design and
Change, Homewood, Illinois: Richard D. Irwin Inc.
Additional Readings
1. Blau, P. M. & W. R. Scott (1963) Formal Organizations: A Comparative
Approach, London: Routledge and Kegan-Paul.
2. Blumberg R. L. (1987) Organizations in Contemporary Society, Englewood
Cliffs: N. J. Prentice Hall Inc.
3. Champion, D. J. (1975) The Sociology of Organization, New York: McGraw Hill
Book Company.
4. Etzioni, A. (eds.) (1969) A Sociological Reader on Complex Organizations, 2nd
ed., N.Y.: Hold & Reinhard & Winston.
5. Etzioni, A. (1972) Modern Organizations, N. Delhi: E.E.E. Prentice-Hall of India.
6. Hall, Richard H. (1972) Organizations: Structure and Process, 2nd ed.,
Englewood Cliffs: N.J. Prentice Hall Inc.
7. Litterer, J. A. (ed.) (1969) Organizations: Structure and Behavior, N.Y.: Wiley &
Sons.
8. Porter, L. W. et al. (1975) Behavior in Organizations, N.Y.: McGraw Hill.
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9. Reitz, H. J. (1977) Behavior in Organizations, Homewood Illinois: Richard D.
Irwin.
10. Sharma, K. L. (1981) Voluntary Business Associations in Organizational Frame,
Department of Sociology: Panjab University, Chandigarh.
11. Sofer, C. (1973) Organization in Theory and Practice, London: Heinemann.
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SOC O 923: BASIC SOCIAL STATISTICS
Objective
This paper is designed to familiarize the students about basic statistical concepts,
quantitative techniques for description and induction of sociological data. In the first and
second units, students are introduced to measures of central tendency and measures of
dispersion, bivariate distribution, etc. The third unit includes measures of association,
probability, standard scores, etc. In the last unit, students are exposed to various
inferential methods.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory (Theory portion
only) and shall be short answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the
whole syllabus to be answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2
marks each. Rest of the paper shall contain 4 units on Numerical Questions only.
Each unit shall have two Numerical questions and the candidates shall be given
internal choice of attempting one numerical question from each Unit – 4 in all. Each
numerical question will carry 15 marks.
Note: Use of Non-programmable Electronic Calculators and Statistical Tables is
permitted for the examination.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Statistics in Social Analysis - Functions of Statistics in social analysis, Limitations of
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Statistics
Variables-discrete and continuous, quantitative and qualitative; independent and
dependent
Levels of measurement-Nominal, ordinal and interval
Frequency distribution, grouping error, cumulative frequency distribution, Arithmetic
mean, median and mode
Unit-II
Range, semi-interquartile range, average absolute deviation, variance, standard deviation,
coefficient of variation, Symmetry and Kurtosis
Bivariate distributions-Bivariate contingency tables, rules for percentaging bivariate
frequency tables
Unit-III
Measures of Association-Lambda, Cramer’s V, Spearman’s rank correlation, Gamma and
Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient
Elements of probability- ‘a priori’ & empirical probability, properties of probability
Normal probability distribution, area under the normal curve, standard scores, use of
standard scores
Unit-IV
Statistical Inference-Simple random sampling, sample and universe, statistic and
parameter, sampling distribution, standard error of statistic, level of significance, critical
region
Tests of significance-Z and `t’ tests for significance of mean (2 independent samples);
Chi-square test for AXB contingency table.
Suggested Readings
1. Blalock, H.M. (1979) Social Statistics, New York, McGraw Hill Book Company.
2. Loether, H.J. and Tavish, Mac D.G. (1974) Descriptive Statistics for Sociologists: An
introduction, Boston, Allyn and Bacon, Inc.
3. Mark Sirkin R. (1995) Statistics for the Social Sciences, London, Sage Publications.
4. Muller John and Kar. F. Schusseller and Herbert, L. Costner, Statistical Reasoning in
Sociology, Boston, Houghton Miffin Co.
5. Norman, R. Kurtz (1985) Introduction to Social Statistics, London, McGraw Hill
Book Company.
6. Weiss, Roberts (1968) Statistics in Social Research, New York John Wiley & Sons,
Inc.
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Additional Readings
1. Jane, L. Fielding & G. Nigel Gilbet (2000), Understanding Social Statistics; Sage
Publications: London.
2. Deshpande, J.V., Gore, A.P., Shanubhogve (1995), Statistical Analysis of Nominal
Data: New Age International Publishers: New Delhi.
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SEMESTER-III
SOC R 438: INTERPRETIVE SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
Objective
This course sensitizes the students to the works and ideas of sociologists who have
contributed to the perspective of Interpretive Sociology, as against the Positivistic
sociology. It focuses on the work of Action theorists, Interactionist theorists and the
scholars belonging to the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Action Theories : Max Weber, Talcott Parsons
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Unit-II
Symbolic Interactionism : G.H. Mead, H. Blumer
Phenomenology : E. Husserl, A. Schutz
Unit-III
Dramaturgy : E. Goffman
Ethnomethodology : H. Garfinkel
Unit-IV
Critical Theory : J. Habermas
H. Marcuse
Suggested Readings
1. Adams, Bert N. and Sydie, R.A. (2001) Sociological Theory, California, Pine
Forge Press.
2. Adams, Bert N. and Sydie, R.A., (2002) Contemporary Sociological Theory,
California, Pine Forge Press.
3. Alexander, J. (1982) Positivism: Presuppositions and Current Controversies, Vol.
I of Theoretical Logic in Sociology, Barkeley and Los Angeles, University of
California Press.
4. Bernstein, R.J. (ed.) (1985) Habermas and Modernity, Cambridge Polity Press.
5. Blumer, H. (1969) Symbolic Interactionism, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall.
6. Craib, Ian (1984) Modern Social Theory, Brigton, Harvestor Press.
7. Douglas, J. (ed.) (1971) Understanding Everyday Life, London, Routeledge &
Kegan Paul.
8. Garfinkel, H. (1984), Studies in Ethnomethodology, Cambridge, Polity Press.
9. Giddens. A. (1987) Social Theory and Modern Sociology, Cambridge, Polity
Press.
10. Gill, Rajesh, 2005 “Controversies in Sociology: An Introspection”, Kerala
Sociologist, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, December, pp. 49-61.
11. Goffman, E. (1959) The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, New York,
Doubleday.
12. Gurwitsch, A. (1962) “The Commonsense World as Social Reality”, Social
Research, 28-1, 71-93.
13. Habermas, J. (1984) Theory of Communicative Action, Cambridge, Polity Press.
14. Heritage, John C. (1987) “Ëthnomethodology” in A. Giddens and Turner (eds.),
Social Theory Today, Cambridge Policy Press, 347-382.
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15. Heritage, J. (1989) Garfinkel and Ethnomethodology, Cambridge, Polity Press.
16. Joas, H. (1987) “Symbolic Interactionism” in A. Giddens and J. H. Turner (eds.)
Social Theory Today, Cambridge, Polity Press, 82-115.
17. Natanson, M. (1970) “Phenomenology and Typification: A Study in the
Philosophy of A. Schutz”, Social Research 37 (1), 1-22.
18. Parsons, Talcott, (1951) The Social System, Glencoe, III, The Free Press.
19. Weber, Max (1947) The Theory of Social and Economic Organization, Glencoe,
III, The Free Press.
20. Zaner, R. M. (1961) “Theory of Intersubjectivity: Alfred Schutz”, Social
Research, 28-1, 1-17.
Additional Readings
1. Collins, Randall (1997) Sociological Theory, Jaipur, Rawat.
2. Elliott, Anthony and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) (2001) Profiles in Contemporary
Social Theory, London, Sage Pub.
3. Turner, J. (1995) The Structure of Sociological Theory, Jaipur, Rawat.
4. Zeitlin, I.M. (1998) Rethinking Sociology, A Critique of Contemporary Theory,
Jaipur, Rawat Publication.
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SOC R 439: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN SOCIAL RESEARCH
Objective
Students in this Semester are supposed to do field work as a part of this Course. Hence,
the Course familiarizes the students with basic elements of scientific method, apart from
the process of field work, data collection and finally report writing. This course trains the
students as to how to draw influences and conclusions out of empirical research.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
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candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Scientific Method:
i) Definition and Aims: Explanation; Generalization; Prediction; Control
ii) Basic Elements: Concepts, Constructs, Hypotheses, Fact, Theory
iii) Induction and Deduction
Unit-II
Field Work:
Meaning and Uses
Techniques of Data Collection:
• Observation: Structured and Unstructured; Participant and Non-Participant;
• Interview Schedule: Structured and Unstructured
• Interview: Types; Advantages and Disadvantages
• Questionnaire: Types, Advantages and Disadvantages
• Case Study; Content Analysis;
• Data Analysis: Coding, Tabulation and Report Writing
Unit-III
Measurement and Scaling:
• Measurement: Meaning, Levels, Indices, Operationalization, Problems
• Scaling Techniques - Thurstone, Likert, Guttman and Bogardus Scales
Reliability and Validity of Scales.
Unit-IV
Research Design:
• Exploratory, Descriptive, Experimental, Quasi-experimental, Comparative,
Longitudinal and Panel studies
• Problems of Experimental Studies in Social Research.
Suggested Readings
1. Bailey, K. D., (1997) Methods of Social Research, New York, The Free Press.
2. Bernard, H. Russell (2000) Social Research Methods – Qualitative and
Quantitative Approaches, New Delhi, Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
3. Colin, R. (2000) Real World Research Oxford, Blackwell,
4. Goode, W.J. and Hatt P.K. (1952), Methods in Social Research, New York:
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McGraw Hill, International Students edition.
5. Kerlinger, Fred N. (1973), Foundations of Behavioural Research, New York,
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, INC.
6. Moser and Kalton (1980) Survey Methods in Social Investigation. Heinemann
Educational Books.
7. Punch, K. F, (1998) Introduction of Social Research, Quantitative & Qualitative
Approach, New Delhi, Sage Robson,
8. Seltiz, Claire, et.al. (1959) Research Methods in Social Relations, New York,
Henry Holt & Co.
9. Tashakkori, A. and Charles Teddlie, (2003) Handbook of Mixed Methods, New
Delhi, Sage.
10. Tim, May, (2001) Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process. Buckingham,
Open University Press.
Additional Readings
1. Barly, Kenneth, D. (1978) Methods of Social Research, New York. The Free
Press.
2. Bryant, G.A. (1985) Positivism in Social Theory and Research, Macmillan.
3. Giddens, Anthony, (1974), Positivism and Sociology, London: Hienmann.
4. Hindess, Barry (1977) Philosophy and Methodology in Social Sciences, The
Harvester Press.
5. Madge, John, (1976) The Tools of Social Science, London, Longman.
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SOC O 532: BASIC METHODS IN POPULATION STUDIES
Objective
To understand the basic dynamics of population, it is important to have basic knowledge
of demographic methods. This course prepares the students to explore the sources of
demographic data, learn basic techniques to handle these data and develop measures to
understand changes in population size, fertility, mortality and marriage.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
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There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Sources of Demographic Data: Census, Civil Registration, Population Surveys, and UN
Sources of Demographic Data. Nature and Quality of these Data Sources.
Changes in Population Size: Intercensal Change, Average Annual Growth Rate, Linear
Growth Rate, Geometric Growth Rate, Exponential Growth Rate; Interpolation and
Extrapolation.
Unit-II
Population Composition and Distribution: Literacy Rate, Rural-Urban, Labour Force
Participation Rate.
Age and Sex composition: Problems related to Age Data, Age Distribution, Age Heaping
Effects, and Adjustment of Age Data. Dependency Ratios. Construction of Age-sex
pyramids, Sex Ratio.
Unit-III
Measures of Mortality: Computation of Crude Death Rate, Age-Specific Death Rates;
Infant Mortality Rate, Perinatal, Neonatal, Post-Neonatal Mortality Rate. Direct and
Indirect Standardized Death Rate.
Life-Table Method: Types of Life Tables, Basic Columns of Life Tables and their
computation. Relationship between various life-table columns, Life Table Stationary
Population. Application of Life Table approach.
Unit-IV
Measures of Fertility: Computation of Crude Birth Rate and its uses, General Fertility
Rate, Age-specific Fertility Rate, Total Fertility Rate, Gross Reproduction Rate, Net
Reproduction Rate, Child Woman Ratio
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, Abortion Rate & Foetal Wastage
Measure of Marriage & Divorce: Crude Marriage Rate, Divorce Rate. Mean and Median
Age at Marriage from Census and Survey Data.
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Suggested Readings
1. Census of India, Age and Life Tables, Series of India, Paper 2 , GOI, 1974.
2. Hanp, Arthur and Thomas, T. (2001) Population Reference Bureaus, Population
Handbook, 4th ed., Washington, PR3.
3. Mishra, Bhaskar D. (1993) Introduction to the Study of Population. New Delhi,
National Book Population Reference Bureau, Trust (Latest Edition)
4. Shryock, Henry S. Jacob S. Siegel and Others (1976) Methods and Materials of
Demography. (Condensed Edition) Harcourt Brace, Academic Press.
5. Spiegelman, Mortimer, (1968) Introduction to Demography, Cambridge, Harvard
University Press.
6. UN Manuals Nos. 1, 2 & 3 , United Nations.
Additional Readings
1. Cox, Peter (1959), Demography, London: Cambridge University.
2. Haupt, A. and Kane, T. (1998), Population Handbook, Washington DC,
Population Reference Bureau.
3. Newell, Colin (1988), Methods and Models in Demography, London, Belhaven
Press.
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SOC O 632: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Objective
This paper examines the development process in India focusing mainly on the issues of
(a) the India State and planned development; (b) the role of voluntary sector in India’s
development; (c) the assessment of the problems of, and measures taken to improve the
conditions of the underprivileged groups such as the SCs, STs and BCs; and (d) to
consider the phenomenon of globalization and its consequences for the Indian society.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
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answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Development Planning:
Review of Five Year Plans; Indian State and Social Development
Unit-II
Voluntary Sector and Development: Voluntary sector organizations, their Potential and
Limitations as Agencies of Social Transformation; Some Case Studies; Issues in
Voluntary Sector
Unit-III
Development of Disadvantaged Groups: Problems of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled
Tribes (STs) and Backward Classes (BCs); Compensatory Discrimination through
Constitutional and Legal measures; Development Schemes for SCs, STs and BCs;
Commissions and their Recommendations: Mandal Commission and the Reservation
Debate; Sociological Appraisal of the Development Policies for STs, SCs and BCs
Unit-IV
Globalization and its Social Implications in India: Impact on Agriculture and Labour;
Repercussions for Women; Cultural Imperialism
Suggested Readings
1. Basu, A. R. (1985) Tribal Development Programmes and Administration in India,
New Delhi: National Book Organization. (Chapters 2 & 15)
2. Basu, D. K. and R. Sisson (eds.) (1986) Social and Economic Development in
India: A Re-assessment, New Delhi: Sage, (Chapters by Ser & Galanter)
3. Chitnis, Suma (1981) A Long Way to Go: Report of a Survey of Scheduled Caste
High School and College Students, New Delhi: Allied Pub. (pp. 107-143)
4. Choudhary, K. (1990) “Reservations: A Systematic Compulsion”, Mainstream,
March 3. (pp. 23-26)
5. Conference Number on “Economic Restructuring in India and Labor” (1992) The
Indian Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 35, No. 4. Oct-Dec
6. Desai A. R. (1985) India’s Path of Development: A Marxist Approach, Bombay:
Popular Prakashan (Chapter 2)
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7. GO, (1993) “Farmers Movement: Fighting for Liberalization”, Economic and
Political Weekly, December 11 (pp. 2708-2710)
8. Jain, Devaki, (1980) Quest for Power: Five Indian Case Studies, Ghaziabad,
Vikas
9. Jena, N. A. (1994) “An Inquiry into Popular Participation”, Participation and
Governance, Vol. I, No. I, July (pp.8-17)
10. Khan, Murtaz Ali (1980) Scheduled Castes and Their Status, New Delhi: ICSSR,
(Introduction)
11. McPhail, T. L. (1992) “Electronic Colonialism and the World Information Order”
in A. Giddens (ed.) Human Societies: A Reader, Cambridge, Polity Press (pp.289-
291)
12. Misra, S. K. and V. K. Puri (1994) Indian Economy: Its Development Experience,
Bombay: Himalaya Pub.
13. Mowli, V. C. (ed.) (1990) Role of Voluntary Organizations in Social
Development, New Delhi: Sterling Pub. (Preface & Conclusion)
14. Petras, James (1994) “Cultural Imperialism in Late 20th Century”, Economic and
Political Weekly, Aug. 6 (pp. 2070-2073)
15. Pimpley, P. N. (1988) Voluntaristic Approach to Development, unpublished
monograph
16. Rajput, Pam and H. L. Swarup (eds.) (1994) Women and Globalization:
Reflections, Options and Strategies, New Delhi: Ashish Pub. House
17. Rao, V. M. (1994) “Agriculture and Liberalization: Some Implications for
Development Policies”, Economic and Political Weekly, April 16-23 (pp.999-
1003)
18. Redelift, Michael (1984) Development and the Environmental Crisis: Red or
Green Alternatives? London: Methuen Inc.
19. Sabbarwal, S. (1997) “Ecological and Socio-Economic Consequences of
International Tourism for the Less Developed Countries” in S. R. Mehta (ed.)
Poverty, Population and Sustainable Development: Essays in Honour of
Professor V. S. D’Souza, Jaipur: Rawat
20. Schchiananda (1977) Harijan Elite: A Study of their Status, Network, Mobility
and Role in Social Transformation, New Delhi: Thomson Press (Chapter 6)
21. Shankar, K. (1989) “Planning Ethos in India”, Mainstream, Sept. 23 (pp.7-8)
22. Sharma, S. L. (1992) “Social Action Groups as harbingers of Silent Revolution”,
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 27, No. 47
23. Singh, A. K. (1984) Tribal Development in India, New Delhi: Amar Prakashan,
Chapters 2, 7 & 8
24. Singh, S. N. (1994) Reservations: Problems and Prospects, New Delhi: Uppal
Pub. House, (Introduction & Chapter 3)
25. “Sustainable Development”, Special Issue (1991), The European Journal of
Development Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, June
26. “Symposium on Implications of Globalization” (1995) Sociological Bulletin, Vol.
44, (Articles by Mathew, Panini & Pathy)
27. Yadav, K. C. (1994) India’s Unequal Citizens: A Study of OBCs, New Delhi:
Manohar Pub. (Introduction & Chapters 3 & 5)
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Additional Readings
1. Appadurai, A. (1997) Modernity at Large: the Cultural Dimensions of
Globalization, New Delhi: OUP
2. Dereze, J. and Amartya Sen (1996) India: Economic Development and Social
Opportunity, New Delhi: OUP
3. Keily, R. and P. Marflet (eds.) (1998) Globalization and the Third World,
London: Routledge
4. Peet, R. (1991) Global Capitalism: Theories of Societal Development, Routledge
5. Waters, M., (1995) Globalization, New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul
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SOC O 633: RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Objective
The objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the history of rural
development in India, role of the state and farmers in it, and the impact of Market forces
on agriculture.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
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Course Outline
Unit-I
Perspectives on Rural Development:
Liberal, Marxist, Gandhian
Unit-II
State and Rural Development: Land Reforms
Community Development Programs
State and Alleviation of Rural Poverty through Various Programs: SGSY, IAY, EAS,
JRY. etc.
State and Education of Rural Masses
Role of Panchayati Raj Institutions
Unit-III
Rural Development and the Role of Peasant Movements:
Pre-Independence Period: Tribal Revolts, Kisan Sabha, Gandhi and Peasants and
Telangana Uprising
Post-Independence Period: Tenant Movement, Naxalite Movement and Fresh move for
Land Reforms, Farmers Movement.
Unit-IV
Rural Development and the Market Forces:
Green Revolution and its Impact on Rural Society
Globalization, Commercialization of Agriculture,
Impact on Non-Farm Employment and Distributive Justice
W.T.O. and the Process of Marginalization
Challenges of Sustainable Rural Development
Suggested Readings
1. Berch, Berberogue, (ed.) (1992) Class, state and development in India, New
Delhi, Sage.
2. Desai, A.R. (ed.) (1979) Peasant Struggles in India, Bombay: Oxford University
Press
3. Desai, A.R (ed.) (1986) Agrarian Struggles in India after Independence, Oxford
University Press.
4. Desai, A.R. (1977) Rural Sociology in India, Bombay, Popular.
5. Dhanagre, D.N. (1983) Peasant Movements in India, Delhi: Oxford Univ. Press.
6. Nadkarni, M.V. (1987) Farmers’ Movement in India, Delhi, Allied.
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7. Radhakrishana, P. (1989) Peasant Struggles: Land reforms and social change in
Malabar 1836-1982, New Delhi: Sage.
8. Shah, Ghanshyam (1990) Social Movements in India: A review of literature, New
Delhi: Sage.
9. Singh, K.S. (1982) Tribal Movements in India, New Delhi: Mandra.
Additional Readings
1. Franda Marcus (1979), India’s Rural Development: An Assessment of
Alternatives, London: Indian Univ. Press
2. Hoogvelt, Ankie (1998) The Sociology of Development, London: Macmillan.
3. Jain, L.C. (1979) Grass without roots- Rural Development under Government,
New Delhi: Sage.
4. Mehta, S.R. (1984) Rural Development Policies and Programmes, New Delhi:
Sage.
5. Rao, S.K. (ed.) (1981) Rural Development in India: Some Facets, Hyderabad:
NIRD.
6. Rao, S.V. (1985) Education and Rural Development, New Delhi: Sage.
7. Rao, V.M. and Aziz, Abdul (1989) Poverty Alleviation in India-Programme and
Action, New Delhi: Ashish.
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SOC O 732: PROBLEMS OF URBAN INDIA
Objective
This course familiarizes the students with the contemporary urban situation in India, apart
from the historical trends and patterns of urbanization in India. Focus shall be on the
recently emerging urban problems and the approaches which have been used to tackle
them. The students will be exposed to the most pertinent issues and controversies relating
to urban population of India, so as to enable them to develop research problems for
further specialization in the given area.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
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There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
India’s Urbanization
Historical account of Urbanization in India:
Trends and Pattern, Features
Urbanism and Urbanization, Over-urbanization
Rural-Urban Migration. Urban Informal Sector, Tertiarization
Mega Cities of India
Unit-II
Urban Basic Services
Definition, Intra and Inter-City variations:
Water Supply, Power, Sanitation and Sewerage, Solid Waste Management, Education,
Health, etc.
Environmental Pollution:
Cities and Pollution, Causes, Types and Remedies.
Urban Transport and Traffic Management.
Unit-III
Approaches to Urban Management
Approaches:
Public Provision, Privatization and People’s Participation,
Community Participation- Strengths and Weaknesses.
Lessons from Empirical Cases
Unit-IV
Urban Poverty in India
Concept of Urban Poverty. Theoretical Explanations- Structural and Cultural,
Economic and non economic indicators.
Culture of Poverty, Critique.
Empirical situation of Urban poverty in India, Housing, Slums, Features of Indian slums
and Causes, Women and Child Poverty.
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Suggested Readings
1. Bose, Ashish, (1994). India’s Urban Population- 1991 Census Data. New Delhi,
Wheeler Publishing Co. Ltd.
2. Bose, Ashish (1970). Urbanization in India: An Inventory of Source Materials,
Bombay, Academic Books Ltd.
3. Census of India, every successive Report.
4. Dentler, Robert A., (1977). Urban Problems, Perspectives and Solutions.
Chicago, Rand, McNally College Publishing Co.
5. D’Souza, Victor S., (1979). “Socio-Cultural Marginality: A Theory of Urban
Slums and Poverty in Cities”, in Sociological Bulletin, Vol. 28, Nos. 1-2.
6. Flanagan, William G. (1990). Urban Sociology, Images and Structure. Boston,
Allyn and Bacon.
7. Gill, Rajesh (2009). The Contemporary Indian Urban Society: Ethnicity, Gender
and Governance. New Delhi, Bookwell.
8. Gill, Rajesh 1993. “Urban Poverty in India: Theoretical Understanding and Policy
Implications”, in Urban India. Vol. XIII, July-Dec., No. 2.
9. Gill, Rajesh 1997. “Issues and Perspectives on Urban Poverty: The Indian
Experience” in Urban India, Vol. XVII, Jan.-June/July-Dec. Nos. 1&2.
10. Misra, R.P. and K. Misra.1998. Million Cities of India. New Delhi, Sustainable
Development Foundation.
11. Sovani, N.V. 1966. Urbanization and Urban India. Bombay, Asia Publishing
House.
12. Tiwari, Vinod K. and Rao, W.P. (eds.) 1986. Indian Cities-Ecological
Perspectives. New Delhi, Concept Publishing House.
13. Wratten, Ellen 1995. “What is Urban Poverty? Definitions and Characteristics”.
In Environment and Urbanization. Vol. 7 No.1.
Additional Readings
1. Garber, Judity A. & Turner, R.S. (eds.) 1995. Gender in Urban Research. Urban
Annual Review, Sage Publications.
2. Gill, Rajesh 2000. “Cities and Ethnic Identities: A Case of De-ethnicization or
Re-ethnicization?”, in Sociological Bulletin. Vol. 49, No. 2, Sept.
3. Gill, Rajesh 1999. “Seventy-Fourth Constitution Amendment and Political
Empowerment of Women in Punjab: A Study in Urban Governance”, in Urban
India, XIX(1).
4. Misra, R.P. and Misra, Kamlesh, 1998. Million Cities of India. New Delhi,
Sustainable Development Foundation.
5. Mohanty, Bidyut (ed.) 1993. Urbanization in Developing Countries, Basic
Services and Community Participation. New Delhi, Concept Publishing
Company.
6. National Institute of Urban Affairs, 1988. State of India’s Urbanization. New
Delhi, NIUA.
7. National Commission on Urbanization 1988, Report, Vols. 1&2.
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8. Pactone, Michael 1990. Urban Problems-An Applied Urban Analysis. London,
Routledge.
9. Press, Irwin and Smith, M.F. Urban Place and Process-Readings in The
Anthropology of Cities.
10. Ramachandran, R. 1989. Urbanization and Urban Systems in India. New Delhi,
Oxford University Press.
11. Rao, M.S.A. 1974. Urban Sociology in India, Reader and Source Book. New
Delhi, Orient Longmans Ltd.
12. Spates, James. 1982. The Sociology of Cities. New York, St. Martin Press.
13. Wit, J.W. 1996. Poverty, Policy and Politics in Madras Slums-Dynamics of
Survival, Gender and Leadership. The Hague, Institute of Social Sciences,
Development Studies, Sage.
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SOC O 832: FAMILY IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Objective
Students’ exposure to this course intends to facilitate their comparative understanding of
family and gender relations in different societies. Another aim is to make the students
aware whether the family is the basic institution in all societies and whether family as an
institution is near the point of extinction or restructuring itself and as a consequence
many alternative lifestyles to traditional marriage and family living are emerging.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
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Course Outline
Unit-I
Family and Gender-Relations In Highly-Developed, Developing and Under-
Developed Countries
- Japan, Belgium, Mexico
- India, Iran, Brazil, Latin America
- Thailand, Afghanistan, Turkey
Unit-II
Universality of Family
- Family As a Universal Social Institution- Views of Bronislaw Malinowski, George
Murdock, Talcott Parsons, Norman W. Bell and Ezra F. Vogel
- Fate of Family among the Blacks in The Islands of West Indies, Parts of Central
America and the U.S.A.;
The Kibbutz of Israel; The Nayars of Central Kerala in India.
Unit-III
Future of Family
- Withering Away Theory,
- Indispensability Theory
- Restructuring of Family
Unit-IV
Emerging Alternative Lifestyles
- Singlehood – Never Married
- Cohabitation – Living Together Without Marriage
- Single parent – Male/Female Headed Households
- Group Living – Communes
Suggested Readings
1. Allen, Katherine (1990) Single Women/Family Ties, New Delhi: Sage
Publications.
2. Bell Norman W and Eza F. Vogel (1986) A Modern Introduction to the Family
(Revised edition), New York: The Free Press.
3. Bender, David L. and Gray E. McCuen (eds) (1972) Is Family Obsolete?
Minnesota: Green Heaven Press.
4. Boh Katja and others (1990) Changing Patterns of European Family Life, New
York: Routledge
5. Chakraborty, Krishna (2002) Family in India, New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
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6. Das Man Singh & Clinton K. Jesser (eds) (1980) The Family in Latin America,
New Delhi: Vikas publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
7. Das Man Singh (ed.) (1990) Family in the Muslim World, Delhi: M.D.
Publications.
8. Hereda, Rudolf C. and Mathas, Edward (1995) Family in Changing World:
Women, Children and Strategies of Intervention, New Delhi: Indian Social
Institute.
9. Leeder, Alaine, (2004) The Family in Global Perspective. New Delhi: Sage
Publications.
10. Macklin, Eleanord D and Roger H. Rubin (1983) Contemporary Families and
Alternative Life Styles, New Delhi. Sage Publications.
Additional Readings
1. Aidala, Angela A. (1989) ‘Communes and Changing Family Norms’, Journal of
Family Issues, Vol. 10, No. 3, (Sept), PP 311-338.
2. Allan, Graham (1984) Family Life: Domestic Roles and Social Organization,
New York: Basil Blackwell
3. Bharat, Shalini (1984) ‘Single-Parent Families- Consequences for Single Parents’,
Indian Journal of Social Work, Vol XLIX, No. 3, PP 227-238.
4. Bumpass, Larry L .James. A. Sweet and Andrew Cherlin (1991) ‘The Role of
Cohabitation in Declining Rates of Marriage’, Journal of Marriage and Family,
Vol. 53. No. 4, (Nov), PP 913-927.
5. Uberoi, Patricia (ed.) (1993) Family, Kinship and Marriage in India, Delhi:
Oxford University Press.
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SOC O 931: SOCIOLOGY OF AGING
Objective
Owing to breakdown of traditional values and institutional framework in
societies such as India, the aged are facing a number of socio-economic
and psycho-medical problems. The worldwide trends indicate that the
proportion of aged people in the populations of different societies is ever
increasing. This has far reaching implications for the societies across the
world. Social scientists are looking at this issue as a matter of serious
concern. So, there is an urgent need to study the aged to understand their
plight and problems, to study the problems created by increasing aging
population as well as to formulate possible interventions for their welfare.
This course is an attempt in this direction.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
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internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and
shall be short answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the
whole syllabus to be answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20
marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of the paper shall contain 4 units. Each
unit shall have two long questions and the candidates shall be given
internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit – 4 in all.
Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Concept of Aging:
- Biological & Physiological, Social and Psychological Aging
- Myths and Facts about Old Age
- Demographic Dimensions of the Elderly
Unit-II
Sociological Perspectives of Aging
Micro-Perspectives:
- Role Theory (Aging and the Individual),
- Activity Theory,
- Disengagement Theory,
Macro Perspectives:
- Modernization Theory,
- Age Stratification Theory,
- Political Economy Theory
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Unit-III
Society, Family and Aging:
- Status of the Aged in the Family-Urban and Rural Settings.
- Neglect and Abuse of Elderly in Family.
- Aged in Different Societies- Tribal, Traditional, and Modern.
- Status and Treatment which they get in Traditional Hindu Society.
Unit-IV
Problems of aged and Rehabilitation:
- Economic, Social, Physical and Psychological Problems.
- Emerging Factors Responsible for Aggravating Problems of the Aged.
- Strategies for Coping with the Problems of the Aged, Social Security Schemes
and other Developmental Programmes.
Suggested Readings
1. Bose, A. & Gangrade, K.D. eds. (1988) Aging in India, New Delhi: O.U.P.
2. Bhatia, H.S. (1983) Aging and Society, Udaipur: Aryan Publishers.
3. Dandekar, Kumudini (1996) The Elderly in India, New Delhi: Sage Pub. Pvt.
Ltd.
4. Desai, Murli & Siva Raju (2000) Gerontological Social Work in India: Some
issues & Perspectives, New Delhi: B.R. Pub Corp.
5. Donald , Cowgill (1972) Aging & Modernization, New York: Meredith Corp.
6. Sharma, M.L.; and Dak, M.K. (1987) Aging in India, Delhi: Ajanta Pub.
7. Wilson, Gail (2000) Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspectives,
New Delhi, Sage Pub.
Additional Readings
1. Cohen, Lawrence (1999) No Aging in India: Modernity, Senility and the Family,
New Delhi: O.U.P.
2. Dandekar, Kumudini (1993), ‘The Aged, their Problems and Social Interventions
in Maharashtra’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXVII, No. 23, June 5, pp.
1189-94.
3. Rajan, S. Irudaya, Mishra, V.S. and Sarma, P. Sankara, (1999), India’s Elderly:
Burden or Challenge?, New Delhi, Sage Publications.
4. Sati, P.N. (1988) Retired and Aged People, Delhi, Mittal Publications.
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SOC O 932: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
Objective
This course focuses on a) the structural dimensions of organization; b) the phenomena of
organizational power and environment; c) the emerging salience of information
technology in organizational communication; and d) the processes of organizational
change and development.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Organizational Structure and Goals:
Structural Dimensions– Complexity, Centralization, Bureaucratization,
Professionalization; Goals – Types, Goal Multiplicity and Goal Conflict, Goal Succession
and Displacement
Unit-II
Organizational Regime and Environment:
Leadership – Definition, Theories and Styles
Power in Organizations – Authority (Weber)
Power and Compliance (Etzioni)
Environment – Definition and Types
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Unit-III
Communication and Information Technology in Organizations:
Communication – Formal and Informal networks
Role of Information Technology (IT) in Modern Organizations
Unit-IV
Planned Change and Organizational Development (OD):
Definition, Nature and Approaches
The Process and Techniques of OD – Systemic and Interpersonal
Suggested Readings
1. Bhatnagar, Subhash (2000) Information and Communication: Technology in
Development, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
2. Drummond, H. (2000) Introduction to Organizational Behavior, New York:
Oxford University Press.
3. Fiedler, F. E. (1967) A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill.
4. Haslam, S. A. (2001) Psychology in Organizations: The Social Identity Approach,
London, Sage.
5. Kaur, K. P. (1993) The Professional Management in Industrial Organizations.
New Delhi: Deep and Deep.
6. Luthans, F. (2000) Organizational Behavior, Boston, Irwin McGraw-Hill.
7. Manuel, C. (1996) The Rise of Network Society. London: Blackwell.
8. Marguilies, N. and A. Raja (eds.) (1978) Conceptual Foundations of
Organizational Development. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill.
9. Melkote, S. (2001) Communication for Development in the Third World. New
Delhi: Sage.
10. Sabbarwal, S. (1990) Organizational Approach to Environmental Control. New
Delhi: Ashish Pub.
11. Sharma, R. A. (2000) Organizational Theory and Behavior (2nd edition), New
Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill.
12. Singh, N. (2000) Human Relations and Organizational Behavior, New Delhi,
Deep and Deep.
13. Zrkocrzy, P. and N. Heap (1995) Information Technology. N.Y.: Pitman.
Additional Readings
1. Blumberg, R. L. (1987) Organizations in Contemporary Society, Englewood:
Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall.
2. Champion, D. J. (1975) The Sociology of Organization, New York: McGraw Hill
Book Company.
3. Gross, E. (1969) “The Definition of Organizational Goals” British Journal of
Sociology, Vol. 20, (pp 277-294).
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4. Harlow, D. N. & J. J. Hall, Richard H. (1972) Organizations: Structures and
Process, N. Y.: Wiley.
5. Haralambos, M. (1980) Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, New Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
6. Litterer J. A. (1969) Organizational Structure and Behavior, N.Y.: Wiley.
7. Perrow, C. (1961) “The Analysis of Goals in Complex Organizations”, American
Journal of Sociology, Vol. 66, pp 335-341.
8. Sabbarwal, S. (1988) “Approaches to Organizational Structure and
Effectiveness”, Sociological Bulletin, 37 (1 & 2) March-September.
9. Sofer, C. (1973) Organization in Theory and Practice, London: Heinemann.
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SOC O 933: SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
Objective
This paper aims at sensitizing the students regarding the concept of deviance and its
related terms. Students will also be made aware of different explanations of deviance
ranging from pathological to interactionist perspectives.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
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Course Outline
Unit-I
Deviant Behaviour:
Definition, Concept – Relative/Absolute.
Distinction between Deviant Behaviour and Deviant-Role
Pathological Perspective of Deviance – Biological and Psychological theories.
Unit-II
Social Disorganization and Value-Conflict Perspective:
Causes of Social Disorganization
Theories of Social Disorganization:
C.H. Cooley, W.I. Thomas and Florian Znaniechi, W.F. Ogburn.
Theory of Conflict of Values: Richard C. Fuller & Richard R. Myers.
Unit-III
Structural-Functional Perspective:
Theory of Anomie: Emile Durkheim and Robert K. Merton
Theory of Differential Association: Edwin Sutherland and Donald R. Cressey.
Unit-IV
Inter-actionist Perspective:
Theory of Labeling: Edwin M. Lemert and Howard S. Becker Social and Psychological
Effects of Labeling for Primary and Secondary Deviance, Social Consequences of
Stigma
Impediments to Labeling.
Suggested Readings
1. Aggleton, Peter (1987) Deviance, New York: Tavistock Publication.
2. Becker, H. and Aluin Boskoff (eds.) (1989) Modern Sociological Theory: In
Continuity and Change, New York: Dryden.
3. Downes, David and Rock Paul (1982) Understanding Deviance: A Guide to the
Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking, Oxford Clarendon Press.
4. Edwin H (1980) The Deviance Process, New York: D. Van Vost & Co.
5. Kelly Delos H (1979) Deviant-Behaviour: Readings in the Sociology of Deviance.
New York: Martin’s Press
6. Schur, Edwin M (1971) Labelling Deviant Behaviour: Its Sociological
Implications, New York : Harper & Row Pub.
7. Singh R.G. (1985) Sociology of Deviance, New Delhi: Jain Sons Publications.
8. Thio, Alex (1978) Deviant Behaviour. London: Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Additional Readings
1. Becker, Howard S. (1963) Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance,
Glenco: Free Press.
2. Gibbons, Don C. (1978) Society, Crime and Criminal Careers (3rd ed.) New
Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
3. Gove, Wolter R (ed) (1980) The Labelling of Deviance (2nd ed.) London : Sage
Publications.
4. Reid Sue Titus (1976) Crime and Criminology Illionois: The Dryden Press.
5. Wolfgand, Marvin and E. Franco Ferrachtti (1982) The Sub-Culture of Violence.
Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
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SOC O 934: SOCIOLOGY OF CRIME
Objective
This course is designed to acquaint the students with concepts and perspectives used to
explain the criminal behaviour. Students will be introduced to the eruption of different
forms of crime and the significant advances made towards its control and prevention and
correctional measures.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
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Course Outline
Unit-I
Concepts and Perspectives:
Deviance, Juvenile delinquency and Crime
Legal, Behavioral and Sociological Definitions of Crime
Classical and Positive Schools of Criminology
Biological, Psychological and Sociological Approaches (Conflict, Structural-Functional
and Symbolic-Interactionist)
Unit-II
Major Forms of Crime:
Violent Crime: Homicide and Aggravated Assault
Property Offences: Economic and Property crimes
Public Order Offenses: Crime against Moral and Political Order
Crimes involving Abuse of Power: White collar and Corporate crime
Unit-III
Punishment in relation to Crime:
Theories of Punishment: Retributive, Deterrent and Reformative
Penology in India and Indian Penal Code
Types of Punishment: Capital punishment, transportation, imprisonment, forfeiture of
property, fine, whipping
Unit-IV
Correctional Programmes:
Significance and Forms of Correctional Programmes: Prison based, Community based.
Prison based Correction: New Delhi Model of Correction.
Community based Correction: Probation, Parole, After-care and Rehabilitation.
Suggested Readings
1. Agarwal, Rajendra Saran & Sarvesh Kumar (eds) (1986) Crimes & Punishment in
New Perspective, Delhi: Mittal Publication.
2. Ahuja, Ram (2000) Criminology, Jaipur: Rawat Publication.
3. Bhatnagar, R.R. (1990) Crimes in India: Problems and Policy, New Delhi:
Ashish Publications.
4. Crow, Iain (2001) Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders, London: Sage
Publications.
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5. Lilly, J.Robert., Cullen, Francis .T and Ball, Richard A. (2007). Criminological
Theory: Context and Consequences, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks
6. Prasad, R.S.(2004). Cyber Crime and Introduction, ICFAI Univ, Hederabad.
7. Sharma, Ram Nath (1993) Crime and Penology: Social Disorganization and
Social Problems, Delhi, Surjeet Publications
8. Singha, Radhika (1999) Despotism in Law: Crime and Justice in Early Colonial
India, New Delhi, O.U.P.
9. Sutherland, Edwin H & Donald R. Cressey (1968) Principles of Criminology,
Bombay, The Times of India Press.
10. Weisburd, Dand & Kip Schlegal (1990) White-Collar Crime Reconsidered,
Boston: Northeastern University Press.
Additional Readings
1. Devasia, V.V. (1993) Criminology, Victimology and Corrections, Delhi: Ashish
Publications
2. Doongaji, Damayanti (1986) Crime and Punishment in Ancient Hindu Society,
Delhi, Ajanta Publications.
3. Dutta, N.K.(1989) Origin and Development of Criminal Justice in India, New
Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications
4. Gill, S.S. (1998) The Pathology of Corruption, New Delhi: Harper Collins
Publishers.
5. Gilsinan, James F. (1989) Criminology and Public Policy: An Introduction,
Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall.
6. Mathur, Krishan Mohan (1996) Crime, Human Rights and National Security,
New Delhi: Gyan Publication House.
7. Meier, Robert F. (1988) Crime and Society, Boston, Allyn & Bacon.
8. Ministry of Home Affairs (1998) Crime in India, New Delhi, Government of
India.
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SOC O 935/945: DISSERTATION (3rd and 4th Semesters)
SOC O 936: ADVANCED SOCIAL STATISTICS
Objective
The course is aimed at introducing the students with advanced statistical techniques for
multivariate analysis of sociological data. In the first two units the students are
familiarized with various aspects of simple and multiple regression analysis including
coefficient of determination, correction-ratio, point-biserial correction, partial correlation
etc. The last two units include discussion on Path analysis and various parametric and
non- parametric tests of significance.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory (Theory Portion
only) and shall be short answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the
whole syllabus to be answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2
marks each. Rest of the paper shall contain 4 units on Numerical Questions only.
Each unit shall have two Numerical questions and the candidates shall be given
internal choice of attempting one numerical question from each Unit – 4 in all. Each
numerical question will carry 15 marks.
Note: Use of Non-programmable electronic calculators and Statistical Tables is
permitted for the examination.
Course outline
Unit-I
Linear Regression, Least Squares Method, Estimating the Intercept and Slope of the
Linear Regression Model
Standard Error of the Estimate and its Uses, Zero-Order Correlation by Least Squares
Method
Coefficient of Determination, Correlation and Causation, Ecological Fallacy of
Correlation, Correlation-Ratio, Point Biserial Correlation.
Unit-II
Multiple Regression, Multiple Regression Equations, Multiple Collinearity, Interpretation
of Regression Coefficient, Confidence Interval for the Estimate of Multiple Regression,
Multiple Correlation, Properties of Multiple Correlation Coefficient, Coefficient of
Multiple Determination, First order Partial Correlation.
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Unit-III
Path Analysis, Formulation of Recursive, Fully Recursive Path Models, Estimation of
Path Coefficients (No numerical questions to be set in the question paper on path
analysis)
Parametric tests-One way analysis of variance for means, t-test for means (related
samples), z-test for proportions (One Sample and Two Independent Samples)
Unit-IV
Non-Parametric Tests of Significance
Distinction between Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests, Kruskal Wallis One Way
Analysis of Variance, Friedman Two–Way Analysis of Variance, Kolmogorov Smirnov
Test (Two Independent Samples), Mann-Whitney-U Test, Wilcoxon Matched-Pairssigned-
Ranks Test.
Suggested Readings
1. Alexander Von Eye, Chrisof Schustee (1998) Regression Analysis for Social
Sciences, Academic Press, USA.
2. Blalock, H.M. (1979) Social Statistics, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York.
3. Joseph F. Hair, Rolph E. Anderson Ronald L. Tatham (1987), Multivariate Data
Analysis with Readings, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York.
4. Kothari C.R. (1984) Quantitative Techniques, Vikas Publishing House, Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi.
5. Morris Hamburg (1983) Statistical Analysis for Decision Making. San Diego,
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Pubs
6. Muller John and Karl, F. Schuseller and Herbert, L. Costner (1977), Statistical
Reasoning in Sociology, Houghton Miffin Co. Boston.
7. Norman, R. Kurtz (1985) Introduction to Social Statistics, McGraw Hill Book
Company, London.
Additional Readings
1. Marl Sirkin, R. (1995), Statistics for the Social Science; Sage Publications:
London.
2. Jane, J., Fielding & G. Nigel Gilbet (2000), Understanding Social Statistics,
London, Sage Publications.
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SEMESTER –IV
SOC R 440: PERSPECTIVES ON INDIAN SOCIETY
Objective
This paper aims to acquaint the students with some of the sociological perspectives which
have been developed to study the Indian Society. The course aims at giving a
chronological view on studies of Indian society. Introducing the students to important
Indian Sociologists and their monographs; It further hopes to help the students formulate
a link between their theoretical background and examples from the field and to sensitize
students about important Indian Social Institutions: Family, Village and Caste, etc.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Indological: G.S. Ghurye, P.N. Prabhu.
Structuralist: Dumont, Louis & Pocock, David, Mckim Marriot.
Unit-II
Structural Functionalist: M.N. Srinivas, S.C. Dube, Yogendra Singh.
Unit-III
Conflict and Subaltern: B.R. Ambedkar, D.P. Mukherji, A.R. Desai.
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Unit-IV
Current Issues in Indian Sociology: Indianization/Indegenization, Contextualization
Suggested Readings
1. Ahmad, Imtiaz (1972) ‘For a Sociology of India’, Contributions to Indian
Sociology, 6:172-8.
2. Ambedkar, B.R. (1948) The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They
Became Untouchables, Delhi, Amrit Book Company.
3. Atal, Yogesh (2003). Indian Sociology from Where to Where: Footnotes to the
History of the Discipline. Jaipur, Rawat Publications.
4. Atal, Yogesh (1993). Understanding Indian Society: Festschrift in Honour of
Professor S.C.Dube. New Delhi, Har-Anand Publications.
5. Bailey, F.G. (1959) ‘For a Sociology of India’, Contributions to Indian Sociology,
3, 88-101.
6. Beteille, Andre (1974) ‘Sociology and Ethnosociology’, International Social
Science Journal, 24(4) 703-4.
7. Burghart, R (1983) ‘For a Sociology of India: An Intracultural Approach to the
Study of Hindu Society’, Contributions to Indian Sociology, 17 (2): 275-93.
8. Das, Veena (ed.) (2004). Handbook of Indian Sociology. New Delhi, Oxford
University Press.
9. Desai, A.R. (1976) Social Background of Indian Nationalism, Bombay, Popular
Prakashan.
10. Dhanagare, D.N. (1993) Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology. Jaipur,
Rawat Publications.
11. Dube, S.C. (1959) Indian Villages, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
12. Dumont, Louis and Pocock, D. (eds.) (1960). Contibutions to Indian Sociology.
Paris, Monton.
13. Dumont, L. & Pocock (1960) ‘For a Sociology of India: A Rejoinder To Dr.
Bailey’, Contributions to Indian Sociology, 4:82-9.
14. Dumont, Louis (1970) Home-Hierarchicus: Caste System and its Implications,
Delhi: Vikas Publications.
15. Ghurye, G.S. (1957) Caste and Class in India, Bombay, Popular Book Depot.
16. Gill, Rajesh.( 2007). Let Sociology be Sociology, in Sociological Bulletin, Vol.
56, No. 3, Sept.-Dec. 2007, pp. 430-34.
17. Jodhka S.S. (1998) ‘From Book View’ to ‘Field View’: Social Anthropological
Constructions of the Indian Village’, Oxford Development Studies, Vol.26 No.3,
1998.
18. Marriot, Mackim (1994) India Through Hindu Categories, Delhi: Sage
Publication.
19. Mukerjee, Ramakrishna (1979) Sociology of Indian Sociology, Bombay, Allied.
20. Mukherji, D.P. (1958) Diversities, Delhi Peoples Publishing House.
21. Mukherji, D.P. (1979). Sociology of Indian Culture. Jaipur, Rawat Publications.
22. Omvedt, Gail (1994) Dalits and the Democratic Revolution. New Delhi, Sage
Publications.
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23. Oommen, T.K. (1986) Indian Sociology: Reflections and Interpretations.
Bombay, Popular Prakashan.
24. Patel Sujata (1998), ‘The Nostalgia for the Village: M.N. Srinivas and the Making
of Indian Social Anthropology’, South Asia, Vol.XXI, No.1, pp-49-61.
25. Prabhu, P.N. (1954) Hindu Social Organization, Bombay, Popular Book Depot.
26. Pramanick, S.N. (1994) Sociology of G.S. Ghurye: Concerns, New Delhi, Vistaar
Publication.
27. Ram, Nandu (1999), Beyond Ambedkar, New Delhi, Har Anand Publishers.
28. Singh, Yogendra (1973) Modernization of Indian Tradition, Jaipur, Rawat
Publications.
29. Singh, Yogendra (1986) Indian Sociology: Social Conditioning and Emerging
Concerns, New Delhi, Vistaar Publications.
30. Singh, Yogendra (1984). Image of Man: Ideology and Theory in Indian
Sociology. Delhi, Chanakya.
31. Srinivas, M.N. (1952) Religion and Society Among the Coorgs of South India,
London, Asia.
32. Srinivas, M.N. (1970) ‘Sociology and Sociologists in India Today’, Sociological
Bulletin 19(1): 1-10.
33. Unnithan, T.K.N., Deva, Indra and Singh, Yogendra (eds.) (1965). Towards a
Sociology of Culture in India: Essays in Honour of Professor D.P.Mukherji. New
Delhi, Prentice Hall.
Additional Readings
1. Madan, T.N. (1977) ‘The Dialectic of Tradition and Modernity in the Sociology
of D.P. Mukerji’, Sociological Bulletin, Vol.26 (2) 155-76.
2. Marriot, Mckim (1955) Village India: Studies in the Little Community, Chicago,
The University of Chicago Press.
3. Oommen, T.K. (2007) Knowledge and Society: Situating Sociology and Social
Anthropology. New Delhi, Oxford University Press.
4. Srinivas, M.N. (1970) Social Change in Modern India, Barkeley, California
University Press.
5. Unnithan, T.K. N., Singh, Y. Singhi Narendra and Indra Deva (eds.) (1967)
Sociology for India, New Delhi, Prentice Hall
6. Srinivas, M.N. (1976) The Remembered Village, Delhi, Oxford University Press.
7. Srinivas, M.N. (1980) Social Structure, Delhi, Hindustan Publishing Corporation.
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SOC O 543: DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF POPULATION
GROWTH
Objective
The course mainly focuses to sensitize students about a) the effect of population growth
on development processes; b) Differential mortality and fertility patterns in the developed
and the developing countries; c) Population distribution patterns in India; and d) the
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various programmes implemented for regulating population in India.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately
be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus has been divided into four units.
There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each. Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit –
4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Relationship between Population, Development, Environment and Society in the context
of Population Size, Composition and Distribution of Population
Factors affecting Age, Structure and Sex Compositions; Demographic, Social and
Economic implications
Unit-II
Mortality Patterns in Developed and Developing Countries:
General Mortality, Infant and Child Mortality, Morality Differentials, Determinants of
Mortality and Cause of deaths. Consequences of Declining Mortality for demographic
and social structures
Unit-III
Fertility Patterns and Trends in Developed and Developing Countries, Crude Birth Rates
and Total Fertility Rates, Net Reproduction Rate, Theoretical Understanding of the
Biosocial, Socio-cultural, Social-psychological and Socio-demographic factors affecting
Fertility. Fertility Differentials, Consequences of Fertility Decline for Demographic and
Social Structures
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Unit-IV
Population Distribution Patterns in India- Regional Level, Rural-Urban, Socio-economic
and demographic factors associated with population distribution.
Consequences of Population Redistribution on Demographic and Social Structures.
Regulating Population in India: National Family Welfare Programme
Reproductive and Child Health Programme
Strategies for Implementation and Overall Impact
MTP and PNDT Act- Correcting the Gender Bias.
Suggested Readings
1. Bhende, Asha and Tara Kanitkar (1999), Principles of Population Studies,
Mumbai, Himalayan Publications.
2. Bogue, D.J. (1969) Principles of Demography, N.Y,John Wiley.
3. Bose, A. (1991) Demographic Diversity in India. Delhi, B.R. Publications.
4. Cassen, D. (1978), India, Population Economy and Society, London, MacMillan.
5. Ersheng GAO (2003), Reproductive Health , Gender and Development, Delhi,
B.R.Publishing Corporation.
6. Jain, A.K. and Visaria (eds.) (1988), Infant Mortality in India. Differentials and
Determinants, Sage Publications.
7. Kaistha, K.C. and Satish Sharma (1998), Population, Environment and Spatial
Mobility, New Delhi, Gyan Publications.
8. Mahadevan, K. (1989) Fertility Policies from Asian Countries, Delhi, Sage.
9. Matras, Juda (1977) Introduction to Population, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, Inc.
10. Mitra, Ashok (1978) India’s Population, Aspects of Quality Control, 2 Vols.
11. MOHFW, GOI, Cause of Death Statistics (Annual Issues).
12. National Family Health Survey, India (1994) (2000) Bombay, IIPS.
13. PNDT Act (1996) GOI.
14. Prasad, Narendra (2001), Population Growth and Child Labour, New Delhi,
Kanishka Publishers.
15. Premi, M.K. (1991), India’s Population: Heading towards a Billion, Delhi, B.R.
Publications.
16. Retherford, Robert D. & T.K. Roy (2003) Factors Affecting Sex Selective
Abortions in India and 17 major states, NFHS Report No.21, Mumbai, IIPS.
17. Sen, Amartya (1982) Choice, Welfare and Measurement, Oxford Univ.Press.
18. Sen, Amartya & Jean Dreze (1996) Indian Development, Oxford Univ.Press.
19. Srinivas, M.N. (1977) Culture and Human Fertility in India, Delhi, Oxford Univ.
Press.
20. Singh, K.P. (1986) Correlates of Fertility Behaviour: A Study of Rural
Communities in Punjab and Haryana, New Delhi, Concept Publishing House,
205p.
21. Sinha, P. N (2001), Population Growth and Global Stability, New Delhi, Author’s
Press.
22. Tandon, Usha (2003). Population Law: An Instrument for Population
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Stabilization, New Delhi, Deep and Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd.
23. U.N. (1987) Fertility Behaviour in the Context of Development (P.S. No. 100).
24. United Nations (1987) World Population Policies, Monitoring Report Vol. II
Additional Readings
1. Dyson, T. and Crook, N. (eds.) (1984), India’s Demography: Essays on the
Contemporary Population, New Delhi, South Asian Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2. D’Souza, V.S. (1984), Economic Development, Social Structure and Population
Growth, New Delhi, Sage Publications.
3. Finkle, L. Jason and C. Anson McIntesh, (1994), (eds.), The New Politics of
Population: Conflict and Consequences in Family Planning, New York, The
Population Council.
4. Mc Nicoll, Geoffrey and Mead Cain, (1990), Rural Development and Population:
Institutions and Policy, New York, Oxford University Press (The Population
Council, New York).
5. Mehta, S.R. (1997), (ed.), Poverty, Population and Sustainable Development,
Jaipur, Rawat Publications.
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SOC O 544: SOCIOLOGY OF HUMAN MIGRATION
Objective
The aim of this course is to explore how migration as a social demographic process has a
bearing on the processes of urbanization and social integration. It attempts to discuss the
need to address the problems associated with large influx of immigrants into cities, within
the country and trans-nationally, leading to crises of physical infrastructure and conflict
situations. Also, it aims to appreciate the positive consequences of migration in terms of
its capacity to enrich various cultures.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each Rest of
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the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit-4
in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Concept of Migration : Conventional View and Changing Conception
Migration Data : Sources and Problems relating to Measurement.
Unit-II
Major Typologies : Spatial, Temporal, Purposive and Stream Criteria.
Broad Trends and Patterns: At Global Level with special reference to India.
Unit-III
Theoretical Formulations: Classical, Socio-economic & Developmental
(Contributions of Revenstein, Stouffer, Everett Lee,
Lewis, Harris and Todaro, Zelinski, Davis and Push-
Pull Factor theory).
Determinants of Migration: Ecological, Demographic, Social, Economic and
Political
Unit-IV
Consequences of Migration: International context – Brain-Drain and Critique:
Internal context- Social, Economic and Political
Migration Policy: Need and Challenges
Suggested Readings
1. Balan, Jorge (ed.), 1981), Why People Move, Paris, Unesco Press
2. Chaudhuri, I.R., (1993), Migration and Remittances: Inter-Urban and Rural-
Urban Linkages, New Delhi, Sage Publications.
3. Connel, John & others, (1970), Migration from Rural Areas: Evidence from
Village Studies, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
4. Dutoit, B.M. and H.I. Safa, (1975), Migration and Urbanization Models and
Adaptive Strategies, The Hague, Mouton.
5. Findley, Sally, (1982), Migration Surveys, Methodologies, A Review of Designs,
IUSSP, No.2
6. Hugo, H., (1982), ‘Circular Migration in Indonesia’, Population and Development
Review, Vol 8, No. 1, March, pp-59-83.
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7. Kaistha, K.C., (1987), ‘Migration Patterns in Development Transition of Rural
Areas’, Population Geography ( 1 & 2 ), June-December.
8. Kosinski, L.A. & K.K. Mandood Elahi, (1985), Population Redistribution and
Development in South Asia, Boston, D. Reidel Pub. Co.
9. Kosinski L. and Prothero R. (1974) People on the Move: Studies on Internal
Migration, London, Methuen.
10. Oberoi, A. S. & H. K.M. Singh, (1982), Causes and Consequences of Internal
Migration: Studies from Indian Punjab, Delhi, OUP.
11. Oberoi, A.S. & others, (1989), Determinants and Consequences of Internal
Migration in India: Studies in Bihar, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, OUP.
12. Bogue, D.J., (1969), Principles of Demography, New York, John Wiley & Sons.
13. Prother, R.M. & Chapman Murray (eds.), 1985, Circulation in Third World
Countries, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul.
14. Rao, M.S.A., (1986), Studies in Migration, Delhi, Manohar.
15. UN (1984) Population Distribution, Migration and Development. Proceedings of
the Expert Group on Population Distribution Migration and Development,
Hammamat (Tunisia) March 21-25, 1983.
16. U.N. (1994) Population Distribution and Migration (Particularly Papers by
Castals, S. ‘Process of Integration of Migrant Communities’ and Rogge, I.R.
‘Changing Solutions to Refugee Movement’.
17. Weiner, Myron, (1978), Sons of Soil: Migration and Ethnic Conflict in India,
New Jersey, Princeton University Press.
Additional Readings
1. Brettel, Caroline & James Hollifield, (2000), Migration Theory: Talking Across
Disciplines, Routledge, New York.
2. Hazari, Bharat R. & Pasquale M., (2001), Migration, Unemployment and Trade,
Kluwer Academic Publishers; Boston.
3. Indra, Doreen (ed.), (1998), Engendering Forced Migration: Theory and Practice,
Berghahn Books, New York.
4. Lucassen, Jan & Lucassen, Leo, (1997), Migration, Migration History, History:
Old Paradigms and New Perspectives, University of Bern Publications, Bern.
5. Manning, Patrick, (2005), Migration in World History, Cambridge Univesity
Press, London.
6. Sharpe, Pamela, (2001), Women, Gender and Labour Migration: Historical and
Global Perspectives, Routledge, New York.
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SOC O 644: ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Objective
The course focuses on the discussion of the environment–society interface keeping the
following objectives in view (a) to familiarize the student with the crisis of environmental
degradation both at the global and national levels; (b) to focus on the environmental
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problems in India; (c) to highlight the role of environmental movements in ecological
protection; and (d) to discuss some of the measures necessary for environmental
preservation.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit-4
in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Development and Environmental Degradation:
Meaning of Environment; Environment and Society;
Development and Environmental Consequences – Global Warming, Pollution,
Deforestation, Displacement of People and the Problem of Resettlement, Land
Degradation and Wastelands, Danger to Bio Diversity, Perils of Mining and Quarrying,
Ecological threat to Agro-systems;
Impact of Development on Tribals;
Ecological Degradation and Women.
Unit-II
Environment Situation in India:
Environmental Problems in India – Extent, Causes and Solutions; Environmental Policy
in India.
Unit-III
Environmental Movements:
Role of voluntary organizations and popular participation in environmental protection
and preservation; The Chipko Movement, Movements against Narmada Valley and Tehri
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Dam projects, Sukhomajri Experiment, Protest against Mining in Doon Valley; Ecofeminism;
Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and Judicial Activism.
Unit-IV
Sustainable Development: Towards a Sound Environmental Policy;
Environmental Education; Social Forestry and Afforestation Program; Biogas and
Renewable Energy Program; Efficient Water Management Programs; Use of Appropriate
Technology.
Suggested Readings
1. Deoria, R.S. et al. (1990) Man, Development and Environment. N. Delhi: Ashish
Pub.
2. Katyal, J and M. Satake (1989) Environmental Pollution. New Delhi: Anmol Pub.
3. Khoshoo, T.N. (1986) Environmental Priorities in India and Sustainable
Development. New Delhi: Indian Science Congress Association.
4. Mahesh, K and B. Bhattacharya (eds.), (1999) Judging the Judges. N. Delhi:
Gyan Pub.
5. Raza, Mehdi (ed.), (1992) Development and Ecology. Jaipur: Rawat.
6. Rasure, K.A(2007) , Environment and Sustainable Development , New Delhi,
serial publications, VOL. I,II,III.
7. Spaargaren G. et al (2000) (ed.), Environment and Global Modernity, New
Delhi, Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
8. Singh,R.B. (2002) (ed.) Human Dimensions of Sustainable Development, New
Delhi, Rawat Publications.
9. Sharma, S.L. (1993) “Managing Environmental Crisis – Regulatory vis-Ã -vis
Participatory Approach” in J.L. Rastogi and Bidhi Chand (eds.) Management and
Business Education. Jaipur: Rawat Pub.
10. Shiva, Vandana, (1988) Staying Alive – Women, Ecology and Survival in India.
New Delhi: Kali for Women.
11. Singh, Gian (1991) Environmental Deterioration in India – Causes and Control.
New Delhi: Agricole.
12. Tewari, K.M. (1989) Social Forestry in India. Dehradun: Natraj Pub.
13. Wilson, D. (ed.) (1984) The Environmental Crisis, London: Hinemann.
Additional Readings
1. Bandhu, Desh (ed.), (1981) Environmental Management, Dehradun, Natraj Pub.
2. Bandhu, Desh and N.L. Ramanathan (eds.) (1982) Education For Environmental
Planning and Conservation, Dehradun, Natraj Pub.
3. Bharadwaj, H.R. (1997) Lawyers and Judges, New Delhi, Konark Pub.
4. Chaudhary,,Jayasri R.( 2001). An Introduction to Development and Regional
Planning, New Delhi, Orient Longman.
5. Ehrlich, P. R. et al., (1973) Human Ecology- Problems and Solutions, San
Francisco, W.H. Freeman and Co.
6. Kothari, Ashish et al. (eds.),(1998) Communities and Conservation, New Delhi,
Sage.
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7. Pawar, S.N. and R.B. Patil (eds.) (1998) Sociology of Environment, Jaipur, Rawat
8. Sheth, Pravin (1997) Environmentalism – Politics, Ecology and Development,
Jaipur, Rawat Publications.
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SOC O 645: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT
Objective
This course is acquainting the students with various theoretical developments in the area
of entrepreneurship and their implication for action programs. Accordingly, first two
units deal with various theories and development of entrepreneurship in different
communities and groups. The other two units deal with the implication of theories for
action programs and development of Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDPs)
and interaction of entrepreneurs with business environment.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit-4
in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship:
Concept, Functions: Growth of Entrepreneurship with special reference to India
Theories of Entrepreneurship: Max Weber, David McClelland, E. E. Hagen, B. E.
Hoselitz and Schumpeter
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Unit-II
Entrepreneurship among Social Groups
Business Communities: Samurai Community in Japan, Filipino and Chinese in
Philippines; Parsees, Marwaris, Ramgarhias, Ravidasias and Business Communities in
South India; Social Groups: Women, Tribals, Scheduled Castes
Unit-III
Development of an Entrepreneur
Implication of Theories for Action Program and Development of Entrepreneurs through
Training and Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDPs).
Unit-IV
Entrepreneurship and Environment:
General Environment, Typology of Environment, Role of Business Aassociations in
Controlling the Environment.
Suggested Readings
1. Akhouri, M. M. P. et al. (1987) Trainers’ Manual on Developing Entrepreneurial
Motivation, New Delhi: National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small
Business Development.
2. Bansal, C. L. (1993) Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Delhi,
Har Anand Publications.
3. Bhatia, B. S. and Batra, G. S. (2001) Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Management, New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications, Pvt. Ltd.
4. Bisht, N. S. et al. (1989) Entrepreneurship: Reflections and Investigations,
Allahabad: Chugh Pub.
5. Guha, A. (1984) “More about Parsi-Seths, their roots, Entrepreneurship and
Compradoe Role”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. IX, No.3, June, pp 1660-
18.
6. Hagen, E. E. (1962) On the Theory of Social Change, Bombay: Vakils, Feff and
Simpson.
7. Hoselitz, B. F. (1952) “Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth” American
Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol.12 (1).
8. Hoselitz, B. F. (1960) Sociological Aspects of Economic Growth, London:
Collier- McMillan.
9. Kaur, K. P. (1992) Professional Management in Industrial Organizations, New
Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications.
10. Kaur, K. P. (1995) “Role of Trade Associations in Entrepreneurial Development”,
SEDME, Vol. XXII, No.3.
11. Kelbagh, Chetana (ed.), (1991) Women and Development, Women in Enterprise
and Profession, Vol. III, New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House.
12. Kilby, P. (1971) Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, N.Y.: Free, Free
Press.
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13. Kirchhoff B. A. et al. (eds.) (1988) Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research,
Wellesley: Babson College.
14. Leibenstein, H. (1968) “Entrepreneurship and Development”, American
Economic Review, LVIII (2), May.
15. McClelland, D. C. (1961) The Achieving Society, N.Y.: Van Nostrand Co.
16. Pruthi, S. P. S. (1972) Economic and Managerial Environment in India, Bombay:
Progressive Corp.
17. Sabbarwal, S. (1990) Organizational Approach to Environment Control, N.
Delhi: Ashish Pub.
18. Sabherwal, Satish (1976) Mobile Man, New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House. Pvt.
Ltd.
19. Schumpeter, J. A. (1959) The Theory of Economic Development, Cambridge:
Harvard Univ. Press.
20. Sharma, K. L. & H. Singh (1980) Entrepreneurial Growth and Development:
Programmes in Northern India, New Delhi: Abhinay Pub.
21. Sharma, K. L. (1981) Voluntary Business Associations, Chandigarh: Panjab
University.
22. Sharma, K. L. (1988) “Community and Entrepreneurship”, Eastern
Anthropologist, 42 (3).
23. Tandon, B. C. (1975) Environment and Entrepreneurs, Allahabad: Chugh Pub.
24. Weber, Max (1947) Theory of Social and Economic Organization: tr. by A. R.
Henderson and Talcott Parsons (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Additional Readings
1. Rathore, B. S. and J. S. Saini (eds.) (2007) A Handbook of Entrepreneurship,
Panchkula: Aapaga.
2. Hagen, E. E. (1980) The Economics of Development, Illinois: Irwin, Inc.,
Homewood.
3. Schumpeter, J. A. (1939) Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical and
Statistical Analysis of Capitalist Process, London: McGraw Hill.
4. Weber, Max (1965) The Protest and Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Tr. by
Talcott Parsons, London: Union.
5. Weber, Max (1968) Economy and Society, New York: Bedminster Press.
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SOC O 743: CITIES, URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Objective
This is the third course in the specialization of Urban Sociology offered to MA students
from second through fourth semesters. It is presumed that by now the students has the
basic understanding of the conceptual and theoretical formulations in urban sociology,
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with specific relation to India’s experience as compared to the Western. In this course the
student shall be apprised with the contemporary and emerging conceptual and empirical
developments in the area of urban planning and development, especially with an
emphasis upon the shift from mere town and physical planning to social planning,
decentralization etc. manifested both at global and national agenda.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit-4
in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Urban Planning
Physical and Town Planning, Zoning, Master Plan;
Critique of Conventional Urban Planning;
Concept of Social Planning and its Implications on Urban Planning;
People’s Participation in Urban Planning and Development; Decentralization and
Democratization in Urban Planning.
Unit-II
Cities and Urban Development
U.N. Conventions on Human Settlements and Global Agenda;
Urban Renewal and Urban Redevelopment;
Sustainable, Humane, Child-Friendly, Eco-Friendly Cities;
From Urban Development to Sustainable Urban Development and its Features;
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Unit-III
Urban Planning in India
Critical Appraisal of Slum Rehabilitation Schemes
Critical Appraisal of Urban Poverty Alleviation Programs.
Critical Appraisal of 74th Constitutional Amendment Act and its Salient Features
Unit-IV
Cities and Culture
Cities and Cultural Change (with reference to Georg Simmel, Louis Wirth and C.
Fischer)
Cities and Consumerism
Cities and Ethnicity
Suggested Readings
1. Ali, Sabir, (1990), Slums Within Slums- A Study of Resettlement Colonies in
Delhi, New Delhi, HarAnand and Vikas.
2. Breese, Gerald and Whiteman, Dorothy E, (eds.), (1953), An Approach to Urban
Planning, Princeton, Princeton University Press.
3. Castells, Manuel, (1977). The Urban Question, London, Edward Arnold
Publishers Ltd.
4. Castells, Manuel, (1975), 1968, Is there an Urban Sociology? Reprinted in Urban
Sociology: Critical Essays (ed.) by C. Pickvance, New York, St. Martin’s Press.
Pp. 33-59.
5. Flanagan, William, (1993), Contemporary Urban Sociology, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press.
6. Gill, Rajesh, (2009). The Contemporary Indian Urban Society -Ethnicity, Gender
and Governance. New Delhi, Bookwell Publishers.
7. Gill, Rajesh, (2003)‘. Planning Urban Settlements for People: A Social Agenda’,
in Urban India, Vol. XXIII, No. I, Jan.-June 2003.
8. Harvey, D. (1999), “The City in a Globalizing World” (ed.) by Charles Lemerit
(2004), Social Theory: Multicultural and Classical Readings, U.S.A., Westview
Press.
9. Jo Beall (ed.), (1997), A City for All- Valuing Difference and Working with
Diversity, London, Zed Books Ltd.
10. Lo, Fu Chen and Yeung, Yue-man (eds.),(1998), Globalization and the World of
Large Cities, Tokyo, United Nations University Press.
11. Miles, S. and Miles, M., (2004). Consuming Cities. New York, MacMillan.
12. Report of National Commission on Urbanization, (1988), Vols. 1&2.
13. Sassen, S. (1991). The Global City, Princeton, Princeton University Press.
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14. Satterthwaite, D. (2007), “When People Live Mostly in the Cities” The Hindu,
January 18.
15. Simmel, Georg, (1990). 2nd Edition. The Philosophy of Money, trans. by T.
Bottomore and D. Frisby (ed.) D. Frisby. London, Routledge.
16. Simmel, Georg, (1964). “The Metropolis and Mental Life” in K. Wolff (ed.), The
Sociology of Georg Simmel, New York, Free Press. (Org. 1905).
17. Uner, Kirdar (ed.), (1997), Cities Fit For People, New York, United Nations.
18. Weber, Max, (1958), The City, Chicago, Free Press.
Additional Readings
1. Chandoke, Neera, (1991). “The Post Colonial City”, Economic and Political
Weekly, Mumbai, December 14, pp. 2868-2873.
2. Fagence, Michael, (1977), Citizen Participation in Planning, Oxford, Pergamon
Press.
3. Gill, Rajesh, (1991), Slums as Urban Villages- A Comparative Study in Two
Cities, Jaipur, Rawat Publications.
4. Mumford, Lewis, (1961). The City in History. New York, Harcourt, Brace and
World.
5. Sarin, Madhu, 1975, Planning and the Urban Poor: The Chandigarh Experience,
London, School of Environmental Studies.
6. Saunders, P. 1981, Social Theory and the Urban Question, London, Hutchison &
Co. Ltd.
7. Short, J.R., 1996, The Urban Order- An Introduction to Cities, Culture and
Power, Blackwell Publishers.
8. Southall, Adian, 1998, The City in Time and Space, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press.
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SOC O 843: FAMILY DYNAMICS IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA
Objective
In this course students will be enabled to have a grasp of the changing marriage and
family patterns in India. The course will be addressing to the impact of technological and
economic factors on family and how family has responded to these by undergoing
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changes in its Form, Structure and Functions, which in turn influence the values and rolerelations
within the family. Students will be further acquainted with the family’s failure
in coping with the pressures of modern life.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit-4
in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Marriage Patterns
- Traditional and Contemporary Patterns from Vedic times to Modern time.
- Changing Patterns of Marriage Alliance.
- Increasing Age at Marriage, its Socio-economic and Cultural
Determinants, Regional Variations and Demographic Consequences.
Unit-II
Trends in Family Type
- Regional Variation in Family Type and its Socio-cultural Correlates.
- Joint Family: Its Structural & Functional Aspects, Changing forms of
Joint family – Nuclearization.
- Changing Status and Role of the Women and the Aged.
Unit-III
Family Values and Role-Relations
- Familial Values : Familism vs. Individualism.
- Dyadic Relations : Changing Filial (Parent and Child), Fraternal (Siblings-
Brother and Sister, Brother and Brother, Sister and Sister), Conjugal
(Husband and Wife) and Gender (Men and Women) Relations.
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Unit-IV
Family Disintegration
- Marital Maladjustment.
- Factors Responsible for Disintegration of Joint and Nuclear family.
- Desertion and Divorce: their Extent, Causes and Consequences.
Suggested Readings
1. Apte, Usha M. (1978) The Sacrament of Marriage in Hindu Society, Delhi :
Ajanta Publications.
2. Chakrabortty, Krishna (2002) Family in India, New Delhi : Rawat Publications.
3. Kolenda, Pauline (1987) Regional Differences in Family Structure in India, Jaipur
Rawat Publications.
4. Lal, A.K. (1990) The Urban Family, A Study of Hindu Social System, New Delhi:
Concept Publishing Company.
5. Madan, T.N. (1989) Family and Kinship (2nd Edition), Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
6. Mandelbaum, David G. (1970) Society in India: Continuity and Change (Vol.1),
Bombay: Popular Parkashan.
7. Pandey, Rajendra (1994) Social Problems of Contemporary India, (Chapter-12),
New Delhi: Ashish Publishing House.
8. Pernau,Maragrit, Ahmed, Imtiaz and Helmut, Redfield (2003) Family and
Gender:Changing Values in Germany and India, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
9. Pothen S. (1980) Divorce: Its Causes and Consequences in Hindu Society, Delhi:
Shakti Books.
10. Reddy, M.M. Krishna (1998) Marriage, Population and Society, New Delhi:
Kanishka Publishers.
11. Shah, A.M. (1998) The Family in India: Critical Essays, New Delhi: Orient
Longman.
12. Singh, J.P. (2003) ‘Nuclearisation of Household and Family in Urban India’,
Sociological Bulletin, Vol.52, No.1, PP: 53-70.
13. Sinha, Raghvir (1993) Dynamics of Change in the Modern Family, New Delhi:
Concept Publishing Company.
Additional Readings
1. Audinarayana N. & R. Rajasree (1995) ‘Cultural Determinants of Age at
Marriage’, The Journal of Family Welfare, Vol. 4, No.1, pp.8-14.
2. Augustin, John S. (1982) The Indian Family in Transition, New Delhi: Vikas
Publishing House.
3. Basu, Monmayee (2003) Hindu Women and Marriage Law from Sacrament to
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Contract, New Delhi: O.U.P.
4. Chauhan, Abha (2003) ‘Kinship Principles and the Patterns of Marriage Alliance:
The Meos of Mewat’, Sociological Bulletin, Vol.52, No.1, pp: 71-90.
5. Goode, William J.(1970) World Revolution & Family Patterns, New York: Free
Press.
6. Kapoor, Promila (1974) The Changing Status of Working Women in India, New
Delhi: Vikas Publishing House.
7. Madan, T.N. (1993) ‘The Hindu Family and Development’, in P. Uberoi (ed.),
Family, Kinship and Marriage, Delhi: Oxford University Press.
8. Sharma, Bela Rani (1997) Women: Marriage, Family and Divorce, Jaipur:
Mangal Deep Publication.
9. Sinha, Durganand, Henry and S.R. Rao (1988) Social Values & Development:
Asian Perspective, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
10. Vatuk, Sylvia (1972) Kinship and Urbanization: White Collar Migration in
North India, London: University of California Press.
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SOC O 844: GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
Objective
This paper largely focuses on India attempts to establish a link between Development
and Gender. It will particularly focus on different perspectives and schemes adopted for
promoting Gender and Development. Secondly, it will highlight the biases inherent in
most developmental policies which have been detrimental to women. Thirdly, it will
look at changes taking place in gender relations particularly in the area of work. The
focus will be on women and work; differentials and role conflict in family due to
changing equations. Lastly, it will take an overview of indicators of issues related to
Discrimination, Exploitation and Oppression.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
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candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit-4
in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
- Gender Equality and Inequality in Productivity and Work
- Issues of Discrimination, Exploitation and Oppression.
- Indicators of Low Status.
- Nature and Problems of Women’s work: Self-employment, Labour force
participation.
- Family compulsions and other factors affecting gender related choices or
priorities of work, Role Conflict Among Women.
Unit-II
Perspectives on Gender and Development
- Welfarist, Developmentalist and Empowerment.
- Empowerment: Paradigms and Paradoxes.
- Changing status of Women in India, Precolonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial.
- Measures to uplift women’s status.
Unit-III
Measures to Improve Gender Relations
- Special Schemes and Strategies for Women’s Development in Five-Year Plans.
- Voluntary sector and Women’s Development.
- Women in Sectoral Development: Education, Health, Agriculture and Industry.
Unit-IV
- Globalisation and Women’s Development
- Development Policies- Liberalization and Globalization: their Impact on
Women.
- Environment, Development and Gender: Deforestation, Environmental
Degradation and Feminization of Poverty.
- Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local Bodies: 73rd and 74th
Constitutional Amendments.
Suggested Readings
1. Arya, Sadhna (2000) Women, Gender Equality and the State, Delhi: New Deep
and Deep Publication.
2. Forbes, Geraldine (1998) Women in Modern India, Cambridge University Press.
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3. Ghadially, Rehana (1988) Women in Indian Society, New Delhi; Sage.
4. Laxmi Devi (1998) Women and Development, New Delhi. Anmol Publications.
5. Manchanda, Rita (2001) Women, War and Peace in South Asia: From Victimhood
to Agency, New Delhi: Sage Publication.
6. Seth, Mira (2001) Women and Development, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
7. Suchitra, Anant, Ramani Rao and Kabita Kappor, Women at Work in India,
Ministry of Labour, GOI.
Additional Readings
1. Aggarwal, Bina (1988) Structures of Patriarchy: State, Community and
Household in Modernizing Asia, New Delhi: Kali for Women.
2. Ahooja, Patel, Krishna (1995) Women and Development, New Delhi: Ashish
Publishing House.
3. Chafeltz, Saltrman, Janet (1999) Gender Equity–An Integrated Theory of Stability
and Change, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
4. Gulati, Leela (1982) Profiles in Poverty. New Delhi, Hindustan Publishing
Corporation.
5. Heyser, Noeleen and Sen, Gita (1994) Gender, Economic Growth and Poverty,
New Delhi: Kali for Women.
6. Krishnaraj Maitraeyi (1988) Women and Development: The Indian Experience,
New Delhi: Subheda Publications.
7. Kumari, Abhilesha and Sabina Kidwai (1997) Crossing the Sacred Line,
Womens’ Search for Political Power, New Delhi: Orient Longman.
8. Maheshwari, S.R. (2002) Local Government in India, (New Delhi: Uppal Book
Store).
9. Mazumdar, Vina (1979) Symbols of Power: Studies on the Political Status of
Women in India, New Delhi: Allied.
10. Myers, Kristen Anderson (1998) Feminist Foundations–Towards Transforming
Sociology, New Delhi: Sage.
11. Powell, Gang N. (1995) Handbook of Gender and Work, New Delhi: Sage
Publications.
12. Rajput, Pam and Swarup, Hemlata (1994) Women and Globalization, New Delhi:
Ashish Publishers.
13. Sangari Kumkum and Uma, Chakravarty (ed.) (1998), From Myths to Markets,
IIAS,Shimla.
14. Shiva,Vandana (1988) Staying Alive, New Delhi: Kali for Women.
15. Staggenborg, Suzanne (1998) Gender, Family and Social Movements, New Delhi:
Forge Press.
16. Vaid S,K Sangpari (1989) Recasting Women: Essays in Colonial History, New
Delhi: Kali for Women.
17. Venkatashwara, Sandhya, (1995) Environment, Development and the Gender
Gap, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
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SOC O 941: FUNDAMENTALS OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY
Objective
This paper aims to familiarize the students to the nature of industrial sociology
highlighting (a) the theories relating to industry, organization and trade unionism; (b)
industrialization and its impact on social institutions; (c) the issues related to industrial
conflict with special emphasis on the role of trade unions; and (d) to assess the impact of
globalization on industry.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each . Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit-4
in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit- I
Industrial Sociology: Nature and scope
Theories– Marx (Alienation), Taylor (Scientific Management), Mayo (Human Relations),
Marcuse (One Dimensional Man)
Types of Productive Systems– Cottage, Guild, Domestic, Factory
Industrial Roles – Worker, Foreman, Line and Staff, Specialist.
Unit- II
Industrialization and Social Institutions:
Impact on Family, Education and Stratification; Work and Leisure
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Unit- III
Industrial Conflict and Employee Participation:
Trade Unions: Managerial and Conflict Theories; Strike as a Bargaining Tool
Unit- IV
Globalization and Industry:
Fordism vs. Flexible Specialization
Globalization and Industrial Relations
Emergence of Multi National Companies (MNCs)
Technological Revolution and Impact on Industry and Society
Suggested Readings
1. Bain, G. S. (ed.) (1984) Industrial Relations in Britain. London: Basil Blackwell.
2. Dosi, G. (1984) Technological Change and Industrial Transformation. N.Y.: St.
Martins Press.
3. Eldridge, John et al. (1991) Industrial Sociology and Economic Crisis. N.Y.:
Harvester Wheatsheaf.
4. Jorgenson, D. W. and K. J. Stroh (1999) “Information Technology and Growth”,
American Economic Review, 89(109-115).
5. Kalleberg, A. L. and I. Berg (1987) Work and Industry, N.Y. Plennum.
6. Moses, J. A. (1990) Trade Union Theory from Marx to Walesa, N.Y.: Berg.
7. Parker, Stanley (1976) The Sociology of Leisure. London: George Affer & Union
Ud.
8. Pojek, Chris (1985) Capitalism and Leisure Theory, London: Tavistock.
9. Schnieder, E. V. (1972) Industrial Sociology, London: Harper and Row.
10. Southall R. (ed.) (1988) Trade Unions and the New Industrialization of the Third
World, London: Zed Books.
11. Watson, K. T. (1995) Sociology, Work and Industry. London: Routledge and
Kegan Paul.
Additional Readings
1. Burns, Tom (Ed) (1969) Industrial Man, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
2. Caplow, Theodore (1965) The Sociology of Work, N. Y.: McGraw Hill Book Co.,
Chapter 6.
3. Faunce, William, A. (ed) (1967) Readings in Industrial Sociology, Appleton:
Century, Crof & Gisbel.
4. Miller, D. and W. H. Form (1964) Industrial Sociology, Second Ed. London:
Harper and Row.
5. Parker, S. R. et al. (1977) The Sociology of Industry, London: George Allen and
Unwin.
6. Pascual, Gisbert (1972) Fundamentals of Industrial Sociology, New Delhi: Tata
McGraw Hill.
7. Ramaswamy E. A. & Uma Ramaswamy (1981) Industry and Labour: An
Introduction, Delhi: Oxford University Press .
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SOC O 942: SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Objective
Over the years, India’s social problems have become difficult, intricate and hydraheaded,
pervading the entire social, economic, cultural and demographic structure.
Keeping this in view, this paper aims at introducing the students to the concept and
various perspectives on social problems. It also aims at providing detailed knowledge
about specific social problems ranging from socio-cultural problems to sociodemographic
problems.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each . Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit-4
in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Concept and Sociological Perspectives:
- Definition
- How and When an Issue becomes a Social Problem
- Subjective Definition and Objective Condition
- Stages in its Development
- Assumptions of Social Problems.
Perspectives on Social Problems:
- Functional Perspective
- Conflict Perspective
- Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
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Unit-II
Socio-Cultural Problems:
- Corruption
- Sex-Deviation
- Dowry
Unit-III
Socio-Economic and Structural Problems
- Poverty
- Unemployment
- Drug-addiction
Unit-IV
Socio-Demographic Problems:
- Child Labour
- Problems of the Elderly
- Physically Challenged
Suggested Readings
1. Aziz, Abdul (1994) Poverty, Alleviation in India: Policies and Programes, New
Delhi: Ashish Publication.
2. Bajpai, P.K. (1992) Youth, Education and Unemployment, New Delhi: Ashish
Pub.House
3. Ghosh S.K. (1996) The World of Prostitutes, A.P.H. Publication Corporation.
4. Julian Joseph (1989) Social Problems (6th edition) New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
5. Kapoor.T. (1985) Drug Epidemic among Indian Youth, New Delhi: Mittal Pub.
6. Mani, D. Ram, (1988) The Physically-Handicapped in India, New Delhi: Shilpa
Publications.
7. Modi, Ishwar and Modi, Shalini (1997) Drugs: Addiction and Prevention, Jaipur:
Rawat Publication.
8. Murickan J. (ed.) (1989) Poverty in India: Challenges & Responses, Bangalore:
Xavier Board Publication.
9. Sharma, Vijay (1994) Protection to Women in Matrimonial Home, New Delhi:
Deep and Deep Publication.
10. Singh, Amarnath (1990) Child Labour in India, New Delhi: Shipra Publication.
11. Singhvi L.M (1977) Unemployment Problems in India, New Delhi: National
Publishing House.
12. Srivastava C.P. (2001) Corruption: India’s Enemy within, Delhi: MacMillan.
13. Teja M. K. (1993) Dowry: A Study in Attitudes and Practices, New Delhi: Inter
India Publication.
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Additional Readings
1. Sharma, R.K. (1998), Social Problems and Welfare, Atlantic Publishers: New
Delhi.
2. Ahuja, Ram (2003), Social Problems in India, Rawat Publications: Jaipur.
3. Wilson, Gial (2000), Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspective:
New Delhi: Sage Publications.
SOC O 943: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
Objective
The course expects to familiarize the students with the relationship between the state
and social structure. How power is central to any social institution is another
important focus of the course. After the theoretical introduction, the course would
finally focus on the Indian state and civil society including the various institutions.
What role did the social movements play in the democratization of the Indian society
would also be the part of the discussion.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each . Rest
of the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each
Unit-4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Meaning and Scope of Political Sociology;
Concepts of State, Civil Society, Power, Social Caste, Varna, Structure and Nation.
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Unit-II
Socio-economic Conditions and the Nature of Political Institutions:
Authoritarian State, Theocratic State, Military State, Democratic State
Unit-III
Sociology of Power, Nature and Form of power; Power and Authority
Theories of Political Power; Elite, Structural-Functional and Marxist
Unit-IV
Thematic Concerns in Indian Political Sociology:
Varna, Caste and Kinship
State and Civil Society, State and Social Structure, State and Nation-building
Movements of Resistance.
Suggested Readings
1. Barrington Moore, Jr. (1966) Social Bases of Dictatorship and Democracy,
Boston: Beacon Press.
2. Bottomore, T. (1979) Political Sociology, Ambika, Bombay: B.I.
3. Chakraborty, Salyabrata (Eds.). (2005). Political Sociology, Macmillan, New
Delhi.
4. Kothari, R. (1970) Caste in Indian Politics, New Delhi: Orient Longman.
5. Lukes, Steven (1974) Power: A Radical View, Hong Kong, Macmillan.
6. Motwani, K., Saksena, RD. (Eds.) (2009). Sociology of Politics: Theoretical
Perspectives, Cosmo, New Delhi.
7. Phadnis, U. and Ganguly, R. (2001) Ethnicity and Nation Building in South Asia,
New Delhi: Sage.
8. Pizzorni, A. (ed) (1971) Political Sociology: Penguin
9. Rathod, P.B., (2005). Fundamentals of Political Sociology, ABD Publication,
Jaipur.
10. Verma, R.P., (2001). Dynamics of Political Sociology, Rajat: New Delhi
Additional Readings
1. Quigley, D. (1999) Interpretation of Caste, Delhi: Oxford.
2. Martin, Roderick (1978) The Sociology of Power, New Delhi.
3. Munek, R. (2002) Globalization and Labour, Delhi: Madhyam Brs.
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SOC O 944: SOCIOLOGY OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
Objective
The course aims at sensitizing the students to the significance of the sociological
study of Dalits, tribals and other sub-alteran groups. The focus would be on
communities/groups suffering poverty, deprivation and discrimination.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for
internal assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each . Rest
of the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each
Unit-4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
Course Outline
Unit-I
Marginalization and its Socio-economic Indices:
Poverty, Relative Isolation, Deprivation, Exploitation, Discrimination, Educational
Backwardness; Inequality
A Critical View of the Caste System
Untouchability: Historical and Social Roots.
Unit-II
The Social Structure and Culture of marginalized communities:
The Status of SCs, STs, Nomadic Castes and Tribes and De-Notified Tribes;
Problems; Social Mobility; Development; Identity Formation.
Unit-III
Perspectives on Marginalization:
Role of Ideology in Marginalization
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The views of Jotirao Phule, Periyar, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Ram Manohar Lohiya.
Unit-IV
(a) Social Movements among Marginalized Communities: Nature and Dynamics;
Perspectives on Social Movements: Protest, Reform: Role of Christian Missionaries
in Social Reform Movements; Role of NGOs.
(b) Marginalization and Affirmative Action: Constitutional Provisions;
Implementation; Impact on Marginalized Communities; Limitations; Critical Review.
Suggested Readings
1. Beteille, Andre (1981) Backward Classes and the New Social Order, Delhi:
Oxford University Press.
2. Beteille, Andre (1992) The Backward Classes in Contemporary India, Delhi:
Oxford University Press.
3. Charsley, S.R. and G.K. Karanth (1998) (eds.) Challenging Untouchability, Delhi:
Sage.
4. Chako, M. Priyaram. (2005). Tribal Communities and Social Change, Sage
Publications New Delhi.
5. Chaudhuri, S.N. (1988) Changing Status of Depressed Castes in Contemporary
India, Delhi: Daya Publishing House.
6. Gupta, Dipankar (1991) Social Stratification, New Delhi:Oxford University Press.
7. Jogdand, P.G. (2000) New Economic Policy and Dalits, Jaipur: Rawat.
8. Narayan, Badri. (2006). Women Heroes and Dalit Asssertion In North India:
Cultur Identity and Politics, Sage Publications,New Delhi
9. Singha, Roy (2004), (ed.), Social Development and the Empowerment of
Marginalized Groups. Perspectives and Strategies New Delhi: Sage.
10. Srikrishna, S., Samudrala and Anil Kumar. (Eds.). (2007). Dalits and Human
Rights, Serial publication, New Delhi
Additional Readings
1. Gore, M.S. (1993) The Social Context of an Ideology: The Social and Political
Thoughts of Babasaheb Ambedkar, New Delhi : Sage.
2. Jogdand P.C. (1991) Dalit Movement in Maharastra, New Delhi: Kanak
Publications, 1991.
3. Mahajan, Gurpreet (1998) Democracy, Difference and Social Justice, New Delhi:
Oxford University Press.
4. Omvedt, Gail (1995): Dalit Visions: the Anti-Caste Movement and the
Construction of an Indian Identity, New Delhi: Orient Longman.
5. Omvedt, Gail (1999) Dalits and the Democratic Revolution, New Delhi: Sage.
6. Oommen, T.K. (1990) Protest and Change: Studies in Social Movements, Delhi:
Sage.
7. Robb, Peter (1993) (eds.) Dalit Movements and the meeting of labour in India,
Delhi: Sage.
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8. Shah, Ghansham (1990) Social Movements in India: a Review of Literature,
Delhi: Sage.
9. Shah, Ghansham (2002), Dalit Identity and Politics, New Delhi: Sage.
10. Singh, K.S. (1988) The Scheduled Castes, Delhi: Anthropological Survey of
India.
11. Singh K.S. (1995) The Scheduled Tribes, Delhi: Oxford University Press.
12. Zelliot, Eleanor (1995) From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar
Movement, New Delhi: Manohar.
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SOC O 945/935: DISSERTATION (IIIrd and IVth Semesters)
SOC O 946: MEDIA AND CULTURE
Objective
This course has been designed to provide a sociological perspective on the role of popular
culture and mass media in modern society. It focuses on the phenomena of
communication, mass media, popular culture, especially in the Indian context, and their
relationship with the globalization process since all these together play a major role in
shaping the society.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND FOR CANDIDATES
(i) The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal
assessment. Duration of the paper will be 3 hours.
(ii) For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal
assessment, the marks secured by them in theory paper will proportionately be
increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.
The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.
The syllabus will be divided into four units.
There will be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short
answer type containing 10 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be
answered in about 30 to 35 words each, carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks each . Rest of
the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two long questions and the
candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit-4
in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.
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Course Outline
Unit-I
Communication: Definition, Process, Functions and Types
Approaches to Communication
Factors influencing Communication
Mass Media – Print, Electronic and Photographic.
Unit-II
Culture: Popular Culture, Mass Culture, Folk Culture, Elite Culture; Mass Media and
Culture; Theoretical Perspectives on Popular Culture and the Media.
Unit-III
Globalization, Mass Media and Culture – Diffusion of global culture through the mass
media and its impact on society – social values, youth, family, consumerism, food,
clothes, entertainment; Dissemination of awareness by media on social issues – violence,
stereotypes, gender issues.
Unit-IV
Media and the Indian society – Satellite television and its impact; Commercialization of
culture; Media and social policy
Suggested Readings
1. Axford, B. and R. Huggins (2001) New Media and Politics, London, Sage.
2. Curren, J. and M. Gurevitch (1991) (eds.), Mass Media and Society, London,
Edward Arnold.
3. Dwyer, R. and C. Pinney (2001) (eds.), Pleasure and the Nation: The History,
Politics and Consumption of Public Culture in India, New Delhi, Oxford
University Press.
4. French, D. and Michael Richard (2000) (eds.), Television in Contemporary Asia,
London, Sage.
5. Garnham, Nicholas, (2000) Emancipation: the Media and Modernity, New Delhi,
Oxford University Press.
6. Gunaratne, S. (2000) (ed.), Handbook of the Media in Asia, London, Sage.
7. Mitra, A. (1993) Television and Popular Culture in India, New Delhi, Sage.
8. Page, D and W. Crawley (2001) Satellites over South Asia, London, Sage.
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9. Preston, P. (2001) Reshaping Communications, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press.
10. Real, M.R. (1996) Exploring Media Culture: A Guide, New Delhi, Sage.
11. Singhal, A. and E.M. Rogers (2000) India’s Communication Revolution, New
Delhi, Sage.
Additional Readings
1. Chakravarty, Sunita S. (2000) National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema 1947-
87, New Delhi, Oxford University Press.
2. Croteau, David and W. Hoynes (1997) Media/Society: Industries, Images and
Audiences, London, Pine Forge Press.
3. Johnson, K. (2000) Television and Social Change in Rural India, London, Sage.
4. Mankekar, P. (2000) Screening Culture, Viewing Politics: Television,
Womanhood and Nation in Modern India, New Delhi, Oxford University Press.
5. Gupta, Nilanjana (1998) Switching Channels: Ideologies of Television in India,
New Delhi, Oxford University Press.
6. Melkote, S.R. and H.L. Steeves (2001) Communication for Development in the
Third World: Theory and Practice for Empowerment, London, Sage.
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