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1st Semester

Course No: SOC-01-CR

Course Title: Introduction to Sociology Unit I Basic Concepts

Emergence of Sociology: Nature and Scope

Sociology and Allied Social Sciences

Society, Community, Institution, Association, Organization

Social Groups, Norms, Values, Status, Role

Unit II Social Institutions

Family, marriage and Kinship

Economic and Political Institutions

Religious Institution

Educational Institution

Unit III Social Processes

Socialization

Social Change

Social Conflict

Social Control

Unit IV Contemporary Issues

Social Problems and Social Pathology

Youth Unrest

Problems of Women, Aged and Children

Family Disorganization and its Implications

Essential Readings

Bottomore, T.B. 1972. Sociology: A guide to problems and literature. Bombay: George Allen and

Unwin (India).

Harlambos, M. 1998. Sociology: Themes and perspectives. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Inkeles, Alex. 1987. What is sociology? New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India.

Jayaram, N. 1988. Introductory sociology. Madras: Macmillan India.

Johnson, Harry M. 1995. Sociology: A systematic introduction. New Delhi: AlliedPublishers.

Schaefer, Richard T. and Robert P. Lamm. 1999. Sociology. New Delhi: Tata-McGraw Hill.

Thio, Alex, Sociology: A Brief Introduction, London: Allyn& Bacon, 2008

Popenoe, David. Sociology. New Delhi: Prentice Hall, 1999


Course Title: Classical Sociological Tradition

Unit II Development of Sociology

French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Emergence of Capitalism and their impact on Economy and

Society

The Enlightenment and its impact on thinking and reasoning

Unit II Karl Marx

Historical Materialism : Mode of Production – Basic Structure and Superstructure – Economic

Determinism - Transformation of human society through different stages: Archaic, Slavery, Feudalism,

Capitalism, Socialism and Communism

Theory of Class Struggle and Capitalism

Theory of Alienation

Unit II Emile Durkheim

Contribution to the Methodology of Sociology: The Study of Social Fact

Division of Labour: Mechanical and Organic Solidarity - causes and functions of increasing division of

labour - Pathological forms of division of labour

Theory of Suicide: Types of suicide and his distinctive sociological interpretation of Suicide

Unit IV Max Weber

Social Action: Basic Concepts and Terms

Methodologies of the Social Sciences: Causal Understanding and the Historical Process, Understanding on

the level of Meaning and human Action

The Ideal Type: Nature and Applications - Bureaucracy and Authority

Essential Readings

Nisbet, R.A. 1967. The Sociological Tradition. London: Heinemann.

Abrams, P. 1968. The Origins of British Sociology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Marx, K. 1964. Pre-capitalist Economic Formations. London: Lawrence and Wishart.

Marx, K. 1954. Capital - Vol. I. Moscow: Progress Publishers. (Chapter 1,10 and 14).

Marx, K. 1924. The Class Struggle in France (1848-1850). New York: New York Labour News.

Marx, K. and F. Engels. 1976. The Manifesto of the Communist Part, in Marx & Engels Collected Works -

Vol. 6. London: Lawrence and Wishart.

Weber, M. 1978. Economy and Society: An outline interpretative sociology (edited by G. Roth and C.

Wittich) - Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Weber, M. 1949. The Methodology of the Social Sciences. New York: Free Press.

Weber, M. 2002. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capital. Los Angeles: Blackwell Publishers.

Durkheim, E. 1982. The Rules of Sociological Method. London: Macmillan.

Durkheim, E. 1933. The Division of Labour in Society. Glencoe: The Free Press.

Durkheim, E. and M. Mauss. 1969. Primitive Classifications. London: Cohen & West.

Course No: Soc – 03- CR

Course Title: Methodology of Social Research

I. Basis of social research

a) Scientific basis of social research

b) Logic of inquiry in social science research

c) Issues of epistemology: rationalism, empiricism and idealism

d) Hypothesis and theory.

11. Positivism, sociology and its critique

a) Positivism and Neo - Positivism

b) Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology

c) New philosophy of science: Popper and Kuhn

d) Feminist critiques and impact of post-modernism

III. Research procedures and research methods

a) Research design: meaning, importance and types

b) Steps involved in conducting research

c) Methods of data collection: observation, participation (PRA & PLA techniques), case study, content

analysis and narratives

d) Sampling: types- probability and non-probability, determination of sample, sampling error;

measurement and scaling

IV. Statistical methods and significance of computers in sociological research a) Processing, Classification and Tabulation of data

b) Measures of central tendency: mean, median, mode; Dispersion, range, quartile, mean and standard

deviation

c) Tests of significance: chi – square test, test of goodness of fit, test of association and students t test (t),

correlation and regression

d) Internet: functions and services, searching on the web: search engines, online journals and texts,

statistical reference sites, data sources

Essential Readings Ahuja, Ram. 2001. Research Methods. New Delhi: Rawat Publications

Barnes, J. A. 1977. The Ethics of Inquiry in Social Science. New Delhi: Oxford University Press:

Becker, Howard S. 1986. How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book or Article, Chicago: University of Chicago

Bose, Pradip Kumar. 1995. Research Methodology. New Delhi: Indian Council of Social Science Research

Bryman, Alann. 1988 Quantity and Quality in Social Research. London: Hyman

Burns, Robbt B. 2000. Introduction to Research Methods. London: Sage Publication

Cohen, Louis and Lawrence. 1994. Research Methods in Education. London: Rutledge

Durkheim, Emile. 1964. (First Publishing in 1895) The Rules of Sociological Method. First the Free Press Paperback

Edition. New York: The Free Press

Fernades, Walter and Philip Riegas. 1985. Participatory and conventional Research Methodologies. New Delhi:

Indian Social Institute

Garfinkel, H.1967. Students in Ethnomethodology. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall

Goddle, William J. and Paul K Haff. 1952. Methods in Social Research. New York: McGraw Hill

Handel, J.D.1978. Statistics for Sociology, Englewood Cliffs; N.J: Prentice Hall

Lal Das, D.K. 2004. Practices of Social Research. New Delhi: Rawat Publications

Mukherjee, Neela. 1997. Participatory Rural Appraisal: Methodology and Applications. New Delhi: Concept

Schutz, Afred. 1972. The Phenomenology of the Social World. London: Heinemann

Singh and Sadhu. 1988. Research Methodology in Social Sciences. Delhi: Himalaya Publishing House

Young, P.V 1988. Scientific Social Survey and Research. New Delhi: Prentice Hall

Course No: SOC-04-EA

Course Title: Social Anthropology

Unit I

Introduction

Meaning and Scope of Social Anthropology

Concept of Culture and Society

Aspects of Culture: Cultural Universals; Cultural Relativism; Cultural Integration

Dynamics of Culture: Acculturation and Transculturation

Unit II Theories in Social Anthropology

Evolutionism

Diffusionism

Functionalism

Unit III Religion and Magic

Theories of Origin of Religion: Animism, Animatism, Totemism

Types of Magic: Religion, Magic and Science

Unit IV Indian Anthropology

India as a Socio-cultural Entity: Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic elements in Indian Population

Indian Social System: Varnashram, Purushartha

Process of Social Change:

i. Indigenous Processes: Sanskritization, parochialisation

ii. Exogenous Process: Westernization, Industrialization

Essential Readings

Alan Barnard and Jonathan Spencer (2010) Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Camgridge: Routledge

Barnard, A. Social Anthropology: A Concise Introduction (Studymates). Very clear, succinct and

wide-ranging.

Carrithers, M (1992) Why Humans Have Cultures (a stimulating and readable introduction to

some contemporary themes.

Eriksen, T H (1995) Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural

Anthropology, London: Pluto Press (an interesting and readable introduction to the subject).

Just, Peter (2000) Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction. London: OUP

Keesing, R (1998) Cultural Anthropology.

Malinowski, B (1979) The Ethnography of Malinowski, ed. M W Young (an anthology of

writings of a great anthropologist, about the people of the Trobriand Islands).

Singh, Yogendra, 1973 : Modernization of Indian Tradition (Delhi : Thomson Press)

Srinivas, M.N. 1960 : India’s Villages. Asia Publishing House, Bombay.

Srinivas, M.N., 1963 : Social Change in Modern India (California, Berkeley : University of

California Press)

Srinivas, M.N., 1980: India: Social Structure (New Delhi : Hindustan Publishing Corporation).


Course Title: Sociology of Family, Marriage and Kinship

Unit 1st Basic Concepts

Kinship, Marriage and Family

Descent and Descent Groups

Approaches: Historical and Evolutionary, Structural Functional

Kinship Terminology

Unit 2nd: Marriage and Affinity

Marriage: Meaning and Evolution

Alliance Theory: Symmetrical and Asymmetrical

Types of Marriage

Rules of Residence

Unit 3rd: Family

Structure, function and types of Family

Significance of Family

Alternatives to Institution of Family

Changing trends of Family Structure

Unit 4th: The Indian Context

Family and Kinship in India

Kinship Studies in India by Louis Dumount

Kinship Studies in India by T.N. Madan

Regional Diversity in Family and Marriage

Essential Readings:

Barnes, J.A. 1971. Three Styles in the Study of Kinship London: Tavistock.

Carsten, Janet. 2000. Cultures of Relatedness: New Approaces to the Study of Kinship. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press.

Dube, Leela 1974. Sociology of Kinship: An Analytical Survey of Literature. Bombay: Popular Prakashan.

Engels, F. 1948. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State. Moscow: Progress Publishers.

Fortes, M. 1970. Time and Social Structure and Other Essays: London: Athlone Press.

Fox, Robin. 1967. Kinship and Marriage: An Anthropological Perspective. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

Books Ltd.

Goody, Jack (ed) 1971. Kinship. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd.

Goody, Jack (ed.) 1958. The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups. Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press.

International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, 1968. New York: Macmillan and Free Press.

Levi-Strauss, Claude, 1969 (1949). The Elementary Structure of Kinship. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode.

Radcliffe-Brown, A.R. 1952. Structure and Function in Primitive Society. London: Cohen and West.

Shah, A.M. 1974 The Household Dimension of the Family in India. Berkeley: University of California

Press.

Uberoi, Patricia (ed.) 1993. Family, Kinship and Marriage in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Course No: SOC- 06-EA

Course Title: Social Psychology

Unit I : Conceptual Framework

Social Psychology: Concept, Nature and Scope

History of Social Psychology

Relationship with Other Disciplines: Sociology and Psychology

Research Methods in Social Psychology

Unit 2nd

: Growth and Development

Facts regarding Growth and Development

Determinants of Development: Heredity and Environment

Stages of Development: Freud and Piaget

Psycho-Social Development Processes: Erickson and Roger

Unit III: Personality and Learning

Meaning and Concept

Personality characteristics

Social psychological theories : Adler and Fromm

Concept of Learning

Theories if Learning: Watson and Skinner

Unit IV: Normal and Abnormal Behaviour

Abnormality: Meaning and Concept

Factors of Abnormal Behaviour: Biological, Psycho-social and Socio-Cultural

Pattern of Abnormal Behaviour

Treatment of Abnormal Behaviour

Essential Readings:

Lindago, H.C. An Introduction to Social Psychology, Wiley Eastem

Baron, R.A. and Bryan. Social Psychology, Prentice, New Delhi, 1988

Berkwiltz, L.A. A Survey of Social Psychology, CBS College Publishing, 1986

Harlock, B.E. Development Psychology, Tata MaCgrawhill, 2004

Hall, C and Lindzey. Theories of Personality, Wiley Eastem, New Delhi, 1991.

Coleman,C. James, Carson, C.R. and Butehen, M.L. Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1950


Course Title: Kashmiri Society

Unit Ist: Historical Developments

a. Evolution of the Kashmiri Society

b. Ancient and Medieval features

c. Evolution of J&K State (upto 1947)

d. Recent Developments in J&K (after 1947)

Unit 2nd

: Demography and Economy

a. Demographic Features

b. Pattern of Migration: i) Medieval type of migration, II) Mass Migration of Kashmiri

Pandits, 1989

c. Occupational Structure

Agriculture

Horticulture

Business

Trade and Commerce

d. Kashmir Specific economic Sectors

Tourism and associated occupations

Handicrafts

Unit 3rd

: Social Structure

a. Family, Marriage and Kinship

b. Pattern of Stratification: Caste , Class

c. Land Reforms and its implications

d. Processes of Change and Development: i) Urbanization, ii) Modernization

Unit 4th

: Cultural and Religious Life

a. Religion and Culture in Kashmir

b. Local folk traditions and practices

c. Symbols of Kashmiri Cultural identity : i) LallDed, ii) Sheikh-ul-Alam

d. Composite and Syncretic Culture of Kashmir

Essential Readings:

T. N. Madan Family and Kinship in Rural Kashmir.

Muslim Communities in South Asia [New Delhi, Manohar, 2001].

G. M. D. Sofi Kasheer, 2 vols.

K. Bamzai, The Modern History of Kashmir

S. M. Abdullah AatesheChinar

M. J. Akbar Kashmir Behind the Vale

M. I. Khan Kashmir’s Transition to Islam

Perspectives on Kashmir

Alester Lamb, Kashmir: A Disputed Legacy

W. R. Lawrence The Valley of Kashmir

BalrajPuri Kashmir Towards Insurgency

Kashmir 5000 years

Henery Sender The Kashmiri Pandits

Bashir A. Dabla Sociological Papers on Kashmir, 2 vols.

Castes in the Kashmir Valley

Social Problems in Kashmir

Social Transformation in Kashmir

Pandit Migration in J&K.

M. A. Wani The Transition to Islam in Kashmir

M. K. Teng Kashmir… Article 370

SOC-08-EO

Sociology of Health

Unit I

Sociology of health- its aim and scope

Definition of health – four dimensions of health

Contribution to sociology to health

Health and its relationship to other social institutions

Evolution of social medicine in India.

Unit II

Social Epidemiology – vital and public health concepts and statistics

Social components in therapy and rehabilitation - Culture and disease

Attitudes, beliefs and values associated with diseases. Problems of therapy and rehabilitation.

The sick role and patient role

Unit III

Hospital as a social organization

Types of hospitals –General hospitals, Specialty hospitals, sanatoria, dispensaries, teaching and corporate

hospitals

Functions of hospitals – co-ordination and supervision in hospitals

Inter personal relationship in hospital settings.

Hospital as a community organization

Unit IV

Community health- the concept - community health problems in India.

Concept of Integrated health service.

The Primary Health Centers their organization and functioning

Implementation and utilization of health programmes in rural and urban communities

Essential readings

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

Mumbai: Jai Press.

Albrecht,Gary L. 1944. Advances in medical sociology Mumbai: Jai Press.

Cockerham, William C. 1997. Medical sociology. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Cockerham, William C. 1997. Readings in medical sociology. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Coe. Rodney M. 1970. Sociology of medicine. New York: McGraw Hill.

Conrad, Peter et al. 2000. Handbook of medical sociology, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Dasgupta, R. 1993. Nutritional planning in India. Hyderabad: NIN.

Fox, Renee C. 1988. Essays in medical sociology: Journeys into the field. New York: Transaction

Publishers.

Nayar, K.R. 1998. Ecology and health: A system approach. New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation.

Rao, Mohan. 1999. Disinvesting in health: The World Bank’s prescription for health. New Delhi: Sage.

Venkataratnam, R. 1979. Medical sociology in an Indian setting, Madras: Macmillan.

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Course Title: Indian Society: Structure and Change

Unit 1: Introducing Indian Society

Evolution of Indian Society

Unity in Diversity: Regional, linguistic and religious diversity

Approaches to Indian society: Indological, Structural-Functional

Unit 2: Caste System

Caste System: Nature and Features

Theories of Caste System

Caste and Class convergence

Unit 3: Tribal Social structure

Tribal society: Social, economic and Political features

Geographical distribution of Tribes

Protest, Change and Development

Unit 4: Processes of Social Change in Modern India

Sanskritization

Islamization

Modernization

Secularization

Essential Readings • Berreman, G.D. 1979. Caste and Other Inequalities: Essays in Inequality. Meerut: Folklore Institute.

• Beteille, Andre. 1974. Social Inequality, New Delhi: OUP

• Dhanagare, D.N. 1993: Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology (Jaipur_Rawat).

• Dube, S.C. 1995 : Indian Village (London : Routledge)

• Dumont, Louis 1970 : Homo Hierarchicus : The Caste System and its Implications (New Delhi : Vikas)

• Gadgil, Madhav and Guha, Ramchandra. 1996. Ecology and Equity : The use and Abuse of Nature in

Contemporary India., New Delhi.: OUP

• Guha, Ranjit. 1991. Subaltern Studies. New York: OUP

• Karve, Irawati, 1961 : Hindu Society : An Interpretation (Poona : Deccan College)

• Kothari, Rajani (Ed.). 1973. Caste in Indian Politics,

• Lannoy, Richard 1971 : The Speaking Tree, A Study of Indian Culture and Society, London, Oxford University

Press

• Lewis, Oscar. 1966. “Culture of Poverty”. Scientific American Vol. II & V, No.4

• Madan, T.N. 1991. Religion in India, New Delhi.: OUP

• Mandelbaum, D.G., 1970 : Society in India (Bombay : Popular Prakashan)

• Mohan, R.P. and A. S. Wilke, eds 1994. International Handbook of Contemporary Developments in Sociology

London, Mansell.

• Mukherjee, D.P. 1958: Diversities People’s Publishing House, Delhi.

• Singh, Y. 1973 : Modernization of Indian Tradition, Delhi, Thomson Press.

• Singh, Yogendra, 1973 : Modernization of Indian Tradition (Delhi : Thomson Press)

• Srinivas, M.N., 1963 : Social Change in Modern India (California, Berkeley : University of California Press)


Course Title: Social Demography

Unit 1 Introduction

a. Nature and Scope of Social Demography

b. Social Demography and allied Social Sciences: Sociology, Economics and

Geography

c. Sources of Demographic Data: Census, National Family Health Surveys

Unit 2 Theories on Population

a. Malthusian Theory

b. Demographic Transition Theory

c. Optimum Population Theory

Unit 3 Demographic Processes

a. Fertility

b. Mortality

c. Marriage

d. Migration

Unit 4 Population Growth and Policy in India

a. Population Growth in India: Trends, Determinants and Impact

b. Population Policy in India and China

c. Family Planning: Achievements and Failures

Essential Readings Bose, Asish: Demographic Diversity of India Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1991.

Census of India Reports

Chandrasekar, S. (Ed). Infant Mortality, Population Growth and Family Planning in India

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1974

Cox, Peter. Demography. Ubs Publishers' Distributors (p) Ltd.

Finkle, Jason L and C. Alison McIntosh (Ed) The New Policies of Population. New York: The

Population Council, 1994

Haq, Ehsanul and Singh, Sudhir Kumar. Population and Sustainable Development In India, New

Delhi: Authorspress. 2006

Hatcher Robert et al The Essentials of Contraceptive Technology Baltimore: John Hopkins

School of Public Health, 1997.

Premi, M.K. et al: An Introduction to Social Demography Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1983.

Rajendra Sharma: Demography and Population Problems New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 1997.

Srivastava, O. S.: Demography and Population Studies New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House,

1994.


Course Title: Sociology of Education

Unit 1 Introduction

a) Nature and Scope

b) Relationship of Sociology with Education

c) School as a Social System

Unit 2 Theoretical Approaches

a) Functionalism

b) Conflict Approach

c) Postmodernism

Unit 3 Education and Society a) Education as a Subsystem

b) Curriculum and Identity

c) Education and Nation Building

Unit 4 Social Issues and Concerns of Education in India

a) Globalization and Education.

b) Social Equity and Equality of Educational Opportunity.

c) Educational policies in India- A Critique

Essential Readings: Apple, Michael W.2004. Ideology and Curriculum, Routledge and Kegan Paul

Ballantine, J.H. 1993. The Sociology of Education: A Systematic Analysis: New Jersey: Prentice Hall

Banks, Olive. 1971. Sociology of Education, (2nd Ed.) London: Batsford.

Burgess, R.G. 1986. Sociology, Education & Schools. London: Batsford

Channa, Karuna: Interrogating Women’s Education, Jaipur and New Delhi: Rawat

Chitnis, Suma. 1988. “Educating the Weaker sections of Society of Society “. In Singh, Amrik and Philip

Altbach(ed).Higher Education in India : The Social context, New Delhi: Konark Publishers

Dewey, J. 1976. Democracy and education: New Dehli: Light and Life Publishers

Freire, Paulo. 1997. “Pedagogy of the oppressed. “ In David J Flinders and Stephen J Thornton (ed). The

curriculum Studies Reader. New York: Rutledge.

Gore, M.S. et.all 1975. (ed.): Papers on Sociology of Education in India, New Delhi, NCERT,

Harlambose, M & R. M Heald. 1980. Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, New Delhi: OUP

Hobson, P. 2001.”Aristotle”. In S.A. Palmer (ed) Fifty Major Thinkers on Education from Confucius to Dewey

Rutledge: London

Illich, I. 1970. Deschooling Society, New York: Horper and Row.

James, H.R and Mayhew, A Development of Education system in India. New Delhi: Vanity Books

Jerome Karabel and H.Halsey.1977. Power and Ideology in Education. Oxford University Press.

Kumar, Krishna. 2005. Political Agenda of Education: New Delhi: Sage

Morsy, Z. (ed).1997. Thinkers on Education. Vol 1-4. New Delhi: UNESCO Publishing /oxford & IBM

Publishing National Curriculum Framework 2005 NCERT

Night. J. 2002. Trade in Higher Education Services: The implications of GATS, The observatory on Borderless

Higher Education: London Publications.

Ramachandran, V. 2004. Gender and Social Equity in Primary Education, Sage Publication.


Course Title: Gender and Society

Unit I Gender in Sociological Analysis:

Approaches to the Study of Gender

Gender Studies as a Critique of Ethnography and Theory

Unit 2 Reproduction, Sexuality and Ideology:

Biology and Culture

Concepts of Male and Female

Life Cycle

Unit 3 Family, Work and Property:

Production and Reproduction

Work and Property

Family and Household

Unit 4 The Politics of Gender:

Complementarity, Inequality, Dependence, Subordination

Feminist Theories and Feminist Politics

References Mead, M. 1935. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies, New York: William Morrow.

Engels, F.1972. The Origin of the Family,Private Property and, the State, London: Lawrence and Wishart.

De Beauvoir, S.1983. The Second Sex, Harmondsworth: Penguin. (Book Two).

Rosaldo, M.Z. and L.Lamphere (ed.). 1974 Women, Culture and Society, Stanford: Stanford University

Press, (Articles by Rosaldo, Chodorow, Ortner; other articles may be used for illustration).

Barrett, M. 1980. Women's Oppression Today, London: Verso. (Chapters 1 to 4, and 6).

Douglas. M. 1970 Purity and Danger, Harmondsworth: Penguin.

Yalman, N.1963 “On the Purity of Women in the Castes of Ceylon and Malabar”, Journal of the Royal

Anthropological Institute, pp. 25-58.

Hershman, P. 1977. “Virgin and Mother” in I.M. Lewis (ed.). Symbols and Sentiments: Cross-Culture

Studies in Symbolism, London: Academic Press.

Vatuk, S. 1982. “Purdah Revisited: A Comparison of Hindu and Muslim Interpretations of the Cultural

Meaning of Purdah in South Asia”, in H. Papanak and G. Minault (eds.). Separate World: Studies of

Purdah in South Asia, Delhi: Chanakya.

Boserup, E. 1974. Women's Role in Economic Development, New York: St. Martin's Press. (Part I).

Meillassoux, C. 1981. Maidens, Meals and Money, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (Part I).

Young, K. C.Wolkowitz and R.McCullagh (eds.). 1981 Of Marriage and the Market: Women's

Subordination in International Perspective, London: CSE Books,(Articles by O. Harris, M. Molyneux).

Hirschon, R. 1984 “Introduction: Property, Power and Gender Relations” in R. Hirschon (ed.). Women and

Property. Women as Property, Beckenham: Croom Helm.

Uberoi, J. P. S. 1961. “Men, Women and Property in Northern Afghanistan” in S.T. Lokhandawala (ed),

India and Contemporary Islam, Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study.pp. 398-415.

Sharma, U. 1980. Women, Work and Property in North West India, London: Tavistock.

Ardener, E. 1975. “Belief and the Problem of Women” and “The Problem Revisited”, in S. Ardener (ed.),

Perceiving Women, London: Malaby Press.

Leacock, E. 1978. “Women’s Status in Egalitarian Societies: Implications for Social Evolution”, Current

Anthropology, 19(2), pp. 247-75.

Rogers, S.C. 1975. “Female Forms of Power and the Myth of Male Dominance: A Model of Female/Male

Interaction in Peasant Societies”, American Ethnologist, 2(4), pp. 727-56.

Jaggar, A. 1983. Feminist Politics and Human Nature, Brighton: The Harvester Press.


Course Title: Urban Sociology

Unit 1 Introduction

a) Nature and subject matter of urban sociology

b) History and evolution of Urban Sociology

c) Distinct approach of urban sociology

Unit 2 Urban Community and spatial dimensions a) Max Weber

b) Robert E. Park

c) Louis Wirth: Urbanism

d) Redfield: Rural-Urban continuum

Unit 3 Urbanization a) Meaning and Significance

b) City, migration and its growth

c) Sociological Factors and Consequences of urbanization

Unit 4 Urban problems and issues in India a) Urban Poverty

b) Urban Violence.

c) Problems (Housing, Slum development, Pollution)

d) Urban planning and Urban Management

Essential Readings: Abrahimson M 1976 Urban Sociology, Englewoot, Prentice Hall.

Alfred D’ souza 1978 The Indian City; Poverty, Ecology and Urban development, Manohar, New

Delhi.

Bharadwaj, R.K. 1974: Urban Development in India. National Publishing House.

Bose Ashish 1978, Studies in India Urbanisation 1901-1971, TataMcGraw Hill.

Colling Worth, J b 1972 Problems of Urban Society VOL. 2, George and Unwin Ltd.

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

Edward W Soja 2000 Post Metropolis; Critical Studies of cities and regions. Oxford Blakcwell.

Ellin Nan 1996 Post Modern Urbanism, Oxford UK.

Fawa F. Sylvia, 1968: New Urbanism in World Perspectives – a Reader. T.Y.Cowell, New York.

Gold, Harry, 1982: Sociology of Urban Life. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliff.

Manohar, Delhi.

Pickwance C G (ed) 1976, Urban Sociology; Critical Essays, Methuen.

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

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

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

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

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


Course Title: Sociology of Islam

Unit 1 Sociology of Islam: Scope, Relevance and Methodology

a) Islam: Fundamental principle and Features

b) Sociology of Islam as a Distinctive field of Study

c) Muslim Social thinkers: IbnKuldun, Ali Shriati, Illyas Ba Younus , A. R Momin

Unit 2 Society in Islamic Perspective

a) Individual and Society

b) Social Institutions: Kinship, Marriage and Family

c) Islamic State

d) Economic Institutions

Unit 3 Diversity and unity in Muslim Societies

a) Global Muslim Population

b) Diversity and unity in Muslim Societies: Ethnicity, Language and Nationality

c) Muslim Minorities

d) Muslim Diaspora

Unit 4 Muslim Societies: Concerns and Issues

a) Inequality and Gender Justice

b) Human Development

c) Islam’s Encounter with the West

d) Globalization

Essential Readings

IbnKhuldun Muqaddimma

B. Tumin Max Weber and Islam

MehbubulHaq Human Development in South Asia

H. K.Sheerwani Political Concepts in Islam

M. Hamidullah Islamic Concept of the State

William Greetz Islam Observed

S. A. M. Aman Some aspects of IbnKhuldun’s Socio-political Analysis of History

Harmon The Conclusive Argument of God by Shah WalliullahDelhwi

Akbar Ahmad The Tribal Communities


Course Title: Social Stratification

Unit 1 Social Stratification: Concept and Systems

Estate

Class

Caste

Unit 2 Perspectives on Social Stratification

Functional Perspective

Conflict Perspective

Weberian Perspective

Unit 3 Stratification and Society

Stratification in Agrarian Society

Stratification in Industrial/Capitalist Society

Stratification in Socialist Society

Unit 4 Social Mobility in Indian Society

Concept and Types of Social Mobility

Mobility in Traditional Indian Society

Mobility in Modern Indian Society

Essential Readings

Bateille. A.: Inequality among Men, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1977.

Bateille. A.: Sociology Inequality, Penguin Books, 1969

Bateille. A.: Caste Old and New: Essays in Social Structure

Bateille. A.: The Antimonies of Society, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2002

Bateille. A.: Structure and Social Stratification, Oxford University Press, 1983

Bateille. A.: Studies in Agrarian Social Structure, Oxford University Press,1983

Haralambos, M.: Sociology Themes and Perspective, Oxford University Press,1992

Bendix, R. and S. M. Lipset: Class, Status and Power, 2nd

(ed.) London, Routledge, 1974 (1970)

Tumin M.: Readings on Stratification, Prentice Hall, 1978

Owen, Carol: Social Stratification, Routledge and Kagan Paul Ltd. London

Singh Yogendra: Social Stratification and Change in India, New Delhi. Manohar Publication,

1977

Bottomore, T.B.: Elite and Society, Penguin Books, Britain,1968

Srinivas, M.N.: Caste in Modern Indian & Other Essays, New Delhi. Asia Publishing House.1964

Srinivas, M.N.: Caste: Its Twentieth Century Avatar, New Delhi, Viking, 1996

Gupta, Dipankar: Social Stratification, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1991.

Sharma, K. L.: Social Stratification in India, New Delhi, Manohar, 1986.

Eisenstadt, S.N.: Social Differentiation and Stratification, London, Scott, Foresman and Co., 1971

D’Souza, V.S.: Inequality and its Perpetuation, Delhi, Manohar Publications, 1981

Lane, David.: The End of Social Inequality, New York, George Allen and Unwin, 1982

Course No: SOC-16-EO

Course Title: Environment and Society

Unit 1 Classical Sociological Tradition

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Environmental Sociology: Rise, decline and resurgence of environmental sociology

Unit 2 Environmental Issues

Population, Water, Sanitation, Pollution, Energy

Housing; urban development; rural poverty

Unit 3 Social Impact

Assessment of environmental issues

Development

Displacement

Relocation

Unit 4 Global Environmentalism

Environment , technology and society

Environmental justice, policy and action

Essential Readings

Gadgil, Madhav and Ramchandra Guha. 1996. Ecology and Equity: The Use and Abuse

of Nature in contemporary India. New Delhi: OUP

Giddens, Anthony. 1996. “Global Problems and Ecological Crisis” in Introduction to

Sociology. New York: W.W. Norton and Co.

Michael Redclift, 1984 Development and the Environmental Crisis, Meheun Co. Ltd.

New York.

Munshi, Indra. 2000 “‘Environment’ in Sociological Theory” Sociological Bulletin.

Vol.49, No.2.

Schnaiberg Allan, 1980 The Environment, Oxford University Press. N.Y.

Sharma, S.L. 1994 “Perspective on Sustainable Development In South Asia” in Samad

(Ed.) Perspectives On SustainableDevelopment in Asia. Kuala Lumpur: ADIPA

Third Semester 2014-15

Course No: Soc-17-CR

Course Title: Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology

Unit 1 Functionalism: Premises and Propositions

Talcott Parsons

Robert K. Merton

Unit 2 Conflict Perspective: Assumptions and Propositions

Charles Wright Mills

Ralf Dahrendorf

Unit 3 Interactionism: Premises and Propositions

Phenomenology: Alfred Schutz

Ethnomethodology: Harold Garfinkel and Erving Goffman

Unit 4 Structuralism and Post Structuralism

Levi-Strauss

Jacques Derrida

Michel Foucault

Essential readings

Abraham, M.F. 2006. Contemporary Sociology. An Introduction to Concepts and Theories. New

Delhi: Oxford University Press. Pp. 19-35.

Abraham, M.F. 1982. Modern Sociological Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Oxford

University Press.

Adams, Bert N. and Sydie, R.A. 2002. Sociological Theory. New Delhi: Vistaar.

Clarke, S. 1981. The Foundation of Structuralism. Brighton: Harvest Press.

Crab, Ian 1992. Modern Social Theory: From Parsons to Habermas. London: Harvester Press.

Dahrendorf, Ralf.1959. Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society. Standford: Standford

University Press.

Derek, Layder.2006. Understanding Social Theory. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Giddens, A. 1987. Social Theory and Modern Sociology. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Helle, H.J. and S.N. Eisenstadt (Eds.), 1985. Macro-Sociological Theory. London:Sage.

Lane, M. (Ed.), 1970. Structuralism: A Reader. London: Jonathan Cape.

Judge, Paramjit S. 1997. Samaj Vigyanik Drishitikon te Sidhant. Patiala: Punjabi University

Press.

Roy Boyne. 1994. Foucault and Darrida. The Other Side of Reason. London: Routledge.

Sharrock W.W. et.al. 2003. Understanding Modern Sociology. New Delhi: Sage.

Turner, Jonathan, H. 1999. The Structure of Sociological Theory. Jaipur: Rawat.

Judge, Paramjit Singh, 2012 Foundation of Classical Sociological Theory: Functionalism,

Conflict and Action, New Delhi: Pearson.


Course Title: Sociology of Religion and Religious communities

Unit I Introduction

Subject Matter of Sociology of religion

Sacred and Profane

Religion magic and Science

Unit 2 Theoretical Perspectives

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Marx

Unit 3 Religious of Indian

A social historical perspective

Demographic profile

Contemporary trends

Unit 4 Contestation over religion in India

Fundamentalism

Secularism

Communalism

Essential Readings

Baird, Robert D. (ed.). 1995 (3rd edition). Religion in modern India. Delhi: Manohar.

Jones, Kenneth W. 1989. Socio-religious reform movements in British India (The new

Cambridge history of India III-1). Hyderabad: Orient Longman.

Madan, T.N. (ed.). 1992 (enlarged edition). Religion in India. New Delhi: OxfordUniversity

Press.

Muzumdar, H.T. 1986. India’s religious heritage. New Delhi: Allied.

Roberts, Keith A. 1984. Religion in sociological perspective. New York: Dorsey Press.

Shakir, Moin (ed.). 1989. Religion, state and politics in India. Delhi: Ajanta Publications.

Turner, Bryan S. 1991 (2nd edition). Religion and social theory. London: Sage.


Course Title: Rural Sociology

Unit1 Introduction

Nature, Scope and Subject Matter;

Rural–Urban differences and Continuum;

Peasant studies

Unit 2 Agrarian Institutions

Agrarian Social Structure;

Jajmani System;

Panchayati Raj;

Land Reforms and its Impact

Unit 3 Rural Change

Factors of Change;

Peasant Movements in India;

Agrarian Relationship and Mode of Production debate

Unit 4 Rural Issues and Problems

Rural Poverty;

Agrarian Unrest;

Bonded and Migrant Labourers,

Pauperisation and Depeasantization

Essential Readings:

Andre Betille 1974 Six Essays in Comparative Sociology, OUP, New Delhi.

Berch, Berberogue, Ed. 1992 : Class, State and Development in India 1, 2, 3 and 4

Chapters. Sage, New Delhi

Desai A. R. 1977. Rural Sociology in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.

Desai, A.R. 1979. Rural India in Transition, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.

Dhanagare D N 1988 : Peasant Movements in India, OUP, New Delhi.

Dube, S.C. 1958. India’s Changing Villages (London : Routledge and Kegan Paul)

Mencher J.P., 1983 : Social Anthropology of Peasantry Part III, OUP

P. Radhakrishnan, 1989: Peasant Struggles : Land reforms and Social Change in Malabar

1836 – 1982. Sage Publications : New Delhi.

Thorner, Daniel and Thorner Alice 1962 Land and Labour in India , Asia Publications,

Bombay.

Course No: Soc-20-EA

Course Title: Sociology of Crime and Deviance

Unit 1 Basic Concepts

Concept of Crime : Definition, Evolution and characteristics

Types of crime ; Economic, violent and White Collar

Deviance and Delinquency


Biological

Psychological

Sociological

Unit 3 Correctional Measures

Theories of Punishment: Retributive, preventive, Deterrent and Reformative

Correctional Programmes in Prison

Alternatives to imprisonment: Probation, Parole and Open Jail

Unit 4 Changing Profile of Crime and criminals

Changing trends of crime in India

Crimes against women and children

Cyber crime and Terrorism

Essential readings


Course Title: Applied Sociology and Social Work

Unit 1 Introduction

Concept of Applied Sociology

Origin and Evolution of Applied Sociology

Theoretical features:

a) Classical

b) Contemporary

Unit 2 Applied Sociology: Dimensions/ Areas

Clinical Sociology

Cyber Sociology

Globalization and Applied Sociology

Social Justice and Applied Sociology

Unit 3 Social Work Dimensions

Poverty in Society

Social Development and Change

Technology and its impact

Discrimination and Inequality

Unit 4 Social Work Areas

Widows and Orphans

Disabled

Children of Conflict

Social Sector in natural disaster - floods

Essential Readings


Course Title: Industrial Sociology

Unit 1 Introduction

Industrial Sociology, its subject matter

Scope and importance of the study of Industrial Sociology


Classical sociological tradition on industrial dimensions of society

Division of labour – Emile Durkheim

Bureaucracy; rationality – Max Weber

Production relations surplus value and alienation – Karl Marx

Unit 3 Industrial Work

Work, work process, technology and labour,

Work culture; work ethics and human relation work.

Worker, supervisor and authority relations.

Unit 4 Industrial relations

Industrial relations, conflicts: causes and types

Resolution of conflict, conciliation, collective bargaining,

Trade union, their growth, functions and their role in industrial organization

Essential Readings

Agarwal R.D. 1972. Dynamics of Labour Relations in India, A book readings, Tata Mc Graw

Hill.

Karnik V B 1970. Indian trade union, A survey, Popular Prakashan, Mumbai.

Laxmanna, C et all. 1990. Workers Participation and industrial democracy. Global perspective

Ajantha publications

Mamoria C B and Mamoria. 1992. Dynamics of Industrial Relation in India, Himalay Publishing

House, Mumbai.

Philip Hancock, Melissa Taylor. 2001. Work Post Modernism and Organization Sage India.

Ramaswamy E A, 1978. Industrial relations in India, New Delhi.

Ramaswamy E A, 1988. Industry and Labour OUP

Ramaswamy E A. 1977. The worker and his union, Allied, New Delhi.

Ramaswamy E.A. 1977. The worker and Trade Union Allied, New Delhi.

Watson,K Tony, 1995 Sociology, work and Industry, Routeledge Kegan, Paul.

Zetlin Irwing, 1969 Ideology and the development of Sociological theory VOL 1 & VOL 2. Basic

Books, New York


Course Title: Ethnicity, Pluralism and Nation Building

Unit I Concept of Ethnicity

Nature and characteristics of ethnicity;

Ethnicity and culture

Ethnicity and identity

Unit 2 Multiculturalism

Comparative view of pluralism and multiculturalism

Defining features of multicultural societies;

International migrations and Multiculturalism

Unit 3 Globalization and Ethnic Identity

Globalization and reshaping of the Social Institutions

The world-wide resurgence of ethnic consciousness;

Globalization and Ethnic Conflict

Unit 4 The Indian Context

Cultural diversity in India;

The emergence of nationalism in India

Nation Building and its attendant problems

Essential Readings

Anderson, B. 1983 : Imagined Communities : Reflections on the Origin and Spread of

Nationalism (London : Verso)

Bhargava, Rajiv, A.K. Bagchi and R. Sudarshan, 1999, eds. : Multiculturalism Liberalism

and Democracy (Delhi : Oxford University Press)

Brass, Paul, 1991 : Ethnicity and Nationalism : Theory and Comparison (New Delhi:

Sage)

Chatterjee, P. 1986 : Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World : A Derivative

Discourse (London : Zed Press)

Miller, D, 1995 : Pluralism, Justice and Equality (Oxford University Press)

Oomeen, T.K. 1997 : (Citizenship, Nationality and Ethnicity (Cambridge : Polity Press)

Parekh, Bhikhu, 2000 : Rethinking Multiculturalism (London : Macmillan)

Phadnis, U. 1990 : Ethnicity and Nation Building in South Asia (Delhi : Sage)

Schaefer, R.T., 1998 : Racial and Ethnic Groups, 7th ed. (New York : Longman)

Sharma, S.L. and T.K. Oommen, 2000, eds. : National and National Identity in South

Asia (Delhi : Orient Longmans)

Singh, K.S., 1992 : The People of India; An Introduction (Calcutta : Seagull Publishing

Company)

Smith, Anthony 1986 : The Ethnic Origins of Nations (Oxford : Blackwell)

Veer, Van der, Peter, 1994 : Religious Nationalism : Hindus and Muslims in India

(Berkeley : University of California Press)

Walker, Connor, 1994 : Ethnonationalism : The Quest for Understanding (Princeton:

Princeton University Press)

Course No: Soc-24-EO

Course Title: Science, Technology and Society

Unit 1 Introduction

The study of Science - its importance

Relationship between society and science and vice-versa

Science as a social system

Relationship between science and technology

Unit 2 Modern Science in India

History of modern science in India – colonial–independence and post-independence science

Nature of science and technology education in India and its quality

Indian social structure and science

Brain drain and brain gain.

Unit 3 Science Education in India

Science education in contemporary India –primary level to research level.

Performance of universities in the development of technology

Interrelationship between industry and universities.

Unit 4 Contemporary issues

Globalization and liberalization and their impact on Indian science and technology

WTO and issues related to intellectual property rights.

Political economy of science & technology at the national and international levels.

Essential readings

Appleyard, R. ed. 1989. The impact of international migration on developing countries.

Paris:OECD,

Barber, Bernard. 1952. Science and the social order New York: Free Press.

Gaillard, J 1991.Scientists in the third world Lexington: Kentucky University Press.

Kamala Cahubey ed. 1974. Science policy and national development New Delhi: Macmillan.

Kornhauser, William. 1962 Scientists in industry, Berkley: University of California Press,

Krishna, V.V. 1993. S.S.Bhatnagar on science, technology, and development, 1938-54 New

Delhi: Wiley Eastern.

Merton, Robert K. 1938. “Science, technology and society in seventeenth-century England”,

Osiris (Bruges, Belgium), 14, Pp.360-632.

Merton, Robert K. 1963. “The ambivalence of scientists” Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital,

112, Pp.77-97.

Rahman, A. 1972. Trimurti: Science, technology and society – A collection of essays New Delhi:

Peoples Publishing House.

Storer, Norman W. 1964. “Basic versus applied research: The conflict between means and ends in

science”, Indian sociological bulletin, 2 (1), Pp.34-42.

Storer, Norman W. 1966. The social system of science New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston.

4th

Semester 2014-15


Course Title: Sociology of Change and Development

Unit 1 Approaches to Change and Development

Functional Approach

Conflict Approach

Interactionist Approach

Unit 2 Models of Change and Development

Capitalist Model

Socialist Model

Third World Model

Unit 3 Emerging New Dimensions of Development

Human Development

Gender Development

Sustainable Development

Unit 3 Focused Areas of Development

Women, Children and Aged

Poor and Neglected

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes

Minorities

Essential Readings

Abraham, M.F. 1990. Modern Sociological Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: OUP

Amin, Samir. 1979. Unequal Development. New Delhi: OUP

Dereze, Jean and Amartya Sen. 1996. India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity.

New Delhi: OUP.

Desai, A.R. 1985. India’s Path of Development: A Marxist Approach. Bombay: Popular

Prakashan.(Chapter 2).

Giddens, Anthony. 1990. The Consequences of Modernity. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Haq, Mahbub Ul. 1991. Reflections on Human Development. New Delhi, OUP

Harrison, D. 1989. The Sociology of Modernization and Development. New Delhi: Sage.

Kiely, Ray and Phil Marfleet(eds). 1998. Globalization and the Third World. London: Routledge.

Moor, Wilbert and Robert Cook. 1967. Social Change. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall (India)

Sharma, S.L. 1994. “Perspectives on sustainable Development in South Asia: The Case of India”

In Samad (Ed.) Perspectives on Sustainable Development In Asia. Kuala Lumpur: ADIPA

Sharma, SL 1980. “Criteria of Social Development”, Journal of Social Action. Jan- Mar.

Sharma, SL1986. Development: Socio-Cultural Dimensions. Jaipur: Rawat.(Chapter 1).

Srinivas, M.N. 1966. Social Change in Modern India. Berkley: University of Berkley.

UNDP. 1997. Human Development Report. New York: Oxford University Press.

UNDP. Sustainable Development. New York: OUP.

World Bank. 1995. World Development Report. New York.


Course Title: Globalization and Society

Unit I Introduction

Historical and social context of emergence of globalization

Distinctive characteristics of globalization

Agencies of globalization


Roland Robertson

Immanuel Wallerstein

Arjun Appadurai

Unit 3 Concepts and Approaches

Culture and Identity

Political Economy

Globalization and Governance

Unit 4 Issues

Child Labour

Gender Issues

Consumerism

References

Appadurai, Arjun. 1997. Modernity at large: Cultural dimensions of globalization. New

Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Beck, Ulrich. Risk Society. Sage Pub. 1992

Escobar, Arturo. 1995. Encountering development: The making and unmaking of the

third world. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Featherstone, M. 1995. Undoing Culture: Globalization, Post Modernism and Identity.

Sage Pub.

Friedman T. World is Flat: A Brief History of Globalized World in 21st Century.

Penguin.

Giddens, Anthony. 1990. The Consequences of Modernity. Cambridge: Polity Press

Hoogvelt, Ankie. 1998. The sociology of development. London: Macmillan.

Jha, Avinash (2000). Background to Globalization, Mumbai: Centre for Education and

Documentation.

Kiely, Ray and Phil Marfleet (eds.). 1998. Globalization and the third world. London:

Routledge.

Kofman and Young (2003). Globalization, Theory and Practice, London: Continuum

Preston, P.W. 1996. Development theory - An introduction. Oxford Blackwell.

Schuurman Frans J. ed. (2002). Globalization and Development Studies, New Delhi:

Sage Publications.

Waters, Malcolm. 1996. Globalization. London: Routledge


Course Title: Approaches to Study of Indian Society

Unit 1 Indological Approach

G. S. Ghurye

Louis Dumont

Unit 2 Marxist Approach

A. R. Desai

D. P. Mukherjee

Unit 3 Subaltern Perspective

B. R. Ambedkar

David Hardiman

Unit 4 Approaches to Social Change

Structural functionalism: M. N. Srinivas

Integrated approach: Yogendra Singh

Little and great tradition: Milton Singer

Essential Readings

Desai A R. 2009. Social Background of Indian Nationalism. Popular Prakarshan, Bombay

Dhanagaree D.N. 1993. Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology. Rawat Publications. Jaipur

Ghurye G.S. Caste and Race in India. Popular Prakarshan, Bombay

Kuppuswamy B.1992.Social Change in India. Kinark Publications

Milton Singer and Bernard S. Cohen. 1996. Structure and Change in Indian Society. Rawat

Publications, Jaipur

Momin A.R. 1996. The Legay of G.S Ghurye: A Centennial Festschrift. Pipular Prakarshan.

Jaipur

Oomen, T. K. and P.N Mukherjee, ed. 1986. Indian Sociology. Reflections and Introspections,

Popular Prakarshan, Bombay

Singh, Yogendra 1973. Modernization of Indian Tradition, Thompson Press, New Delhi

Srinivas, M.N, 1963. Social Chabge in Modern India. Berkeley, University of California Press.

Srinivas, M.N, 1980. Indian Social Structure, Hindustan Publishing Corporation, New Delhi


Course Title: Migration and Diasporic Societies

Unit 1 Basic Concepts

Migration: Concept and Types

Diaspora: Origin and Historical context


Theories of Migration

Theories of Diaspora

Unit 3 Diaspora and Homeland

Diaspora Homeland Relations

Multiple identities and Internal Heterogeneity


Indian Diaspora: historical growth

Demographic Distribution and Diversities

Essential Readings

Ajaya Kumar Sahoo, K. Laxmi Narayan, Indian Diaspora Trends and Issues

Anderson, B. (1983). Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism.

London: Verso.

Brah, A. (1996). Cartographies of diaspora: Contesting identities. London & New York:

Routledge.

Braziel, Jana Evans. 2008. Diaspora - an introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Brij V Lal, The Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora

Cohen, Robin, Global Diasporas: An Introduction, University of Washington Press Seattle, 1997

Kurian, George and Srivsatava, Ram.P. (eds.) Overseas Indians: A Study in Adaptation, New

Delhi: Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd.

Massey, D. S., J. Arango, et al. (1993). "Theories of International Migration: A Review and

Appraisal." Population and Development Review

Milton Israel and N.K.Wagle: Ethnicity, Identity, migration, The Centre for South Asian Studies,

University of Toronto, 1993.

Motwani, Jagat.K, Mahin Gosine, Jyoti BarotMotwani (eds.) (1993) Global Indian Diaspora:

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, NewYork: GOPIO

Narayana Jayrama ,The Indian Diaspora Dynamics of Migration :: Tata Institute of Social

Sciences, Mumbai, Sage Publication

Oonk, G, 'Global Indian Diasporas: Trajectories of migration and theory, Amsterdam University

Press, 2007

Oonk, G. (ed.), Global Indian Diasporas. Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory,

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press for IJAS 2007

Robert Granville Gregory, India and East Africa: a history of race relations within the British

Empire, 1890- 1939 (Oxford, 1971)

Safran, William. “Diasporas in modern societies: myths of homeland and return”, Diaspora. 1.1

(Spring * 1991)

Stuart Hall, "Cultural Identity and Diaspora," in Jonathan Rutherford, ed., Identity: Community,

Culture, Difference (London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1990)


Course Title: Field Study


Course Title: Comparative sociology

Unit 1 Introduction

The salience of the comparative perspective in the social sciences in general and in sociology in

particular;

Indices of comparison: culture, nation, class, gender.

Unit 2 Central Themes in comparative sociology

Modernity;

Diversity, Pluralism and Multiculturalism;

Gender

Unit 3 Theoretical concerns and debates in Comparative Sociology

Problems of theorizing in sociology in comparative and cross-cultural perspective;

Contextualization

Sociology as social criticism, policy issues: formulation and evaluation.


The bearing of the colonial context on the development of sociology in India; the continuance of

the colonial legacy in contemporary Indian sociology

The debate on decolonization, contextualization and indigenization; the focus on national and

regional concerns

Essential Readings

Andreski, S. 1964 : Elements of Comparative Sociology (London, Widenfeld and Nicolson)

Berremen, G.D. 1981 : The Politics of Truth: Essays in Critical Anthropology , New Delhi: South

Asian Publishers)

Beteille, Andre 1987 : Essays in Comparative Sociology (New Delhi : Oxford University Press)

Dube, S.C. 1973 : Social Sciences in a Changing Society (Luck Now)

Dube, S.C. 1988 : Modernization and Development : the Search for alternative paradigm (New

Delhi : Vistar)

Ferreira, J.V. and A.R. Momin, eds. : 1983 : Nemesis : Critical Perspectives on Modernization

(Bombay : Ramrakhiani Publications)

Genov, Nikolai, 1989 : National Traditions in Sociology (Delhi : Sage)

Kiely, R. and Phil Marfleet, eds. 1998 : Globalization and the Third World (London: Routledge)

Kothari, Rajni 1988 : Rethinking Development : In Search of Humane Alternatives Delhi : Ajanta

Kuper, A. 1996 : Social Science Encyclopaedia, London : Routledge)

Mohan, R.P. and A.S. Wilke, eds. 1994 : International Handbook of Contemporary Developments

in Sociology (London : Mansell)

Oommen, T. K. and P. N. Mukherjee, eds. 1986 : Indian Sociology: Reflections and

Introspections (Bombay : Popular Prakashan)

Parekh, Bhikhu 2000 : Rethinking Multiculturalism : Cultural Diversity and Political Theory

(London : Macmillan)

Saraswati, B.N. 1994 : Interface of Cultural Identity and Development (New Delhi : Indira

Gandhi National Centre of the Arts)


Course Title: Political Sociology

Unit 1 Introduction

Nature and subject matter of political sociology

Relationship between politics and society

Unit 2 Politics and Society

Elite theory: Vilferdo Pareto and Mosca

Systems Theory: David Easton

Unit 3 Political Processes of Development

Political Culture

Political Socialization

Unit 4 Challenges in politics in India

Role of caste, class, religion and language in Indian politics

Plurality and conflict

Peace and conflict resolution

Essential readings

Almond A. Gabriel et.al. 1973, Crises, choice and change : Historical studies of Political

Development, Boston.

Barrington Moore Jr., 1958 – Political Power and Social Theory. Cambridge, Harward University

Press.

Benedict Anderson, 1983 – Imagined Communities : Reflections on the origin and Spread of

Nationalism, Beso, London

Dipti Kumar Biswas 1989 – Political Sociology, Firma KLM Private, Calcutta,

Dowse, R. E. & Hughes 1971 – Political Sociology, New York, Basic Book,.

Eisenstadt, S. N. (ED) 1971 – Political Sociology, New York, Basic Book,

Horowitz, Irving L., 1972 – Foundation of Political Sociology, New York, Harper and Row.

Kornhauser, W. 1971 – The Politics of Mass Society, Penguin.

Marris, Jones, W.H., 1982 – Government and Politics in India. Cambridge. Jangam R.T. 1980 –

Text Book of Political Sociology, Oxford and IBH Publishing Company, New Delhi.

Mills C.W. & Hans Gerth, 1946 – Essays in Sociology. Oxford, New York

Mitra, Subratha K. 1992 – Power protest and participation – Local Elides and the politics of

development in India. Routledge.

P. Blau 1956 –Bureaucracy in Modern Society. Random House, New York. Lipset S. M. 1959 –

Political Man, H.E.B.

Rajani Kothari 1973 (Ed) – Caste in Indian Politics – Orient Longmans Ltd., 1973

Robert Michels, 1949 – Political Parties, Glencko Free Press.

Samuel P., Huntington, 1969 – Political Order in Changing Societies. Yale University Press: New

Haven.

Course No: Soc-32-EO

Course Title: Sociology of Leisure and Tourism

Unit 1 Introduction

Leisure and tourism: features and characteristics

Importance and value of leisure in tourism

Factors responsible for the growth and trends in tourism

Unit 2 Theoretical Perspective

Historical approach

Economic approach

Sociological approach

Unit 3 Basic and major tourism terminologies

Infrastructure and superstructure

Tourist resources

Tourist service

Tourist destination

Unit 4 Sustainable Tourism

Sustainable Leisure and Tourism

Community participation

Sustainable Tourism Regulation

Essential Readings

Cundell (1997) Business systems for leisure and tourism, London: Hodder and Stoughton

Douglas et al (2001) Special Interests Tourism, Singapore: Wiley

Holden (2000) Environment and Tourism, London: Routledge

Page et al (2001) Tourism: A modern synthesis, London: Thomson

Thorstein Veblen. 1988. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of

Institutions. US: Macmillan

Yiorgos Apostolopoulos. 2001. The Sociology of Tourism: Theoretical and Empirical

Investigations. London: Routledge

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