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Department of Sociology: University of Kashmir

Syllabus for M. A. in Sociology under Choice Based Credit System (2015 onwards)

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SEMESTER- I Course Code Course Name Paper Category Credits

Soc-01-CR Introduction to Sociology Core 4

Soc-02-CR Classical Sociological Tradition Core 4

Soc-03-CR Methodology of Social Research Core 4

Soc-04-DCE Sociology of Islam - Theoretical and

Conceptual

Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-05-DCE Gender Studies: Perspectives and

Approaches

Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-06-DCE Rural Development: Theoretical

Formulations

Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-07-DCE Globalization: Perspectives and

Approaches

Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-08-DCE Introduction to Diasporic Studies Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-09-GE Sociology of Media Generic Elective 3

Soc-10-GE Sociology of Kashmir Generic Elective 3

Soc-11-OE Environment and Society Open Elective 3

General Instructions for the Candidates

The two year (4 semester) PG programmes is of 96 credit weightage i.e. 24 credits/ semester (24 x 4 = 96)

A candidate has compulsorily to opt for 12 credits from the core component in each semester.

A candidate has a choice to opt for any 06 credits from Discipline Centric Elective (DCE), 03 credits from

Generic Electives (GE) and 03 credits from Open Elective (OE) per semester



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SEMESTER- II

Course Code Course Name Paper Category Credits

Soc-12-CR Sociology of Kinship Core 4

Soc-13-CR Social Demography Core 4

Soc-14-CR Techniques in Social Research and Data

Analysis Core 4

Soc-15-DCE Sociology of Islam - Perspectives and

Perceptions

Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-16-DCE Gender Inequality in India Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-17-DCE Rural Development programmes in India Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-18-DCE Globalization, Culture and Society Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-19-DCE Theoretical Perspective in Diasporic

Studies

Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-20-GE Social Policy and Planning Generic Elective 3

Soc-21-GE Social Movements in India Generic Elective 3

Soc-22-OE Political Sociology Open Elective 3








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SEMESTER- III

Course Code Course Name Paper Category Credits

Soc-23-CR Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology Core 4

Soc-24-CR Rural Sociology Core 4

Soc-25-CR Field Work Course - Community Studies Core 4

Soc-26-DCE Sociology of Islam – Unity and Diversity

in Muslim Ummah

Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-27-DCE Gender Issues and Challenges Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-28-DCE Rural Development in Kashmir Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-29-DCE Global Culture and Economy: Emerging

Issues

Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-30-DCE Indian Diaspora Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-31-GE Sociology of Change and Development Generic Elective 3

Soc-32-GE Urban Sociology Generic Elective 3

Soc-33-OE Sociology of Crime Open Elective 3








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SEMESTER- IV Course Code Course Name Paper Category Credits

Soc-34-CR Contemporary Social Theory Core 4

Soc-35-CR Indian Society: Structure and Change Core 4

Soc-36-CR Field Work Course - Unit Study: (Governmental / Non- Governmental

Organizations) Core 4

Soc-37-DCE Muslim community – Social Concerns

and Issues: Project Work

Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-38-DCE Gender Studies: Project Work Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-39-DCE Rural Development: Project Work Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-40-DCE Globalization: Project Work Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-41-DCE Diasporic Studies: Project Work Discipline Centric

Elective 3

Soc-42-GE Sociology of Education Generic Elective 3

Soc-43-GE Sociology of Religion Generic Elective 3

Soc-44-OE Disaster Management Open Elective 3








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Course No: Soc-01-CR

Course Title: Introduction to Sociology

Unit 1 Introduction

Nature and Subject matter; Formalistic and Synthetic Schools of Thought; Sociology and

Allied Social Sciences:

Unit 2 Basic concepts

Society; Community; Institution; Association; Status; Role; Norms; Values; Social

Groups; Folkways and Mores

Unit 3 Social Institutions

Family; Marriage; Kinship; Economy; Religion

Unit 4 Social Processes

Socialization; Social Change; Social Conflict; Social Control

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: Allied

Publishers.

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

Hill.

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

Popenoe, David.1 999 Sociology. New Delhi: Prentice Hall



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Course Title: Classical Sociological Tradition

Unit 1 Development of Sociology

Social forces in the development of Sociology: Political revolutions; Industrial

revolution and the rise of Capitalism

Intellectual forces and the rise of Sociology: The Enlightenment and its impact on

thinking and reasoning

Unit 2 Karl Marx

Historical Materialism; Theory of Class Struggle and Capitalism; Theory of Alienation

Unit 3 Emile Durkheim

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

Division of Labour

Suicide

Unit 4 Max Weber

Social Action

The Ideal Type: Nature and Applications - Bureaucracy and Authority

Essential Readings

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

Press.

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

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

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

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

News.

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

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

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

Collected Works - Vol. 6. London: Lawrence and Wishart.

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

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

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. 2002. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capital. Los Angeles: Blackwell

Publishers.



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Course Title: Methodology of Social Research

Unit 1 Basis of social research

Logic of inquiry; Issues of Epistemology; Scientific basis of social research

Unit 2 Basic Methodological Concepts

Concept, Proposition and Hypothesis; Theory, Fact and Values; Sources of data

Unit 3 Research procedure and research design

Formulation of research proposal; Structuring of research process; Research design -

Meaning, importance and types

Unit 4 Ethical Issues in Social Research

Value neutrality; Reliability, Validity and Triangulation; New philosophy of science -

Popper and Kuhn

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

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

New Delhi: Concept

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

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



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Course No: Soc-04-DCE

Course Title: Sociology of Islam - Theoretical and Conceptual

Unit 1 Nature, Theory and Concept

Subject matter of sociology of Islam.

Five fundamental principles of Islam.

Three fundamental features: Aluhiat, Nubuwat and Akhirah

Unit 2 Concept of State and Society

Concept of individual

Concept of state

Relationship between individual and society

Unit 3 Islamic Theories and Concepts

Islamic theory of social justice

Concept of majority and minority

Theory of Duniya and Akhirah

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 Walliullah Delhwi

Akbar Ahmad The Tribal Communities



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Course Title: Gender Studies: Perspectives and Approaches

Unit 1 Introduction

Social Construction of Gender: Understanding Gender, Gender Roles, Gender Relations

Gendered Spaces

Unit 2 Basic Concepts in Gender Studies

Gender vs. Biology(Sex), Patriarchy, Gender Bias, Gender Relations, Gender Division of

Labour, Gender Equality, Gender Neutrality, Gender Justice and Gender Sensitivity

Unit 3 Theoretical Debates on Feminism

Liberal, Marxist, Radical and Post-Modern Schools

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

Perceiving Women, London: Malaby Press.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Studies in Symbolism, London: Academic Press.

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

Property. Women as Property, Beckenham: Croom Helm.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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).

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

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.

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.

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

Anthropological Institute, pp. 25-58.

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).



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Course Title: Rural Development: Theoretical Formulations

Unit 1 Introduction

Concept of Development and its Indicators; Nature and Scope of Rural Development;

Objectives and dimensions of Rural Development

Unit 2 Approaches to Rural Development

J. H. Boeke; Harvey Leibenstein; Gunner Myrdal; Modernization Theory

Unit 3 Main Issues in Rural Development

Agriculture Diversification and Small Holdings; Bonded and Migrant Labourers;

Pauperization and Depeasantization; Agrarian Crisis and Unrest

Essential Readings

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

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

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

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

Chambers, R. 1983. Rural Development. London: Longman.

Dhillon, D.S. 1991. Rural Development. Allahabad: Vohra Publications.

Parthasarthy, G. 1984. ‘Integrated Rural Development Concept, Theoretical Base and

Contradictions’ in T .Mathew (ed.): Rural Development in India (29). New Delhi:

Agricole Publishing Academy.

Singh, Kartar. 1995. Rural Development Principles, Policies and Management. New

Delhi: Sage.

Sing, R. 1987. Sociology of Rural development. Delhi: Discovery Publishing House.

Satyandra , Tripati. 1997. Development for Rural Poor. Jaipur: Rawat Publications. Subramanium, C. 1976. Integrated Rural Development. Budget Papers for 1976- 77. New

Delhi: Government of India

Tantray, M. H. 2015. Rural Development in Kashmir. Srinagar: JayKay

Thakur, B. N. 1988. Sociology of Rural development. New Delhi: Classical Publishing



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Course Title: Globalization: Perspectives and Approaches

Unit 1 Understanding Globalization

The Concept of Globalization and its historical and Social Context

Characteristics of Globalization

Positive and Negative Effects of Globalization

Unit 2 Agencies of Globalization

Agencies of Globalization: Information and communication technology, Multi-national

Corporations (MNCs), Nation, State, Media, Market, International Agencies

(International Monetary Fund and World Bank)

Unit 3 Theoretical Approaches

Roland Robertson

Immanuel Wallerstein

Anthony Giddens

Essential Readings

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

Delhi: Oxford University Press.

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

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 M. (1995). Globalization, London: Routledge



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Course Title: Introduction to Diasporic Studies

Unit 1 Introduction

Diaspora : Concept and Definition

Emergence of Diasporic Studies

Types of Diaspora

Unit 2 Migration and Diaspora

Migration: Meaning and Types

Approaches to Migration

Migration and Transnationalism

Unit 3 Diasporic Communities of the World

Jewish

Armenian

Greek

Essential Readings

Bhabha, H. (1994). The location of culture. London: Routledge.

Braziel, J. E. (2008). Diaspora: An introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

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

Routledge.

Brubaker, R. (2005). The ‘diaspora’ diaspora. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(1), 1-19.

Butler, K. (2001). Defining diaspora, refining a discourse. Diaspora, 10(2), 189-219.

Clifford, J. (1994). Diasporas. Cultural Anthropology, 9(3), 302-338.

Cohen, R. (1997). Global Diasporas: An introduction. Seattle: University of Washington

Press.

Dufoix. S. (2003). Diasporas. Berkley: University of California Press.



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Course No: Soc-09-GE

Course Title: Sociology of Media

Unit 1 Introduction and Theoretical approaches to media studies

Cultural studies

Public sphere

Semiotics

Unit 2 The politics of media

Media as a supporter or watchdog of the state

Media and the construction of political reality

Media Responses to Issues of deprivation and exclusion

Unit 3 Impact of Media on Society

Media and Gender Issues

Impact of Media on Socialization of Youth, Lifestyle and Social Relations

Media, Consumerism and Globalization

Essential Readings

Williams, R. 1962 Communications. Penguin: Harmondsworth

Hall, S. (1980) 'Cultural Studies: two paradigms', Media, Culture and Society 2, 57-72

Appadurai, A. The social life of things: commodities in cultural perspective, Cambridge

University Press, 1986.

Herman, Edward S. and Chomsky, Noam. Manufacturing Consent: The Political

Economy of Mass Media, Pantheon Books, 1988

John Corner, Dick Pels eds. Media and the Restyling of Politics: Consumerism, Celebrity,

and Cynicism. London: Sage, 2000.

Desai, A.R. 1948 The Role of the Press in the Development of Indian Nationalism. In

Social Background of Indian Nationalism. Bombay: Popular Prakashan.

Kohli, V. The Indian Media Business. London: Sage, 2003.

Jeffrey, Robin. India's Newspaper Revolution. Capitalism, Politics and the Indian

language, NY< St. Martin’s Press, 2000.

Kumar, K. J. Mass Communication in India, Jaico Publishing House, 2010.

Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity at Large: The Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation,

Oxford University Press, 1996.

James Curran and Myung-Jin Park eds De-westernizing media studies, Routledge, 2000.

Shohat, Ella and Robert Stam. Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the

Media, Routledge 1994

McRobbie, Angela. “Post feminism and popular culture.” Feminist Media Studies, 2004.

C. Berry and F. Martin eds, Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia, Duke University

Press, 2003.



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Course Title: Sociology of Kashmir

Unit 1 The Kashmiri Society: Origin and evolution

Unity in diversity in J&K

Origin and evolution

Social history

Pre-modern social developments: 1931 Freedom Movement: Background; Political

objectives and implications

Unit 2 The Kashmiri society: Structure and Change

Classes in Kashmiri society

Castes in Kashmiri society

Land reforms and other changes

Unit 3 The Kashmiri Society: Marriage, Family and Social Transformation

Family in Kashmir and Changes

Marriages in Kashmir and changes

Education, Development and changes (in post 1947 era)

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



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Course No: Soc-11-OE

Course Title: Environment and Society

Unit 1 Classical Sociological Tradition

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

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 Sustainable Development in Asia. Kuala Lumpur: ADIPA



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2nd

Semester Course No: SOC-12-CR

Course Title: Sociology of Kinship

Unit 1 Basic Concepts

Kinship, Marriage and Family

Descent and Lineage

Kinship Terminology

Unit 2 Marriage and Affinity

Marriage: Meaning and Evolution

Alliance Theory: Symmetrical and Asymmetrical

Types of Marriage

Unit 3 Family

Structure, function and types of Family

Alternatives to Institution of Family

Changing trends of Family Structure

Unit 4 New Areas in kinship

Reproductive Technologies and Refigured Kinship

Gay and Lesbian Kinship

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.



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Course No: SOC-13-CR

Course Title: Social Demography

Unit 1 Introduction

Nature and Scope of Social Demography

Social Demography and allied Social Sciences: Sociology, Economics and Geography

Sources of Demographic Data: Census, National Family Health Surveys

Unit 2 Theories on Population

Malthusian Theory

Demographic Transition Theory

Optimum Population Theory

Unit 3 Demographic Processes

Fertility; Mortality; Marriage; Migration

Unit 4 Population Growth and Policy in India

Population Growth in India: Trends, Determinants and Impact

Population Policy in India and China

Family Planning: Achievements and Failures

Essential Readings

Bose, Ashish: 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.



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Course Title: Techniques in Social Research and Data Analysis

Unit 1 Qualitative Research Techniques

Field Research; Case Study, Content Analysis, PRA & PLA Techniques

Unit 2 Quantitative Techniques for Data Analysis - I

Sampling methods and Estimation of Sample Size; Scaling and Measurement; Tabulation

and classification of Data

Unit 3 Quantitative Techniques for Data Analysis – II

Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion and Variability, Testing of Hypothesis and

Tests of Significance; Correlation and Regression

Unit 4 Significance of Computers in Sociological Research

Internet - Functions and Services; Online Journals and Texts; Statistical Reference Sites

and Data Sources; SPSS

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



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Course Title: Sociology of Islam – Perspectives and Perceptions

Unit 1 Islamic Perspectives:

The Quran Perspective of Islam and Muslims

Concept of Al- Deen

Unit 2 Muslim Social Thinkers:

Ibn Khuldun

Ali Shariati

Unit 3 Western Perspectives of Islam :

Max Weber

William Greetz

Maxime Rodinson

Essential Readings












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Course Title: Gender and Society in India

Unit 1 Gender in India

The Construction of Gender in Indian Social Institutions- Family, Marriage, Education,

Economy, Religion and Caste

Unit 2 Gender inequality

Gender Inequality: Indian Empirical Reality in the context of Demography, Health,

Education, Work Participation, Land and Property Rights.

Unit 3 Changing Status of women in India

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

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

Contemporary Times (with reference to laws and schemes)

Essential Readings

Altekar, A.S. (1983).The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, Delhi: Motilal

Banarasidas.

Channa, Karuna ed. (1988).Socialization, Education and Women, New Delhi: Orient

Longman.

Chaudhuri, Maitrayee ed. (2004).Feminism in India, New Delhi: Kali for Women and

Women Unlimited.

Desai, Neera and Maithreyi Krishnaraj (1987).Women and Society in India, Delhi:

Ajanta.

Dube, Leela, Eleanor Leacock and Shirley Ardner (1986).Visibility and Power: Essays on

Women in Society and Development, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Forbes, Geraldine (1998).Women in Modern India, New Delhi: Cambridge University

Press.

Gandhi, Nandita and N.Shah (1992).Issues at Stake: Theory and Practice in the

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

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



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Course Title: Rural Development Programmes in India

Unit 1 Poverty Alleviation programmes

Integrated rural development programme (IRDP); Training of Rural youth for Self

Employment (TRYSEM); National Rural Health Mission (NHRM)

Unit 2 Infrastructure Development programmes

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA); Rural Landless Employment

Guarantee Programme (RLEGP); Indira Awas Yojana (IAY); Pradhan Manthri Gram

Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

Unit 3 Rural Welfare Programmes

Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA); Integrated Child

Development Scheme (ICDS); Janani Suraksha Yojana (SJY)

Essential Readings:


Dhillon, D.S. 1991. Rural Development. Allahabad : Vohra Publications.




Satyandra , Tripati. 1997. Development for Rural Poor. Jaipur: Rawat Publications. Sing, R. 1987. Sociology of Rural development. Delhi: Discovery Publishing House.


Delhi: Sage.

Subramanium, C. 1976. Integrated Rural Development. Budget Papers for 1976- 77. New






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Course Title: Globalization, Culture and Society

Unit 1 Social consequences of globalization

Inequality within and among nation states — Differential perception of globalization

among nations and their populations — Socioeconomic impact of globalization —

Impact on individual and group identities

Unit 2 Globalization and Culture

The ethos of globalization (unbridled freedom, individualism, consumerism) — Diffusion

and projection of American value system and cultural patters through the media —

Cultural homogenization, hegemony and dominance

Unit 3 Emerging Consciousness

Globalization and the resurgence of ethnic consciousness: Diasporic communities,

transnational ethnic and religious movements, Fundamentalism and religious resurgence

Essential Readings

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

Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Drezem Jean and Amartya Sen. 1996. Indian economic development and social

opportunity. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

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

third world. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Hoogvelt, Ankie. 1997. Globalization and the post-colonial world - The new political

economy of development. London: Macmillan.

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


Routledge.


Waters, Malcolm. 1996. Globalization. London: Routledge



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Course Title: Theoretical Perspective in Diasporic Studies

Unit 1 Approaches to Diaspora

Primordial

Instrumental

Social Constructionist

Unit 2 Pioneers in the field-I

Robin Cohen

Gabriel Schaeffer

Unit 3 Pioneers in the field-II

William Safran

Steven Vertovec

Essential Readings

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.

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

Seattle, 1997

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.

Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness. Cambridge:

Harvard University Press, 1993. Chapters 1, 6.

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

Diaspora. 1.1 (Spring * 1991)

Stephen Castles and Mark J. Miller: The Age of Migration, The Gulford Press, New

York, 1993.

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

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

Theorising Transnational Migration: The Status Paradox of Migration By Boris

Nieswand. Robert Granville Gregory, India and East Africa: a history of race relations

within the British Empire, 1890- 1939 (Oxford, 1971)



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Course: Social Policy and Planning

Unit 1 Introduction

Nature, Scope and Significance of study of Social Policy

Social Policy and Planning for Social Engineering

Millennium Development Goal

Unit 3 Social Development and Planning

Rural and Urban Plans in India

Bottom-up Planning Process – Micro Level Planning – Stakeholder Analysis

Social Infrastructure and Social Development

Unit 4 Sectoral Approach to Planning in India

Livelihood Promotion

Micro-Finance

Reproductive and Child Health Programmes

Essential Readings

Chaudhury, Sukant K.(2006). Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Development, New

Delhi: Mittal Publications.

Council for Social Development (2005). India Social Development Report, New Delhi:

Oxford University Press.

Dean, H. (2006). Social Policy, Cambridge: Polity Press.

Huttman, E.D. (1981). Introduction to Social Policy, New York: McGraw Hill.

Kulkarni, P. D. (1979). Social Policy and Social Development in India, Madras:

Association of Schools of Social Work in India.

Livingstone, A. (1969). Social Policy in Developing Countries, London: Routledge and

Kegan Paul.

Madison, B.Q. (1980).The Meaning of Social Policy, London: Croom Helm.

Mathur, Hari Mohan (2008). India Social Development Report 2008: Development and

Displacement, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Pathak, S. (1981). Social Welfare: An Evolutionary and Development Perspective, Delhi:

McMillan.

Sharma, S.L. (1985). Development: Socio-Cultural Dimensions, Jaipur: Rawat

Publications.

Venkata Ravi, R., V. N. Reddy and Venkataramana eds. (2004). Empowerment of

People: Grassroot Strategies and Issues, New Delhi: Kanishka Publishers



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Course Title: Social Movements in India

Unit 1 Introduction

Defining features and dynamics of social movements; types of social movements; social

movements and the distribution of power in society

Unit 2 Theories of Social Movements

Relative Deprivation Theory

Conflict Theory

Structural-Strain Theory

Unit 3 Social movements in India

Peasant movement; Tribal movement; Dalit movement; Ethnic movements.

Essential Readings

Banks, J.A. 1972 : The Sociology of Social Movements (London : Macmillan)

Desai, A.R. Ed. 1979 : Peasant Struggles in India (Bombay : Oxford University Press)

Dhanagare, D.N., 1983 : Peasant Movements in Indian 1920-1950 (Delhi : Oxford

University Press)

Gore, M.S., 1993 : The Social Context of an Ideology : Ambedkar’s Political and Social

Thoughts (New Delhi : Sage)

Gouldner, A.W., 1950 ed. : Studies in Leadership (New York : Harper and Brothers)

Grandan Movement. (New Delhi : Thomas Press)

Oomen, T.K., 1990 : Protest and Change : Studies in Social Movements (Delhi ; Sage)

Rao, M.S.A., 1979 : Social Movements and Social Transformation (Delhi : Macmillan)

Rao, M.S.A., 1979 ; Social Movements in India (New Delhi : Manohar)

Selliot, Eleanor, 1995 : From Untouchable to dalit : Essays on the Ambedkar Movement

(New Delhi : Manohar)

Shah, Ghanshya, 1977 : Protest Movements in two Indian States. New Delhi : Ajanta.

Shah, Ghanshyam, 1990 : Social Movements in India; a review of the literature (Delhi:

Sage)

Shah, Nandita, 1992 : The Issues at Stake : Theory and Practice in the Contemporary

women’s movements in India (New Delhi : Kali for Women)

Shiva, Vandana, 1991 : Ecology and the Politics of Survival (New Delhi : Sage)

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



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Course Title: Political Sociology

Unit 1 Introduction

Basic concepts: Political sphere, and problem of order.

Approaches: Marxist, Functional, and System.

Unit 2 Political Organizations

Political Organizations: Political parties and bureaucratization of political parties,

pressure groups, and factions

Polity and its relation with caste and economy

Unit3 Political Processes

Political processes: Nativism in relation to internal migration, and Communalism.

Globalization and Nation State; Nationalism and nation-building in India.

Essential Readings

Almond, G. and J.I. Coleman. 1970. Politics of Developing Areas. Princeton: Princeton

University Press.

Balandier, Georges. 1972. Political Anthropology. Harmondsworth:Penguin.

Brass, Paul. 1991. Ethnicity and Nationalism. New Delhi:Sage.

Dowse, Robert E. and John A. Hughes. 1975. Political Sociology: London:Wiley & Sons.

Judge, Paramjit S.1992. Insurrection to Agitation: The Naxalite Movement in Punjab.

Bombay: Popular Prakashan.

Kothari,Rajni. 1970. Caste in Indian Politics. New Delhi: Orient Longman.

Pizzorno, A.(ed.). 1971. Political Sociology. Harmonsworth:Penguin.

Puri, Harish K. and Paramjit S.Judge.2000. Social and Political Movements: A Reader on

Punjab. Jaipur: Rawat.

Smith Anthony. 1986. Ethnic Origin of Nations. Oxford: Oxford University



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3rd Semester Course No: Soc-23-CR

Course Title: Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology

Unit 1 Structuralism

Radcliffe Brown

Malinowski

Unit 2 Functionalism: Premises and Propositions

Talcott Parsons

Robert K. Merton

Unit 3 Conflict Perspective: Assumptions and Propositions

Charles Wright Mills

Ralf Dahrendorf

Unit 4 Interactionism: Premises and Propositions

Phenomenology: Alfred Schutz

Ethnomethodology: Harold Garfinkel and Erving Goffman

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.



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Course Title: Rural Sociology

Unit 1 Introduction

Nature, Scope and Subject Matter; Rural–Urban differences and Continuum; Major

Peasant Movements

Unit 2 Agrarian Institutions

Agrarian Social structure; Jajmani System; Panchayati Raj

Unit 3 Rural Change and Development

Factors of change; Land Reforms and its impact; Major rural development programmes

IV. Rural Issues and Problems

Rural Poverty; Agrarian Crisis; 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



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


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.



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Course Title: Field Work - Community Studies



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Course Title: Sociology of Islam - Unity and Diversity in Muslim Ummah

Unit 1 The Muslim Ummah

Structure and Function

Unity and diversity in Muslim Ummah

Functional Dynamics (Ethnicity, language and Naturality)

Unit 2 Composition of Muslim Ummah

Global Nature of Muslims

Demographic features of Muslims.

Majority and Minority composition.

Unit 3 Major concerns of contemporary Muslims

Inequality and gender justice

Islam’s encounter with the west

Islamophobia

Essential Readings












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Course Title: Gender Issues and Challenges

Unit 1 Gender based Violence

Domestic violence

Violence at workplaces

Dowry and Divorce

Unit 2 Marginalization of women

Economy: marginalization of women and sexual division of labour

Gender in Governance: Reservations for women

Unit 3 Gender and Globalization

Globalization and Development of Women

Media portrayal of Women

Essential Readings

Agarwal, B. 1994. A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia,

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chanana, Karuna. 1988. Socialization, Women and Education: Explorations in Gender

Identity, New Delhi: Orient Longman.

Dube, Leela. 1997. Women and Kinship: Comparative Perspectives on Gender in South

and South-East Asia. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.

Gandhi, N. And N. Shah. 1992. The Issues at Stake: Theory and Practice in the

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

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

Jayawardene, Kumari. 1991. Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World. New Delhi:

Kali For Women.

Mies Maria. 1980. Indian Women and Patriarchy: Conflicts and Dilemmas of Students

and Working Women. New Delhi: Concept.

Omvedt, Gail. 1975. ‘Caste, Class and Women’s Literation in India,’ Bulletin of

Concerned Asian Scholars.

Pardeshi, Pratima. 1998. Dr.Ambedkar and the Question of Women’s Liberation in India.

Pune: WSC, University of Pune.



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Course Title: Rural Development in Kashmir

Unit 1 Concept of Rural Development in Kashmir

Nature and scope of rural development; Objectives of rural development, Areas of

development

Unit 2 Major Rural Development Programmes in Kashmir

IRDP; PMGSY; IAY; NREGA; NHRM

Unit 3 Implications of Rural Development in Kashmir

Land reforms and its impact; Fragmentation of land Holdings; Depeasantization and

Unrest

Essential Readings:

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

Chapters. Sage, New Delhi




Dhillon, D.S. 1991. Rural Development. Allahabad : Vohra Publications.





Satyandra , Tripati. 1997. Development for Rural Poor. Jaipur: Rawat Publications. Sing, R. 1987. Sociology of Rural development. Delhi: Discovery Publishing House.


Delhi: Sage.

Subramanium, C. 1976. Integrated Rural Development. Budget Papers for 1976- 77. New






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Course Title: Global Culture and Economy: Emerging Issues.

Unit 1 Network Society

Network society- Fluid boundaries-knowledge industry, outsourcing, flexible labour,

shifting trends in labour

Unit 2 Social Risks

Social Risks - culture and civilization, individualization of social inequalities, consumer

culture

Unit 3 Social Security

Social security-Child labour, human trafficking, issues of immigrants-gender dimension

New challenges to institutions - emerging issues: future developments in family, violence

against women, , sex ratio

Essential Readings

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.

Hoogvelt, Ankie. 1997. Globalization and the post-colonial world - The new political

economy of development. London: Macmillan.

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


Routledge.


Waters, Malcolm. 1996. Globalization. London: Routledge



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Course Title: Indian Diaspora

Unit 1 Introduction

Indian Diaspora

Difference between NRI’s and PIO’s

India and its Diaspora

Unit 2 Waves of Migration

Classical Wave

Colonial Wave

Contemporary Wave

Unit 3 Indian Diasporic Communities

Indian Diaspora in the United States

Indian Diaspora in Europe

Indian Diaspora in Africa

Essential Readings

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

Brij V Lal, The Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora

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

NewDelhi: Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd. .

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)



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Course Title: Sociology of Change and Development

Unit 1 Introduction

Changing conception of Development: Human Development, Social Development,

Sustainable development

Unit 2 Perspectives

Critical Perspectives on Development: Ecological, liberal, Marxian and Feminist

Path and Agencies of Development: Capitalist, socialist, mixed economy, Gandhian

Unit 3 Development in India

Indian Experience of Development: sociological appraisal of Five-Year Plans, social

consequences of economic reforms, socio-cultural repercussions of globalization, social

implications of info-tech revolution.

Essential readings

Appadurai, Arjun. 1997. Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. 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.

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

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

Peet, Richard.2005. Theories of Development. Jaipur: Rawat.

Sharma S.L.1986. Development: Socio-cultural Dimensions. Jaipur: Rawat.

UNDP.1997. Human Development Report. New York: OUP.

Wallerstein I, .1974. The Modern World System. New York:OUP.

World Commission on Environment and Development – Our Common Future;

Brundtland Report,1987: New Delhi, OUP.



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Course Title: Urban Sociology

Unit 1 Introduction

a) Nature and subject matter of urban sociology

b) History and evolution of Urban Sociology

Unit 2 Urban Community and spatial dimensions a) Max Weber

b) Robert E. Park

c) Louis Wirth: Urbanism

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)

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.



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Course Title: Sociology of Crime

Unit 1 Basic Concepts

Concept of Crime : Definition, Evolution and characteristics

Types of crime ; Economic, violent and White Collar

Deviance and Delinquency

Unit 2 Theoretical Perspectives

Biological

Psychological

Sociological

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

Teeters, Negley and Harry Elnar Barnes. 1959. New Horizons in Criminology. New

Delhi. Prentice Hall of India.

Sutherland, Edwin. H. and Donald R.Cressey. 1968. Principles of Criminology. Bombay:

Times of India Press.

Parsonage, William H. 1979. Perspectives on Criminology. London: Sage Publications.

Ministry of Home Affairs. 1998. Crime in India. New Delhi: Government of India

Gill, S.S. 1998. The Pathology of Corruption. New Delhi: Harper Collins Publishers

(India)

Reid, Suetitus. 1976. Crime and Criminology. Illinois: Deyden Press.

Merton, R.K. 1972. Social Theory and Social Structure. New Delhi: Emerind Publishing

Co.



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4th

Semester Course No: Soc-34-CR

Course Title: Contemporary Social Theory

Unit 1 Neo-Marxian theory

Critical Theory: Introduction to the Perspective, Jürgen Habermas: Communicative

Action Theory and Crisis in Late Capitalism

Unit 2 Agency structure integration

Anthony Giddens: Structuration Theory

Pierre Bourdieu: Habitus and Field

Unit 3 Post Structuralism

Ideas of Michel Foucault and Derrida

Unit 4 Post Modernism

Moderate Postmodern social theory: Fredric Jameson

Extreme Postmodern social theory: Jean Baudrillard

Essential Readings

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.

Berger P.L. and Luckmann, T. 1967. The Social Construction of Reality. London: The

Penguin Press.

Bottomore, Tom. 1984. The Frankfurt School. London: Tavistock Publications.

Connerton, Paul (ed.).1976. Critical Sociology. New York: Penguin Books.

Cuff, E.C. & Payne, G.C.F. (ed.). 1979. Perspectives in Sociology. London: George Allen

and Unwin.

Garfinkel. H. 1984. Studies in Ethnomodology. Cambridge: Polity Press.

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

Goffman, E. 1959. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York: Doubleday.

Habermas, J. 1984. Theory of Communicative Action. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Irving, M. Zeitlin. 1987. Rethinking Sociology. Jaipur: Rawat.

Judge, Paramjit Singh. 2009. Max Weber. New Delhi: Punjabi Academy.

Meltzer, B, et al. 1975. Symbolic Interactionism. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Parsons,Talcott, 1972. The Social System. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Co.

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



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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

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)

• 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)



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Course Title: Field Work Course - Unit Study (Governmental / Non- Governmental

Organizations)



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Course Title: Muslim Community – Social concerns and Issues



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Course Title: Gender Studies: Project Work



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Course Title: Rural Development: Project Work



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Course Title: Globalization: Project Work



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Course Title: Diasporic Studies: Project Work



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Course Title: Sociology of Education

Unit 1 Introduction

Nature and Scope; Relationship of Sociology with Education; School as a Social System,

Curriculum and Identity

Unit 2 Theoretical Approaches

Functionalism; Conflict Approach; Post Modernism

Unit 3 Social Issues and Concerns of Education in India

Globalization and Education; Social Equity and Equality of Educational Opportunity;

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.



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Course Title: Sociology of Religion

Unit I Introduction

Subject Matter of Sociology of religion

Sacred and Profane

Religion, magic and science

Unit 2 Theoretical Perspectives

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Karl Marx

Unit 3 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.



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Course Title: Disasters Management

Unit 1 Introduction

Concepts, definitions and Nature of disasters

Causes and Types of Disasters: famines, floods, earthquakes, epidemics, wars, industrial

disasters, nuclear disasters.

Unit 2 Disasters and State

The effects and aftermath of disasters: victims and survivors

The Welfare State and Disasters: the role of the state in preventing, apprehending and

managing disasters

Unit 3 Disasters and civil Society

The role of voluntary organizations, political organizations, citizens associations

international bodies

Essential Readings

Veena Das and Ashis Nandy: ‘Violence, Victimhood and the Language of Silence’,

Contributions to Indian Sociology.

Dhirendra Sharma, India’s Nuclear Estate (New Delhi: Lancers, 1983).

P.N.Haksar et. al., : A Statement of Scientific Temper, Bombay: Nehru Centre, 1981.

Ashish Nandy: Science, Authoritarianism and Culture.

Praful, Bidwai : Atomic Power on the Run, The Times of India, 13-15 October 1986

Dhirendra Sharma, India’s Nuclear Estate

Jatinder K. Bajaj : The Bhopal Tragedy: The Responsibility of the Scientific

Community’,

Sunil Sahasrabudhey, Bhopal: Science Must Share the Blame, PPST Bulletin, 1985, 5,

pp. 6-14,25-9

Shiv Visvanathan. Bhopal: The Imagination of a Disaster, Alternatives, 1986, II, pp. 147-

65.

Sen Amartya (1981) Poverty and Famines New Delhi: OUP

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