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SYLLABUSM.A. (SOCIOLOGY) PART-I

(FIRST AND SECOND SEMESTER)2010-11 & 2011-12

Note: Each paper is of 80 marks and 20 marks of Internal Assessment.

The Break-up of 20 Marks for Internal Assessment (Theory Papers) is as below:

1. Test 10 Marks2. Class Attendance 05 Marks3. Field Work / Project Work/Assignment/

Seminar etc. 05 Marks

TOTAL MARKS 20 Marks

SEMESTER-I

PAPER: 1GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

M. Marks: 80 Time Allowed: 3hrsPass Marks: 28

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTER

The question paper will consist of five sections A, B, C, D, and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 8 short-answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Each short-answer type question will carry four marks. Twenty (20) marks will comprise of internal Assessment.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES

Candidates are required to attempt one question each from sections A, B, C and D of the question paper and the entire section E.

-2-SECTION-A

(i) Sociology: (a) Emergence, Nature and Scope; Relationship of Sociology with other

social sciences with focus on Anthropology, Psychology and History.

(b) Culture, Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism, Culture and Personality.

(ii) Social Relationships: (a) Meaning and types, Establishing, Developing and Maintaining Relationships; Communication Skills in Interpersonal Relationships.

(b) Relationship with strangers, friends and acquaintances; kin relationships.

SECTION-B

(i) Social Institutions: Marriage and Family (functions, types and changes)

Kinship (functions & basic terminology)

(ii) Social System: Meaning and its elements, status and role, role conflict.

SECTION-C

(i) Social Processes: (a) Associative: co-operation, accommodation and assimilation.(b) Dis-associative: competition, conflict.

(ii) Socialization: Meaning, agencies and theories(Cooley, Mead and Freud)

SECTION-D

(i) Social Groups: Meaning and types, primary and secondary groups, reference groups.

(ii) Social Stratification: Meaning, bases and theories.(Marx, Weber, Davis & Moore, Warner)

(iii) Deviance: Meaning, types and causes.

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RECOMMENDED READINGS

1. Argyle, M & Monika 1990 The Anatomy of Relationships, London: Handerson Penguin

2. Bendix, B and Lipset 1966. Stratification in Comparative Perspectives.London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

3. Bottomore, T.B. 1972. Sociology: A Guide to Problems and Literature. Delhi: Blackie and Sons (India) n Ltd. (Punjabi Translation by Parkash Singh Jammu, Punjabi University, Patiala, 1972)

4. Davis, Kingsley. 1953. Human Society. London: Macmillan.(Punjabi Translation by Parkash SinghJammu, Surjeet Publications, Delhi, 1971).

5. Duck, Steve 1986 Human Relationships. New Delhi: Sage Publications

6. Giddens, Anthony. 1990. Sociology (Selected chapters). Cambridge: Polity Press.

7. Gillin, J.L. and 1953. Cultural Sociology. London: Macmillan.Gillin, J.P.

8. Gisbert, P.S.J. 1993. Fundamentals of Sociology. Bombay: Orient Longman.

9. Haralambos, M. 1980. Sociology: Themes and Perspectives. London: Oxford University Press.

10. Inkles, Alex. 1987. What is Sociology? New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India.

11. Johnson, Harry M. 1970. Sociology: A Systematic Introduction. New Delhi: Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

12. Jayaram, N. 1988. Introductory Sociology. Madras: Macmillan India.

13. Mair, Lucy. 1972. An Introduction to Social Anthropology. London: Oxford Clarendon Press.

14. Majumdar, D.N.& 1956. An Introduction to Social Anthropology.Madan T.N. Bombay: Asia Publishing House.

15. Schaefer, Richard T. 1999. Sociology. New Delhi. Tata MacGraw-Hill.

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INDIAN SOCIETYM. Marks: 80 Time Allowed: 3hrsPass Marks: 28

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERThe question paper will consist of five sections A, B, C, D, and E. Sections A, B, C

and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 8 short-answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Each short-answer type question will carry four marks. Twenty (20) marks will comprise of internal Assessment.



SECTION-A

(i) Indian Society: (i) Ideological bases: Dharma, Karma and Purshartha

(i) Structural bases: Varna systemAshrama system.

SECTION-B

(ii) Caste System: (i) Origin of caste,(ii) Features of caste(iii) Changing patterns(iv) Critique

SECTION-C

(i)` Tribes in India: (i) Tribal social organisation(ii) Change in tribes(iii) Problems of tribes(iv) Tribal policy

SECTION-D

(i) Urban India: (i) Urban social organisation(ii) Bases of urban social organisation(iii) Urban social stratification

(iv) Change in Indian urban society-5-RECOMMEDED READINGS

1. Ahmed, Imtiaz. 1978. Caste among Muslims in India. New Delhi: Manohar Publications.

2. Atal, Yogesh. 1979. Changing Frontiers of Caste. Delhi:NationalPublishing House.

3. Bhatnagar, G.S 1997 Bharati Samaj.And Baldev Singh Rehal Punjabi University, Patiala

4. Birinder Pal Singh (ed.) 2010. ‘Criminal’ Tribes of Punjab: A Social Anthropological Enquiry, Delhi : Routledge

5. Bose, N.K. 1977. Culture and Society. Bombay: AsiaPublishing House.

6. Desai, A.R. 1978. Rural Sociology in India. Bombay: PopularPrakashan.

7. Ghurye, G.S. 1969 Caste and Race in India. Bombay: PopularPrakashan, (Punjabi Translation By N.S.Sodhi, Punjabi University, Patiala

8. Gill, Rajesh 2009 Contemporary Indian Urban Society:Ethnicity, Gender and Governance.Delhi : Bookwell Publishers.

9. Gill, Rajesh 2005 State, Market and Civil Society.Jaipur : Rawat Publications

10. Hutton, J.H. 1961. Caste in India: Its nature, Function and Origin. Bombay: Oxford University Press.

11. Jammu, P.S. 1990. Samajik Vigyan Pattar (No. 32). Patiala: Punjabi University.

12. K, Suresh Singh. 1972. Tribal Situation in India. Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study.

13. Mandelbaum, D.G. 1972. Society in India. Bombay: PopularPrakashan.

14. Marenco, Ethene.K. 1976. The Transformation of Sikh Society. New. Delhi: Heritage Publishers.15. Mayer, A.C. 1966. Caste and Kinship in Central India.

Barkeley: University of California Press.16. Patel, Sujata and K.Deb. 2006. Urban Studies. New Delhi: OUP17. Prabhu, P.H. 1979. Hindu Social Organisation. Bombay:

Popular Prakashan.18. Rao, M.S.A. 1974 Urban Sociology in India. New Delhi:

Orient Longmans.19. Singer, Milton 1968. Structure and Change in Indian Society.

Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company.20. Srinivas, M.N. 1952. Caste in Modern India. Bombay: Asia

Publishing House.

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SOCIOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORIES-I

M. Marks: 80 Time Allowed : 3hrsPass Marks : 28



INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATESCandidates are required to attempt one question each from sections A, B, C and D

of the question paper and the entire section E.

SECTION-ASociological Theory: Nature and Types.Evolutionary Theory: Distinctive features.Auguste Comte: Positivism. Law of three stages of society. Hierarchy of sciences.

SECTION-B

Herbert Spencer: First Principles and the law of social evolution. Organic analogy.Lewis Morgan: Unilinear evolutionary theory.

SECTION-CAction Theory: Distinctive features.Max Weber: Theory of social action. Ideal type. Verstehen. Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism.

SECTION-DVilfredo Pareto: Logical and non-logical action. Residues and derivatives. Circulation of elites.M.K.Gandhi: Truth and nonviolence. Satyagraha and sarvodaya.

-7-RECOMMENDED READINGS

1. Andreski, S. (ed.) 1971. Herbert Spencer: Structure, Function and Evolution. London: Michael Joseph.

2. Aron, Raymond 1965. Main Currents of Sociological Thought (Vol 1&2) Penguin.3. Barnes, H.E. (ed.) 1948. An Introduction to the History of Sociology.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press.4. Cohen, P. 1968. Modern Social Theory. New York: Basic

Books.5. Coser, L.A. 1971. Masters of Sociological Thought. New York

Harcourt Brace, Johanvich.6. Fletcher, R. 1971. The Making of Sociology (Vols. I and II)..

London: Nelson.7. Gerth, H. and 1952. From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology. Mills,

C.W. (eds.) New York: Oxford University Press.8. Ganguli, B.N. 1971. Gandhi's Social Philosophy. New Delhi:

Vikas.9. Jammu, P.S. and 1990. Samaj Vigyanik Sidhant. Patiala: Punjabi

Bhatnagar, G.S. (eds.) University.10. Pareto, V. 1922. Sociological Writings. London: Pall Mall

Press.11. Judge, Paramjeet Singh 1998. Samaj Vigyanak Drishtikon ate Sidhant.

Patiala: Punjabi University.12. Timasheff, N.S. 1976. Sociological Theory (4th ed.) New York:

Random House.13. Turner, J. 1978. The Structure of Sociological Theory.

Home-woods, Illinois: The Dorsey Press.14. Zeitlin, I.M. 1969. Ideology and the Development of

Sociological Theory. Delhi: Prentice-Hall.

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METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH

M. Marks: 80 Time Allowed : 3hrsPass Marks: 28


The question paper will consist of five sections A, B, C, D, and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 8 short-answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Each short-answer type question will carry four marks. Twenty (20) marks will comprise of internal Assessment)



SECTION-A(i) Nature of Social Research, Pure and Applied.(ii) Nature of Scientific Method, Induction and Deduction.

SECTION-B(i) Fact, Concept and Theory.(ii) Hypothesis and its Role in Social Research

SECTION-C(i) Panel Studies, Research ethics.(ii) Research Design and its Types.

SECTION-D

(i) Techniques of data collection: Observation, Interview, Schedule and Questionnaire, Case Study

(ii) Sampling: Probability and non-probability sampling in Social Research.

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1. Barnes, Johan A. 1979. Who should know what? Social Sciences. Privacy and Ethics.Harmondsworth: Penguin.

2. Bose, Pradip Kumar. 1955. Research Methodology. New Delhi: ICSSR.

3. Goode, W.J. 1981. Methods in Social Research. New and Hatt, P.K. York McGraw-Hill Company.

4. Hughes, John. 1987. The Philosophy of Social Research. London: Longman.

5. Moser, C.A. 1971. Survey Methods in Social and Kalton, G. Investigation. E.L.B.S.

6. Mueller, J.H. and 1961. Statistical Reasoning in Sociology.Schuessler, K.F. New Delhi: Oxford and IBH ,

Publishing Company.7. Shipman, Martin 1988. The Limitations of Social Study.

London: Longman.8. Smelser, Neil J. Comparative Methods in Social .

Sciences.9. Young, P.V. 1969. Scientific Social Surveys and

Research. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India.

10. McIntyre J. Lisa 2005. Need to Know: Social Science Research Methods, McGraw Hill, New York

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PAPER-I

SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN INDIA



The question paper will consist of five sections A, B, C, D, and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 8 short-answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Each short-answer type question will carry four marks. Twenty marks will comprise of internal Assessment



SECTION-A(i) Processes of Social Change: Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization.(ii) Factors f Social Change: Industrialization, Urbanization, Globalization and

Education

SECTION-B(i) Social movements: Definition, Nature, Characteristics and Types.(ii) Social Movements in India: Peasant, Women's, Backward Classes, Dalit, Ethnic

and Tribal.

SECTION-C(i) Social Problems: Meaning, Causes and Characteristics.(ii) Theories of Social Problems: Social Disorganization Approach, Value Conflict

Approach, Cultural Lag Approach.

SECTION-D(i) Population problems: Poverty, Unemployment.(ii) Problems of the aged: Physically challenged; crime; corruption,


1. Ahuja, Ram 1995. Social Problems in India. Jaipur: Rawat .Publications.

2. Kuppuswamy, B. 1989: Social Change in India. Delhi: Vikas Publishing House.

3. Mishra, K. K. 1995. Smajik Vighatan. Gorakhpur: Vaishali Publications.

4. Monterio, J. P. 1996. Corruption: Control of maladminstration, Bombay: Mankatalss.

5. Punit, A. E. 1982. Profiles of poverty in India, Delhi: B. R. Publishing Corporation.

6. Randhawa, M. S. 1991. The Rural and Urban Aged, New Delhi: National Book Organisation House.

7. Sethna, M. J. 1966: Socio-legal aspects of anti-social behavior.Bombay: N. M. Tripathi Pvt. Ltd.

8. Singh, Tarlok 1969: Poverty and Social change, Bombay, Orient Longman.

9. Siddique, Ahmad 1977. Criminology: Problems and Perspective. Lucknow: Eastern Book Co.

10. Srinivas, M.N. 1972. Social Change in Modern India. New Delhi: Orient Longman.

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PERSPECTIVES ON INDIAN SOCIETY



The question paper will consist of five sections A, B, C, D, and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 8 short-answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Each short-answer type question will carry four marks. Twenty (20) marks will comprise of internal Assessment.



SECTION-A

Indological: Brief introduction to Indological perspective.G.S. Ghurye: [i] Hindu Society

[ii] Caste System.L.Dumont: [i] Caste as a system of hierarchy

[ii] Notions of purity and pollution.

SECTION-B

Structural-Functional: Brief introduction to structural-functional perspectives.M.N. Srinivias: Religion and society among the Coorgs:

[i] Structure of Coorg Society, [ii] Functions of Coorg religious belief and ritual in relation to Coorg social structure.

S.C. Dube: Indian village;Traditional structure and change.

SECTION-C

Marxist: Brief introduction to Marxist perspective.

A.R. Desai: [i] Relevance of Marxist approach in the Indian context.[ii] Social background of Indian nationalism.

D.P. Mukherji: Problematics of tradition versus modernity.

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SECTION-D

Subaltern: Brief introduction to the subaltern perspective.B.R. Ambedkar: [i] Origins of caste

[ii] Themes of Dalit liberation and conversion.D. Hardiman: Devi movement in Gujarat.

RECOMMEDED READINGS1. Ambedkar, B. R. 1990. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and

peeches-Vol.7 Education Department. Govt. of Mahareastra.

2 D'Souza, P.R.(ed.) 2000. Contemporary India- Transitions New Delhi: Sage.

3. Desai, A.R. 1978. Social Background of Indian Nationalism. Bombay: Popular Prakashan.

4. Dhanagare, D.N. 1993. Themes and Perspectives in Indian. Sociology. Jaipur: Rawat.

5. Dube, S.C. 1973. Social Sciences in a Changing Society.,Lucknow: Lucknow University Press.

6. Dumont, Louis 1970. Homo Hierarchicus. New Delhi: Vikas.7. Ghurye, G.S. 1969. Caste and Class in India. Bombay: Popular

Prakashan.8. Guha Ranjit (ed.) 1982. Subaltern Studies-Vol.I, New Delhi: Oxford

University Press.9. Hardiman, David 1987. The Coming of Devi: Adivasi, New Delhi:

Assertion in Western India, Oxford University Press.

10. Hardiman, David 1996. Feeding the Bania: Peasants and Userer in Western India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

11. Karve, Irawati 1961. Hindu society: An Interpretation. Poona:Deacon Coolege.

12. Madan, T.N. 1994. Pathways: Approaches to the Study ofSociety in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

13. Marriott, McKim 1990. India Through Hindu Categories. Delhi: Sage.

14. Momin, A.R. 1996. The Legacy of G.S. Ghurye: A Centennial Festscrift: Popular Prakshan, Bombay.

15. Mukherjee. D.P. 1958. Diversities. Delhi: People's Publishing .House.

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16. Omvedt, Gail 1994. Dalits and the Democratic Revolt: Dr.Ambedkar and the Dalit Movements in Colontal India. New Delhi: SagePublications.

17. Singer, Milton and 1968. Structure and Change in Indian Society.B. S. Cohn Chicago: Aldine Pub. Company.

18. Singh, Y. 1973. Moderisation of Indian Tradition. Delhi: Thomson Press.

19. Srinivas, M.N. 1952. Religion and Society Among the Coorgs of South India. London: Oxford Clarendon Press.

20. Srinivas, M.N. 1960 India's Villages. Bombay: Asia PublishingHouse.

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SOCIOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORIES-II

M. Marks: 80 Time Allowed: 3hrsPass Marks : 28





SECTION-AConflict Theory: Distinctive features. Marxist and Non-Marxist Theories.Karl Marx: Materialist interpretation of history. Base and superstructure.

Class and class struggle. Alienation.

SECTION-BRalf Dahrendorf: Sociological critique of Marx. Social Structure. Conflict

groups: Interest and Quasi Groups.Georg Simmel: Theory of Social conflict.

SECTION-CWestern Marxism and Critical Theory. Distinctive features.Max Horkheimer: Traditional and critical theory.

SECTION-DJurgen Habermas: Systematically distorted communication. Problems of

legitimation in late capitalism.Louis Althusser: Structure in dominance. Contradiction and

overdetermination.


1. Althusser, Louis 1977. For Marx. London: Verso.2. Bottomore, T.B. and 1975. Karl Marx: Selected Writings in Sociology

Rubel, M. (eds.) & Social Philosophy.3. Connerton, Paul. 1976. Critical Sociology: Selected Readings.

Harmondsworth: Pengium4. Fletcher, R. 1971. The Making of Sociology (vols. I and II)..

London: Nelson.5. Giddens, A. 1971. Capitalism and Modern Social Theory.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.6. Jammu, P.S. and 1990. Samaj Vigyanik Sidhant. Patiala: Punjabi

Bhatnagar, G.S. (eds.) University.7. Judge, Paramjeet Singh 1998. Samaj Vigyanak Drishtikon ate Sidhant.

Patiala: Punjabi University.8. McLellan, David 1974. Karl Marx: His Life and Thought. London:

MacMillan.9. Simmel, Georg. 1955. Conflict and the Web of Group Affiliations.

New York: Free Press.10. Turner, J. 1978. The Structure of Sociological Theory.

Home-woods, Illinois: The Dorsey Press.11. Zeitlin, I.M. 1969. Ideology and the Development of

Sociological Theory. Delhi: Prentice-Hall.12. Dahrendorf, R. 1959. Class and Class Conflict in Industrial

Society. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

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METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH






SECTION-A(i) Tools of data analysis: Sociometry, genealogies.(ii) Scaling techniques: Bogardus, Likert & Thurstone scales. Reliability &

Validity in scaling

SECTION-B

(i) Data Analysis: Editing, Coding & Tabulation.(ii) Quantitative and qualitative research.

Triangulation- mixing qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

SECTION-C(i) Statistics: uses and abuses in social research.

presentation of analysis, including charts and graphs,(ii) Measures of central tendencies: Mean, median, mode.

Dispersion: Standard deviation, Correlation, Chi-square

SECTION-D(i) Computer Application in Data Analysis: Using MS Excel/SPSS for statistical

analysis.Graphical Presentation: Presentation of data using MS Power point.

(ii) Report writing: Qualities of a research report, discussing the review material, quoting references, formatting bibliography. Report writing using MS Word.

-18-RECOMMENDED RESDINGS

1. Blalock, Hubert M. 1979. Social Statistics. New York:McGraw-Hill.

2 Bose, Pradip Kumar 1995. Research Methodology. New Delhi ICSSR.

3. Bryman, Alan 1988. Quality and Quantity in Social Research. London: Unwinhyman.

4. Creswell, John W. 2002. Research Design. New Delhi: Sage Publishers.

5. Gomm, Refer et.al. 2000. Case Study Method. New Delhi: Sage Publishers.

6. Goode, W.J. and 1981. Methods in Social Research. New York: McGraw Hill.

7. Maynits, R. Holm K. 1976. Introduction to Empirical Sociology.Penguin.

8. Moser, C.A. and Kalton 1971. Survey Methods in Social Research. E.L.B.S.

9. Mueller, J.H. and 1961. Statistical Reasoning in Sociology.Schuessler, K.F. New Delhi: Oxford and IBH

Publishing Company.10. Mukherjee, P.M. (ed.) 2000. Methodology in Social Research:

Dilemmas and Perspectives. New Delhi: Sage. (Introduction)

11. Prior, Lindsay 2003. Using Documents in social Research. New Delhi: Sage Publishers.

12. Selltiz, C. Jahoda, M. 1959. Research Methods in Social Morton, D. and Cook. S.W. Relations. New York: Holt, Rinehart

and Winston.13. Young, P.V. 1969. Scientific Social Surveys and

Research. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India

SYLLABUSM.A. (SOCIOLOGY) PART-II

(THIRD AND FOURTH SEMESTER)2010-11 & 2011-12

Note: Each paper is of 80 marks and 20 marks of Internal Assessment.

The Break-up of 20 Marks for Internal Assessment (Theory Papers) is as below:

1. Test 10 Marks2. Class Attendance 05 Marks3. Field Work / Project Work/Assignment/

Seminar etc. 05 Marks

TOTAL MARKS 20 Marks

SEMESTER-IIIPAPER-I

SOCIOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICALTHEORIES-III

Max. Marks : 80 Time Allowed : 3 HoursPass Marks : 28

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERThe question paper will consist of five sections A, B, C, D

and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 8 short-answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Each short-answer type question will carry four marks. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines. Twenty (20) marks will comprise Internal Assessment.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATESCandidates are required to attempt one question each

from sections A, B, C and D of the question paper and the entire section E. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.

SECTION-Ai. Structural-Functional : Distinctive features.

Approaches :ii. Emile Durkheim : Durkheim's sociologism; concepts of social facts and

collective representations; nature of society; the rules of

sociological method; studies of division of labour, suicide and religion.

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i. Talcott Parsons : Action frame of reference; action system and social system; AGIL and pattern variables.

ii. R. K. Merton : Theories of the middle range; paradigm for functional analysis; manifest and latent functions.

SECTION-Ci. A. R. Radcliffe-Brown : Social process and social system; concepts of social

structure, structural form and social function.ii. B. Malinowski : Malinowski's biological functionalism; theory of culture :

needs - institutions - culture scheme.

SECTION-Di. C. Levi-Strauss : Distinctive features and fundamentals of Levi-Strauss'

structuralism; structure, model and empirical reality.ii. A. Giddens : Structuration theory.


1. Benaff, M. 1998 : Levi-Strauss and the making of Structural Anthropology, Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press.

2. Giddens, A. 1978 : Durkheim, Glasgow: Fontana.3. Giddens, A. 1987 : Social theory today, London: Polity Press.4. Hamilton, P. 1983 : Talcott Parsons, London : Tavistock.5. Kuper, A. 1983 : Anthropology and Anthropologists, London : Routledge &

Kegan Paul.6. Levi-Strauss, C. 1968 : Social Structure, in Structural Anthropology, Penguin.

5. Malinowski, B. 1944 : A Scientific Theory of Culture, University of Carolina Press.

7. Merton, R. K. 1972 : Social Theory and Social Structure, New York : Free Press.8. Radcliffe-Brown 1952 : Structure and Function in Primitive Society, London :

A. R. Cohen and West.

9. Turner, J. 1978 : The Structure of Sociological Theory, Illinois : The Dorsey Press.

11. Zeitlin. I. 1969 : Ideology and the development of Sociological Theories, Delhi : Prentice Hall.

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RURAL SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA



and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 8 short-answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Each short-answer type question will carry four marks. Twenty (20) marks will comprise Internal Assessment.


Candidates are required to attempt one question each from sections A, B, C and D of the question paper and the entire section E. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines.

SECTION-Ai. Rural Sociology : Importance, origin and development, Rural-Urban differences.ii. Rural Society in India : Basic characteristics of peasant society, Agrarian class structure.

SECTION-Bi. Rural Social Structure : Caste structure in rural set-up, inter-caste relations – Jajmani system.ii Rural Economic : Land reforms and impact. Structure Green Revolution - Causes & consequences.

SECTION-Ci. Rural Political Structure -I: Constitutional Panchayats- – structure and functions

73rd Constitutional AmendmentFactions : Role in rural life.

ii Rural Political Structure -II: Empowerment of women through Panchayats.

SECTION-D

i Rural development-I : Programmes - CDP, IRDP, SJGSY, NREGS.

ii Rural development-II : Cooperatives, Rural Indebtedness

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1. Beteille, Andre 1974 : Studies in Agrarian Social Structure, New Delhi : Oxford University Press.

2. Beteille, Andre 1996 : Caste, Class and Power, Delhi : Oxford University Press. 3. Birinder Pal Singh 2005 : Some Comments on the Future of Rural Development in India,

Gandhi Marg, 4. Darling, M. L. 1978 : Punjab Peasant in Prosperity and Debt, Delhi : Rana Partap Bagh.5. Desai, A. R. 1978 : Rural Sociology in India, Bombay : Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.6. Desai, Vasant 1988 : Rural Development (Vol. I to VI), New Delhi : Himalaya Publishing

House.7. Doshi, S. L. 1999 : Rural Sociology, New Delhi : Rawat Publications.8. Fuller, Christopher 1996 : Caste Today, Delhi : Oxford University Press.9. Jammu, P. S. 1974 : Changing Social Structure in Rural Punjab, New Delhi : Sterling

Publishers.10. Jammu, P. S. 2007 : Jaat Parnali Ate Punjabi Samaj, New Delhi : Sterling Publication.11. Krishanamurthy 2000 : Rural Development : Challenges and Opportunities, Jaipur : Rawat

Publication.12. Marriott, Mckim 1969 : Village India : Studies in Little Community, Chicago : University of

Chicago Press. 13. Maheshwari, S. R. 1995 : Rural Development in India, New Delhi : Sage.14. Punit, A. E. 1978 : Social Systems in Rural India, New Delhi : Sterling Publication.15. Shanin, Teodor (ed.) 1971 : Peasants and Peasant Societies, Penguin Books Ltd.16. Sharma, K. L. 1997 : Rural Society in India, Jaipur : Rawat Publication.17. Sharma, M. L. 1999 : Land Reforms in India, New Delhi : Ajanta Publications. 18. Shukla & Hansra 1991 : Social, Economic and Political Implications of Green Revolution,

New Delhi : Classical Publishing Company.19. Sukhdev Singh 1994 : IRDP and District Development, New Delhi : Deep and Deep

Publications.20. Sukhdev Singh 1997 : Pendu Samaj Ate Pendu Vikas, Patiala : Punjabi University. 21. Sukhdev Singh 2006 : Pendu Samaj Vigyan, Patiala: Punjabi University22. Srinivas, M. N. (ed.) 1960 : India's Villages, Bombay : Asia Publishing House.23. Srinivas, M. N. 2003 : Caste : It's Twentieth Century Avatar, New Delhi : Viking.

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ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY






Section-ABasic concepts: Environment: a discussion of various concepts and

functions of environmentEcology and eco-system: history of concept, reasons

for popularitySustainable development: concept and different

perspectives

Environmental sociology Nature: main features Scope: the main topics and areas of ES Emergence: phases of development

Section-BTheoretical perspectives: Human Exemptionalist Paradigm (HEP): main

features of HEP, Marxist and Durkhiemian perspectivesNew Ecological Paradigm: The contribution of Dunlap and Catton

New perspectives: Radical ecology: Introduction and featuresDeep ecology: Arne Naess, deep ecology platform Eco-feminism: Main features.

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Ecological Crisis: Nature: The global environmental change and modern crisis

Extent: Local, regional and globalTypes: production related, consumption related, life

style basedMajor issues : Industrialization as a factor and process of crisis

Urbanization, as a non sustainable pattern of habitatPopulation: New Malthusian and ultimate resource

debateGMOs, benefits and controversies

Section-DEnvironmental activism: State Action: legislation, monitoring and funding

NGOs: types and functions Media: types and functions

Environmental Movements: Development, Nature and types The Chipko movement: a detailed study of its

significance

RECOMMENDED READINGS1. Agarwal, A. and 1985 : State of India's Environment: The

Narain Second Citizen's Report 1984-85, New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment.

2. Alvarez, C. 1992 : Science, Development and Violence, Delhi: Oxford University Press.

3. Dreyer, Oleg 1989 : Ecological Problems of Developing Countries, Delhi: Ajanta.4. Gadgil, M. and 1996 : Ecology and Equity: The Use and

Guha, R. Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India, Delhi: Viking Penguin.5. Guha, R. 1988 : Idelogical Trends in Indian Environmentalism, Economic and

Political Weekly, Vol. 13, pp. 2578-81.6. Hanningan, J. A. 1995 : Environmental Sociology, London: Routledge.7. Harvey, B. and 1977 : Environment and Society: An

Hallett, J. D. 1977 : Introductory Analysis, London: Macmillan.8. Iyer, K. G. (ed) 1977 : Sustainable Development: Ecological and Socio-cultural

Dimensions, New Delhi: Vikas. 9. King, Leslie and 2009 : Environmental Sociology : From analysis to action : Rowman &

Deborah Mecarthy Littlefield Publishers, INC.10. Mehta, M. D. and 1995 : Environmental Sociology: Theory

E. Quellit (eds.) and Practice, North York : Catpus Press.11. Rangarajan, M. 1996 : The Politics of Ecology, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 31,

pp. 2376-91.12. Redclift, M. R. and 1994 : Social Theory and Global

T. Benten (eds.) Environment, London: Routledge. -7-

13. Redclift, M. and 1995 : The Sociology of Environment,Adershot, Woodgate, (3 vols.), U.K.: Edwar Elgar Publishing G. (eds) Ltd.

14. Redclift, Michael 1997 : The International Handbook of and Woodgate, Environmental Sociology, Edward Graham (eds.) Elgar, U.S.A.

15. Shiva, V. 1991 : Ecology and Politics of Survival over Natural Resources in India, New Delhi.

16. Shiva, V. 1991 : The Violence of Green Revolution, U.K.: Zed Pro.17. Stem, P. C. 1992 : Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human

Dimensions, Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

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INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGYMax. Marks : 80 Time Allowed : 3 HoursPass Marks : 28





SECTION-A(a) Nature, scope and importance of industrial sociology.(b) Systems of production: Guild, domestic or putting-out, factory.

SECTION-B(a) Formal organization: Concept. A sketch of various roles (executive, supervisor, foreman, worker).

Industrial bureaucracy.(b) Informal organization: Concept. Hawthorne Plant Study. Functions of informal groups.

SECTION-C(a) Industrial conflict: Nature and causes.(b) Industrial relations machinery in India.(c) Trade Unions: Theories, Growth of trade union movement in India.

SECTION-D(a) Impact of industry on economy, polity, community, social stratification, family.(b) Work and organization in the post-modern society.

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RECOMMENDED READINGS1. Blau, Peter M. and 1971 : Bureaucracy in Modern Society,

Marshal W. Meyer New York : Random House.2. Eldridge J.E.T and 1971 : Sociology and Industrial Life,

Joseph, M. London.3. Giri, V. V. 1972 : Labour Problems in Indian Industry, Asia Publishing House,

Bombay.4. Gisbert, Pauscal 1981 : Fundamentals of Industrial Sociology, New Delhi : Tata McGraw-

Hill Publishing Company.5. Hancock, P. and 2001 : Work, Post-modernism and

M. Taylor organization, Delhi: Sage India.6. Kerr, C. et al 1973 : Industrialism and Industrial Man, Penguin.7. Miller & Form 1964 : Industrial Sociology, New York.: Harper & Row.8. Poole, M. 1982 : Theories of Trade Unionism: A Sociology of Industrial Relations,

London : Routledge & Kegan Paul.9. Parker, S. R. et. al. 1981 : The Sociology of Industry, London: George Allen and Unwin.10. Ramaswamy, B. A. 1981 : Industry and Labor : An

& Uma Ramaswamy Introduction, Delhi.: Oxford University Press.11. Sheth, N. R. (ed.) 1982 : Industrial Sociology in India: A Book of Readings, New Delhi:

Allied Publishers.12. Schneider, E. V. 1971 : Industrial Sociology: The Social Relations of Industry and

Community, London: Mc Graw-Hill.

-10-PAPER-IV (Option-ii)

POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY



The question paper will consist of five sections A, B, C, D and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 8 short-answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Each short-answer type question will carry four marks. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines. Twenty (20) marks will comprise Internal Assessment.



SECTION-A

(a) Political Sociology : Emergence and nature.(b) Main Approaches : Marxian and Structural-functional.(c) Political Culture : Meaning and significance, Types.

SECTION-B(a) Power : Concept and types.(b) Elites and society with reference to Pareto, Mills and Mosca.(c) Approaches to identify elites.

SECTION-C

(a) Political System : Nature and Types - Primitive, modern-democratic, totalitarian.(b) Salient features of the Indian political system. Ethnicity and nationalism.

SECTION-D

(a) Political Violence : Meaning and nature. Types of violence - state, communal, revolutionary, religious.

(b) Communalism : Concept. Socio-economic roots.

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1. Almond, S. A. & 1963 : The Civic Culture, Princeton :S. Verba Princeton University Press.

2. Bottomore, T. B. 1974 : Elites and Society, Penguin.3. Birinder Pal Singh 1999 : Problem of Violence : Themes in Literature, Shimla : Indian

Institute of Advanced Study.4. Brass, Paul 1991 : Ethnicity and Nationalism : Theory and Comparison, New Delhi :

Sage.5. Chandra, Bipan 1981 : Communalism in Modern India, Delhi : Vikas.6. Dowse, R. L. and 1972 : Political Sociology, London : Wiley

John, Hughes & Sons.7. Gupta, Dipankar 1996 : Political Sociology in India : Contemporary Trends, Delhi : Orient

Longman.8. Kothari, Rajni 1970 : Politics in India, Delhi: Orient Longman.9. Kohli, Atul 1988 : India's Democracy: An Analysis of Changing State Society

Relations, Delhi: Orient Longman.10. Kohli, A. (ed.) 2001 : The Success of India's Democracy, Cambridge University Press.11. Lipset, S. M. (ed.) 1972 : Politics and the Social Sciences, Delhi : Wiley Eastern Pvt. Ltd.12. Lukes, Steven 1977 : Essays in Social Theory, London: Macmillan.13. Miliband, Ralph 1973 : The State in Capitalist Society, London: Quartet Books.14. Mukhopadhya, Amal 1977 : Political Sociology, Calcutta: K. P. Bagchi & Co.15. Mills, C. W. 1977 : The Power Elite, New York : Oxford University Press16. Oomen, T. K. 1990 : State and Society in India : Studies in Nation Building, Delhi : Sage.17. Runciman, W. G. 1968 : Social Science and Political Theory, London : Cambridge

University Press.

-12-PAPER-IV (Option-iii)

SOCIOLOGY OF KINSHIP






SECTION-A(i) Kinship : Meaning, nature and scope.(ii) Approaches to study of kinship : Evolutionary, structural functional and structural.

SECTION-B

(i) Concept of descent; decent systems : Unilineal, double-unilineal, non-unilineal, patrilineal and matrilineal.

(ii) Concept of Alliance, Alliance theories, Descent and Alliance controversy, Filiation and affinity.

SECTION-C

(i) Incest taboos and exogamy.(ii) Domestic group and developmental cycle. Developmental cycle in north Indian family.

SECTION-D

(i) Kinship terminology and terminological systems.(ii) Punjabi kinship and Punjabi kinship terminology.

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1. Davenport, W. 1959 : 'Lineal and Non-lineal Descent Groups'. In Nelson Graburn (ed.), Readings in Kinship and Social Structure, New York, Harper and Row.

2. Dube, L. 1957 : The Sociology of Kinship in India, Delhi : ICSSR.3. Dumont, Louis 1971 : 'Marriage Alliance'. In Nelson Grabum (ed.), Readings in Kinship

and Social Structure, pp. 233-238.4. Fortes, M. 1953 : 'The structure of Unilineal Descent Groups'. In Nelson Graburn

(ed.), Readings in Kinship and Social Structure.5. Fox, Robin 1976 : Kinship and Marriage, Penguin.6. Fox, Robin 1983 : The Red Lamp of Incest : An Enquiry into the Origins of Mind and

Society, University of Notre Dame Press.7. Graburn, N. 1971 : Readings in Kinship and Social Structure Harper & Row,

Publishers, New York.8. Goody, J. (ed) 1958 : The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups, Cambridge

University Press.9. Hallen, G. C. (ed.) 1982 : Family Research in India : Some Strategies, Meerut : Rohini

Publications.10. International Ency- 1966 : Articles on Marriage, Family, Kinship

clopaedia of Social and Descent Groups.Sciences

11. Keesing, Roger 1975 : Kin Groups and Social Structure, New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

12. Levi-Strauss 1969 : The Elementary Structures of Kinship (R. Needham ed.) Boston : Beacon.

13. Leaf, M 1965 : 'The Punjabi Kinship Terminology as a Semantic System'. In American Anthroplogist, Vo1.73. pp. 545-554.

14. Madan, T.N. 1965 : Family and Kinship: A Study of Pandits of Rural Kashmir, Bombay : Asia Publishing House.

15. Murdock, G. P. 1949 : Social Structure, New York, Macmillan.

16. Pasternak, Burton : Introduction to Kinship and Social Organisation, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall. Chapter 5-9.

17. Radcliffe-Brown, 1950 : Introduction, In A. R. Radcliffe-and Forde, D. Brown and D. Forde (eds.) African Systems of Kinship and

Marriage, London : Oxford University.18. Radcliffe-Brown 1952 : Structure and Function in Primitive Society, London : Cohen &

West, Chapters 1 & 3.

19. Schneider, D. M. 1975 : 'Introduction: The Distinctive Features of Matrilineal Descent Groups'. In D. Schneider and K. Gough (eds.), Matrilineal Kinship, New Delhi, Wheelar.

20. Oberoi, P. 1993 : Family, Marriage and Kinship, New Delhi : Oxford University Press.

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PAPER-I

SOCIOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICALTHEORIES-IV






SECTION-Ai. Symbolic Interactionism : Distinctive features.ii. G. H. Mead : Self and society, genesis of self, I and Me.

Post-Mead developments : Chicago and Iowa schools - Contrasts (brief discussion).

SECTION-Bi. Phenomenological : Distinctive features.

Sociologyii. A. Schutz : Departure from Husserl and Weber; nature and structure of the life-

world (inter-subjectivity, stockof knowledge, typification); methodology.Post-Schutz developments : Berger and Luckmann - The social construction of reality (brief discussion)

ii. H. Garfinkel : Fundamentals of Ethnomethodology

SECTION-Ci. Post-Structuralism and : Distinctive features.

Post-modernism

-15-ii. M. Foucault : A new conception of knowledge acquisition; archaeology - history,

discourses, epistimes; genealogy - knowledge, power and subjectivity.

SECTION-Di. J. Lyotard : Modernity, metanarratives and their collapse; the advent of the

postmodern condition : little narratives, language games and paralogy.

ii. P. Bourdieu : Genetic Structuralism : Structures, habitus and practices.


1. Baert, P. 1998 : Social Theory in Twentieth Century, London: Polity Press.2. Giddens, A. & 1987 : Social Theory Today, London: Polity Press. J.H.Turner (eds.)3. Hunter, J. D. and 1986 : Making Sense of Modern Times : PeterL. Berger and the Vision

Ainlay, Stephen, C. of Interpretive Sociology, London : Routledge and KeganPaul.,

4. Manis, J. G. and 1978 : Symbolic Interaction, Boston : Allyn and Beacon.Meltzer (eds.)

5. Mouzelis, N. 1995 : Sociological Theory : What went wrong? London: Routledge.6. Polity 1994 : Polity Reader in Social Theory, London: Polity Press.7. Sidman, S. and 1992 : Postmodernism and Social Theory, London :Polity Press.

Wagner, David, G.8. Sim, S. 1996 : Jean-Francois Lyotard, London :Prentice- Hall.9. Turner, J. 1978 : The Structure of Sociological Theory, Illinois : The Dorsey Press.10. Wagner, H. 1970 : Introduction : Phenomenological Approach to Sociology. In Alfred

Schutz on Phenomenology of Social relations. The University of Chicago Press.

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SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT

Max. Marks : 80 Time Allowed : 3 Hours Pass Marks : 28





SECTION-A(i) Changing Conceptions of Development : Economic growth, human development, social

development, sustainable development.(ii) Critical Perspectives on Development : Ecological, liberal, Marxian.

SECTION-B(i) Theories of Development and Under-development : Modernization theories, centre-periphery,

world-system.(ii) Paths and agencies of development : Capitalist, socialist, mixed

economy; state, market, NGOs.

SECTION-C(i) Social Structure and Development : Structure as a facilitator; development and socio-economic

disparities.(ii) Culture and Development : Culture as an aid/impediment to development.

SECTION-D(i) Indian experience of development and social consequences of economic reforms.(ii) Socio-cultural repercussions of globalization; social implications of information technological

revolutions.

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1. Appadurai, Arjun 1997 : Modernity at Large : Cultural Dimensions of Globalization, New Delhi : Oxford University, Press.2. Dereze, Jean and 1996 : India : Economic Development and Social Opportunity, New Delhi

Amartya Sen Oxford University, Press.3. Harrison, D. 1989 : The Sociology of Modernization and Development, New Delhi :

Sage.4. Herq Mahbub, U. I. 1991 : Reflections on Human Development, New Delhi : Oxford University

Press.5. Sharma, S. L. 1980 : Criteria of Social Development, Social Action, Jan-March.6. Sharma, S. L. 1986 : Development : Socio-cultural Dimensions, Jaipur : Rawat.7. Sharma, S. L. 1986 : 'Salience of ethnicity in Modernization', Sociological Bulletin, Vol.

39. 1 and 2, pp. 33-51.8. Sharma, S. L. 1994 : 'Perspective on sustainable Development in South Asia : The case of

India.' In Sumid Ganguly (ed.)Perspectives on Sustainable Development in Asia, KualaLumpur : A.D.P.A.

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GENDER AND SOCIETYMax. Marks : 80 Time Allowed : 3 HoursPass Marks : 28





SECTION-A(i) Basic Concepts : Sex, gender, patriarchy, matriarchy, masculinity, femininity, gender

identity.(ii) Theories of Feminism : Liberal, radical, marxist, socialist

and Post-modernist

SECTION-B(i) Women's movement in the West.(ii) Women's movement in India.

SECTION-C(i) Women and Family : (a) Role of women.

(i) Biological perspective. (ii) Cultural perspective.(b) Social construction of gender.

(ii) Women and Work : (a) Invisibility of women's work.(b) Role of women in economy.

SECTION-D(i) Position of Women in : A historical perspective.

Indian Society.(ii) Emerging Issues : (a) Women in politics.

(b) Violence against women.

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1. Chafetz, Janet Satzam 1990 : Gender Equity : An Integrated Theory of Stability and Change, New Delhi, Sage Publication.

2. Davidson, Laurie and 1979 : The Sociology of Gender, Chicago, Rand McNally.

Girdon, Laura Kramer

3. Desai, Neera & 1970 : Women and Society in India, Delhi :M. Krishnaraj Ajanta Publications.

4. Dube, Leela 1988 : On the Construction of Gender, Economic and Political Weekly, April, 30, pp. Ws 11-19.

5. Dube Leela and 1990 : Structures and Strategies : WomenRajni Perewala (eds.) Work and Family, New Delhi : Sage.

6. Edgell, Stephen 2006 : The Sociology of Work : Continuity & Change in Paid and Unpaid Work Thousand Oaks, Sage Publication,

7. Forbes, G. 1998 : Women in Modern India,New Delhi : Cambridge University Press.

8. Gandhi, N. and 1992 : The Issues at Stake : Theory andN. Shah Practice in the Contemporary Women's Movement in India,

New Delhi : Kali for women.9. Ghadially, Rehana 1988 : Women in Indian Society - A Reader,

(ed.) New Delhi : Sage Publications.10. Govt. of India 1974 : Towards Equality : Report of the National Committee on the

Status of Women in India, New Delhi.11. Kalbagh Chetana 1991 : Women and Development, New

(ed.) Delhi : Discovery Publishing House, Vol. 1-7.12. Leslie, Julia (ed.) 2000 : Invented Identities :The Interplay of Gender, Religion and

Politics in India, New Delhi, O.U.P.13. Miller, Barbara 1997 : The Endangered Sex, New Delhi, Oxford Univ. Press14. Nancy Mandell 1995 : Feminist Issues : Race, Class & Sexuality, Canada : Prentice

Hall.15. Tong, Rosemarie 1989 : Feminist Thought : A Comprehensive Introduction, Colarado

: Westview Press.

-20-PAPER-IV (Option-i)

SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

Max. Marks : 80 Time Allowed : 3 Hours

Pass Marks : 28





SECTION-A(i) Sociology of Religion : Nature, scope and development.(ii) Approaches to the Study of Religion : Evolutionary (Tylor), Historical and Dialectical (Marx and Weber), Structural (Durkheim), Functional (Malinowski) and Phenomenological

(Eliade ).

SECTION-B(i) Rites of Passage : Theories of Van Gennep, M. Eliade and Max Gluckman.(ii) Totemism : Theories of Durkheim, Levi-Strauss and Radcliffe-Brown.(iii) Mystical agents and social control in tribal societies.

SECTION-C(i) Religious experience and expression.(ii) Religious organisation : Church, sect, cult and denomination. (iii) Religious leadership : Prophet, priest and shaman.

SECTION-D(i) Religion and other social institutions - economy, polity, family.

(ii) Religion and modernisation : Religious change, decline and revival.(i) Religion in contemporary India : Religious diversity, communalism, fundamentalism and

proselytism

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1. Beyer, P. 1994 : Religion and Globalisation, London : Sage.2. Bhupinder Singh 1988 : Theories of Religion, Delhi : Ajanta.3. Bruce, S. 1992 : Religion and Modernisation, Oxford Clarendon Press.4. Bruce, S. (eds.) 1996 : The Sociology of Religion, U.K. : Edwar Elgar Publishing Ltd.5. Clarke, Peter B. 2009 : The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion:

(ed.) Oxford University Press.

6. Durkheim, E. 1965 : The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, New York : The Free Press.

7. Gluckman, M. 1962 : Essays on the Ritual of Social Relations, Manchester : Manchester University Press.

8. Kemin J. Christiano 2008 : Sociology of Religion : Contemporary Developments. Lanham,(ed) .M.D: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

9. Levi-Strauss, C. 1962 : Totemism, Penguin.10. Madan, T. N. 1962 : Religion in India, New Delhi : Oxford University Press.11. Maletijt, A. 1968 : Religion and Culture, New York : The Macmillan Company.12. Mcguire, M. B. 1981 : Religion : The Social Context, Belmont, California : Wadworth

Publishing Co.13. O'Dea, T. F. 1969 : Sociology of Religion, Prentice-Hall.14. Pals, D. L. 1996 : Seven Theories of Religion, Oxford : Oxford, University Press.15. Patra Soumyajit (ed) 2010 : Rethinking Religion : Rawat Publications, New Delhi.15. Roberts, K. A. 1984 : Religion: Sociological Perspective, Homewood Illinois: The Drsey

Press.16. Sills, D. L. 1968 : International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, The Free Press.

(Articles on sociology of religion, ritual, sects and cults, religious specialists, myth and symbol).

17. Swatos, W. H. 1993 : A Future for Religion? New Paradigms for Social Analysis, New Delhi : Sage.

18. Weber, M. 1963 : The Sociology of Religion, Boston : Beacon Press.

-22-PAPER-IV (Option-ii)

SOCIOLOGY OF AGING






SECTION-A(i) The scope and significance of sociology of aging.(ii) Trends of increasing aging population in different societies. Factors responsible for the same.(iii) Social economical and political implications of aging population for developed and developing

societies.

SECTION-B(i) Theoretical and sociological perspective on aging.

Concept of age grades and the aged in tribal, traditional and modern societies.(ii) Aged – their status and treatment they get in traditional Hindu Society.

SECTION-C(i) Problems of the elderly: Economic problems and social problems.(ii) Physical problems and leisure time problems.

SECTION-D(i) Family and the aged in the urban and rural settings.

(ii) Policies of the Government with regard to aged. Support systems for the elderly : Family, community and state level.

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1. Beswas, S. K. (ed.) 1987 : Aging in Contemporary India, Calcutta : Indian Anthropological Society.

2. Chaudhary, S. K. 1992 : Problems of the Aged of Old Age Homes,(ed.) Bombay : Akshar Prathi Roop Limited.

3. Dandekar, K. 1990 : Eldery in India, New Delhi : Sage.4. Desoza Alferd 1982 : Aging in South Asia, Theoretical Issues and Policy Implications,

New Delhi : Indian social Institute.5. Dhillon, P. K. 1992 : Psycho-social Aspects of Aging in India, New Delhi : Concept.6. Kohli, A. S. 1996 : Social Situation of the Aged in India, New Delhi : Annual

Publications.7. Randhawa, M. S. 1991 : The Rural and Urban Aged, New Delhi : National Book

Organisation.8. United Nations 1994 : Proceedings of the United Nations Round Table the "Aging of Asian

Population", Bangkok.9. United Nations 1996 : Added Years of Life in Asia : Current Situation and Future

Challenges, New York : United Nations.

-24-PAPER-IV (Option-iii)

SOCIOLOGY OF MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE



The question paper will consist of five sections A, B, C, D and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 8 short-answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Each short-answer type question will carry four marks. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines. Twenty (20) marks will comprise Internal Assessment.



SECTION-A(i) Importance of popular culture and mass media.(ii) Basic concepts : Popular culture; mass communications and mass ideology.(iii) Theoretical approaches : McLuhan (The medium is the message), Baudrillard (The world of hyperreality), Habermas (The public sphere), Roland Barthes (Semiology)

SECTION-B(i) Popular culture : Films, Music, Sports, Soap shows.(ii) Components : Artists - Audience.

SECTION-C(i) Medium : Traditional-Fairs and festivals, Folkore.(ii) Modern : Cinema, Television, Multimedia, Internet.

SECTION-D

(i) Commercialization of leisure and recreation.(ii) Mass culture as industry.(iii) Globalization of media and popular culture.

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1. Appadurai, Arjun 1997 : Modernity At Large : Cultural Dimensions of Globalization, New Delhi : Oxford University Press.

2. Axford, B. and 2001 : New Media and Politics, London : Sage.Richard Huggins

3. Barthes, R. 1983 : Mythologies, New York : HilI & Wang.4. Barthes, R. 1977 : Elements of Semiology. New York : HilI & Wang.5. Bandrillard, J. 1983 : Simulations, New York : Semiotext.6. Bhatia, Sonia 1998 : Women, Democracy and the Media : Cultural and Political

Representation in the Indian Press, Delhi : Sage.7. Breckenridge, C. 2001 : Consuming Modernity : Public Culture in Contemporary India.

New Delhi : OUP8. Brosius, C. and 1999 : Image Journeys : Audio Visual Media & Cultural Change in India,

M. Butcher (ed.) Delhi : Sage.9. Curran, J. N. and 1991 : Mass Media and Society, London : Arnold.

M. Gurevitch (ed.)10. French, D. 2000 : Television in Contemporary Asia, London : Michael Richard Sage.11. Gunaratne, S. (ed.) 2000 : Handbook of the Media in Asia, London : Sage.12. Habermas, J. 1989 : The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, Cambridge :

Polity Press.13. Harinder Kaur 2004 : Fairs of Punjab : A Semiological Analysis, Delhi : Harman

Publishers.14. Johnson, K. 2000 : Television and Social Change in Rural India, London : Sage.15. Leach, E. 1976 : Culture and Communication, Cambridge : Cambridge University

Press.16. Manuel, P. 2001 : Cassette Culture : Popular Music and Technology in North India,

New Delhi, OUP17. McLuhan, M. & 2003 : Understanding Media : The Extensions of Man, Barkeley :Gungko

WT Gorden Press18. Mitra, A. 1993 : Television and Popular Culture in India, Delhi : Sage.19. Page, D. and 2001 : Satellites over South Asia, London : Sage.

William Crawely P.20. Preston, P. 2001 : Reshaping Communications, London : Sage.21. Robertson, R. 1992 : Globalisation, Social Theory and Global Culture, London : Sage.22. Singhal, A. and 2000 : India's Communication Revolution, Delhi : Sage. E. M. Rogers23. Tunstall, J. 1977 : The Media are American, New York : Columiba University Press.