Subject: SOCIOLOGY PAPER II SYLLABUS

Unit -1 : Sociological Theory

1. Classical Sociological Traditions 

• Emile Durkheim 
• Max Weber 
• Karl Marx

2. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism  

• Bronislaw Malinowski
• A.R.  Radcliffe- Brown 
• Talcott Parsons 
• Robert K. Merton 
• Claude Levi Strauss  

3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions 

• G.H.  Mead 
• Karl Manheim 
• Alfred Schutz 
• Harold Garfinkel 
• Erving Goffman 
• Clifford Geertz  

4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism  and Post Colonialism 

• Edward Said 
• Pierre Bourdieu 
• Michel Foucault 
• Jurgen Habermas 
• Anthony Giddens
• Manuel Castells

Unit - 2 :  

Research Methodology and Methods

1. Conceptualizing Social Reality

• Philosophy of Science
• Scientific Method and Epistemology  in Social Science 
• Hermeneutic Traditions
• Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science 
• Ethics and Politics

2. Formulating Research Design

• Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents
• Induction  and Deduction
• Fact, Concept and Theory 
• Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives

3. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

• EthnographySurvey Method
• Historical Method
• Comparative Method   

4. Techniques

• Sampling
• Questionnaire and Schedule
• Statistical Analysis
• Observation, Interview and  Case study   
• Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing

Unit -3 :  Basic Concepts and Institutions

1. Sociological Concepts 

• Social Structure
• Culture
• Network
• Status and Role
• Identity
• Community
• Diaspora
• Values, Norms and  Rules
• Personhood, Habitus and Agency
• Bureaucracy, Power and Authority  

2. Social Institutions

• Marriage, Family and Kinship 
• Economy
• Polity
• Religion
• Education 
• Law and Customs  

3. Social Stratification 

• Social Difference, Hierarchy,  Inequality and Marginalization
• Caste and  Class
• Gender, Sexuality and Disability
• Race, Tribe and  Ethnicity  

5.  Social Change and Processes

• Evolution and Diffusion
• Modernization and  Development
• Social Transformations and Globalization
• Social Mobility

Unit – 4 :  Rural and Urban Transformations

1. Rural and Peasant Society 

Caste-Tribe Settlements 

• Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations
• Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations 
• Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration
• Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements   
• Changing Inter-Community Relations and Violence 

2.  Urban Society

• Urbanism, Urbanity and Urbanization
• Towns, Cities and Mega-Cities
• Industry, Service and Business 
• Neighbourhood, Slums and  Ethnic Enclaves
• Middle Class and Gated Communities 
• Urban Movements and Violence

Unit – 5 :  State, Politics and Development

1. Political Processes in India

• Tribe, Nation State and Border
• Bureaucracy
• Governance and  Development   
• Public Policy: Health, Education and Livelihoods
• Political Culture
• Grass-root Democracy
• Law and Society 
• Gender and Development 
• Corruption
• Role of International Development Organizations

2.  Social Movements and Protests

• Political Factions, Pressure Groups
• Movements  based on Caste, Ethnicity, Ideology,  Gender, Disability, Religion and Region   
• Civil Society  and Citizenship
• NGOs, Activism and Leadership
• Reservations and Politics

Unit – 6 :  Economy and Society 

• Exchange, Gift , Capital, Labour and Market
• Mode of Production Debates
• Property and Property Relations
• State and  Market: Welfarism  and Neoliberalism
• Models of Economic Development
• Poverty and Exclusion
• Factory and Industry Systems 
• Changing Nature of Labour  Relations
• Gender and Labour Process
• Business and Family
• Digital Economy, E-Commerce 
• Global Business and Corporates
• Tourism 
• Consumption

Unit - 7:  Environment and Society

• Social and Cultural Ecology: Diverse Forms
• Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity 
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ethno-Medicine
• Gender and Environment 
• Forest Policies, Adivasis and Exclusion
• Ecological Degradation and Migration
• Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation
• Water and Social Exclusion 
• Disasters and Community Responses
• Environmental Pollution, Public Health and Disability 
• Climate Change and International Policies
• Environmental  Movements

Unit - 8:  Family, Marriage and Kinship 

• Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural
• Gender Relations and Power Dynamics
• Inheritance, Succession and Authority
• Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction   
• Children, Youth and Elderly 
• Emotions and Family
• Emergent  Forms of Family 
• Changing Marriage Practices
• Changing Care and Support Systems
• Family Laws
• Domestic Violence and Crime against Women
• Honour Killing

Unit - 9 :  Science, Technology and Society

• History of Technological Development   
• Changing notions of Time and Space
• Flows and Boundaries 
• Virtual Community
• Media: Print and Electronic, Visual  and Social Media
• E-Governance and Surveillance Society
• Technology and Emerging Political Processes
• State Policy, Digital Divide and Inclusion
• Technology and Changing Family Relations
• Technology and Changing Health Systems
• Food and Technology
• Cyber Crime

Unit - 10 :  Culture and Symbolic Transformations

• Signs and Symbols 
• Rituals, Beliefs and Practices 
• Changing Material Culture
• Moral Economy
• Education: Formal and Informal
• Religious Organizations, Piety and Spirituality
• Commodification of Rituals
• Communalism and Secularism 
• Cultural Identity and Mobilization
• Culture and Politics 
• Gender, Body and Culture
• Art and Aesthetics
• Ethics and Morality
• Sports and Culture
• Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism 
• Religion and Economy 
• Culture and Environment 
• New Religious Movements