M.A. Sociology (for Private Students)

M.A. I Sociology

Paper I - Sociological Thoughts (Compulsory)

Unit-I

A. Development of Sociological thought. B. August Comte: Sociology- A New Science of Comte, Positivism, Law of Three Stages, Hierarchy of

Sciences. Unit-II

A. Emile Durkheim: Social Fact, Division of Labour in society, Religion, Suicide, Social Solidarity, Collective Representation.

B. Max Weber: Methodology of Social Sciences and Value Judgement, Ideal Type, Social Action, Sociology of Religion, Authority.

Unit-III

A. Karl Marx: Historical Materialism, Dialectical Materialism, Class and Class Conflict, Surplus Value, Alienation.

B. V. Pareto: Logical-Non-Logical Action, Residues and Derivations, Circulation of Elite, Logico-experimental Research.

Unit-IV

A. P.A. Sorokin: Social Mobility, Social Change, Revolution. B. Talcott Parsons: Social System, Social Action, Deviant Behaviour, Pattern Variables, Mechanism

of social Control. Unit-V

A. R.K. Merton: Middle Range Theories, Structural- Functionalism, Social Structure and Anomie, Reference Group Behaviour.

B. Karl Manheim: Sociology of Knowledge, Sociology of Planned Reconstruction.

Books Recommended:

1. T.B. Bottomore Karl Marx: Selected Writings. 2. Barnes An Introduction to the History of Sociology. 3. E.S. Bogardus The Development of Social Thought. 4. Emile Durkheim The Rules of Sociological Methods. 5. Emile Durkheim The Division of Labour in Society. 6. R.K. Merton Social Theory and Social Structure. 7. Lewis A. Coser Masters of Sociological Thoughts. 8. Abraham and Morgan Sociological Thoughts. 9. Karl Marx Das Capital Vol. I & II 10. Karl Marx Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy. 11. Karl Marx Economic and Philosophic Manuscript of 1844.

12. Karl Marx Communist Manifesto.

Paper - II Social Research and Statistics (Compulsory)

Unit-I

A. Logic of Scientific Inquiry: Positivistic & Non Positivistic Methods. B. Problems in the Study of Social Phenomena: Objective, Fact & Value.

Unit-II

A. Census and Sampling: Meaning and Types. B. Methods of Social Research: Experimental, Comparative, Statistical, Historical, Structural-

functional, Case-study. Unit-III

A. Hypothesis: Concept and Formulation of Hypothesis. B. Research Design: Exploratory, Descriptive, Diagnostic, Experimental.

Unit-IV

A. Types and Sources of Data: Primary and Secondary. B. Techniques of Data Collection: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire and Schedule.

Classification and Tabulation of Data.

Unit-V

A. Scaling Techniques, Sociometry, Projective Technique, Content Analysis. B. Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation and Correlation,

Books Recommended:

1. G. Sijoberg and Roger Nett Methodology for Social Research. 2. Jahoda and Others Research Methods in Social Relations. 3. Goode and Hatt Methods in Social Research. 4. P.V. Young Scientific Social Survey and Research. 5. Pradeep Kumar Bose Research Methodology. 6. C.R. Kothari Research Methodology. 7. Wilkinson and Bhandarkar Methodology and Techniques of Social Research. 8. Martin Shipman The Limitations of Social Research. 9. Keith Punch Introduction of Social Research. 10.R.L. Ackoff Design of Social Research

Paper III (a) - Rural Sociology (Optional)

Unit-I

A. Rural Sociology: Definition, Development, Scope and Importance. B. Rural Urban Continuum.

Unit-II

A. Basic Concept: the Little Community, Peasant Society and folk Culture. B. Little and Great Tradition.

Unit-III

A. Social Institution: Joint Family, Caste and Jajmani System. B. Dominant Caste and Rural Factions.

Unit-IV

A. Rural Power Structure and Leadership. B. Rural Social Problems and Peasant Unrest.

Unit-V

A. Rural Reconstruction in India. B. Community Development Programme and Panchyati Raj.

Books Recommended:

1. A.R. Desai Rural Sociology in India. 2. S.C. Dube India's Changing Villages. 3. F.G. Balley Caste and the Economic Frontier. 4. J.B. Chitamber Introductory Rural Sociology. 5. S.C. Dube Indian Village. 6. A.R. Desai Rural India in Transition. 7. R.K. Mukherjee Dynamics of Rural Society. 8.Sushila Mehata A Study of Rural Sociology in India. 9. S.L. Doshi Rural Sociology in India.

Paper IV(a) - Urban Sociology (Optional)

Unit-I

A. Urban Sociology: Meaning, Nature and Scope; It's Relation with Other Social Sciences. B. Urban Sociology in India; Emerging Trends in Urban Sociology in India.

Unit-II

A. Meaning, Development and Classification of Urban Centers. B. Urban Social Structure: Family, marriage, Kinship.

Unit-III

A. Dimensions of Urbanization and the Social Consequences of Urbanization. B. Industrialization and Urbanization, their Interrelationship and Consequences.

Unit-IV

A. Theories of Rural-Urban Migration. B. Problems of Migration, Housing Problems, Slums and Urban Poverty.

Unit-V

A. Urban Problems: Crime, Prostitution, Juvenile Delinquency, Drug Addiction, AIDS. B. Urban Planning: Meaning, Objectives and agencies. Factors Affecting Urban Planning.

Books Recommended:

1. J.A. Quiney Urban Sociology. 2. Anderson Urban Sociology. 3. Ashish Bose Studies in India's Urbanization. 4. R.K. Bhardwaj Urban Development in India. 5. Harry Gold Sociology of Urban Life. 6. Radha Kamal Mukherjee Social Profile of a Metropolis. 7. Alfred De Souza The Indian City. 8. A.R. Desai and S.D. Pillai Slums and Urbanization. 9. R. Ramchandra Urbanization and Urban System in India. 10. Todaro Development in the Third World. 11. Sudama Singh Migration- Views & Reviews.

Paper V (a) - Gender and Society (Optional)

Unit-I

A. Social Construction of Gender: Gender vs. Biology. B. Approaches to the Study of Women: Psychological, Functional, Marxian and Feminist.

Unit-II

A. The Changing Status of Women in India: Pre-Colonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial. B. Women's movements in 19th and 20th Centuries.

Unit-III

A. The Demographic Profile of Women in India; the Gender Gap. B. The Status of health and Education among Women in India.

Unit-IV

A. Women and Economy: Production vs. Reproduction, Household Work, Invisible Work, Women and Development.

B. Development and The Women: Reservation, Role of State and NGOs. Books Recommended:

1. A.S. Altekar The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization. 2. Neera Desai & M. Krishanraj Women and Society in India. 3. G. Forbes Women in Modern India. 4. Ann Oakley Sex Gender and Society. 5. Ursula Sharma Women, Work and Property in N.W. India. 6. S.K. Pachauri Women and Human Rights. 7. Kalpana Roy Women in Indian Politics. 8. Rehana Ghadially Women in Indian Society. 9. Shah, Baviskar and Ramaswamy Social Structure and Change.

Jaywardene Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World.

Paper VI(a) - Political Sociology (Optional)

Unit-I

A. Nature and Scope of Political Sociology. B. Approaches to Political Sociology: Behavioural System and Input-Output Approach.

Unit-II

A. Power and Authority: Functional Perspectives, Marxian Perspective and Community Power Structure.

B. Elite Theory: Concept and Ideology, Power Elite and Circulation of Elites.

Unit-III

A. Conditions of Democratic Order: Economic Development and Democracy, Social Classes and Democracy.

B. Caste and Democratic Polity: Conflict and Democracy in India.

Unit-IV

A. Political Parties and Interest Group- Their role in Democratic Structure. B. Bureaucracy and Democracy.

Unit-V

A. Political Recruitment- Leadership, Its role in Polity, Political Action and Social Movements. B. Political Socialization and Nation Building Process in India, Political Participation-Electoral

Process and Voting Behavior.

Books Recommended:

1. Almond and Coleman Politics in the Developing Areas. 2. D. Apter Politics of Modernization. 3. Ali Ashraf Political Sociology. 4. T.B. Bottomore Political Sociology. 5. T.B. Bottomore Elites and Society. 6. Rajni Kothari Castes in Indian Politics 7. M.S.A. Rao Social Movements. 8. Mills Power Elite. 9. A.M. Rose Power Structure. 10. Lucian Rye Political Modernization.

M.A. II Sociology

Paper – VIII - Theoretical Perspective in Sociology (Compulsory)

Unit-I

A. Meaning, Nature and Types of Sociological theory. B. Theory, Model Building, Interrelationship between Theory and Research.

Unit-II

A. Functionalism, Structural- Functionalism (Radcliff Brown, S.F. Nadel, Malinowski, Robert Merton, Talcatt Parsons).

B. Structuralism and Post-Structuralism (Levi-Strauss, M. Foucault).

Unit-III

A. Conflict Theory (Karl Marx, R. Dahrondorf, L. Coser). B. The Critical Theory and Neo-Maxism (J. Habermas, L.Althusser).

Unit-IV

A. Symbolic Interactionism (G.H. Mead, Herbert Blumer).

B. Phenomenology (Edmumd Hussrel, George Santayana, Alfred Schultz).

Unit-V

A. Ethnomethodology (H. Garfinkle). B. Structuration (Anthony Giddens, Postmodernism)

Books Recommended:

1. Jaffrey C. Alexander Twenty Lectures: Sociological Theory Since World War II. 2. Ian Craib Modern Sociological Theory: From Parsons to Habermass. 3. Randall Collins Sociological Theory. 4. Jonathan H. Turner The Structure of Sociological Theory. 5. Abraham M. Francis Modern Sociological Theory. 6. Max Black The Social Theories of Talcott Parsons. 7. Ruth Wallace and A. Wolf Contemporary Sociological Theory. 8. John Rex Key Problems of Sociological Theory.

Paper IX - Sociology of Development

Unit-I

A. Conceptual Perspectives on Development: Economic Growth, Human Development, Social Development, Sustainable Development.

B. Social Structure and Development: Social Structure as a Facilitator/ Inhibitor.

Unit-II

A. Paths of Development: Socialist, Marxist, Gandhian. B. Theories of Development & Underdevelopment.

Unit-III

A. Problems of Developed and Developing Societies. B. Unequal Exchange.

Unit-IV

A. Institutional and Cultural Barriers to Development. B. Role of Communication in Development, Social Implication of Info-Tec Revolution.

Unit-V

A. Role of Intellectuals, Bureaucrats and Power Politics in Development. B. The Problems and Prospects of Development in Uttarakhand Region.

Books Recommended:

1. Karl Mannheim Freedom Power and Development Planning. 2. A.R. Desai India's Path of Development: A Marxist Approach. 3. S.R. Shenoy Central Planning in India. 4. S.L. Sharma Development: Socio-Cultural Dimensions. 5. Gunnar Myrdal Asian Drama. 6. World Bank World Development Report. 7. N.J. Smelser Sociology of Economic Life and Change. 8. D. Harrison The Sociology of Modernization and Development. 9. L.P. Vidyarthi and M. Jha Ecology, Economy and Religion of Himalayas. 10. Daniel Bell Post Industrial Society. 11. N.J. Smelser Social Change in Industrial Revolution. 12. David Harission Sociology of Development.

Paper III (b) – Sociology of Tribes in India (Optional)

Unit-I

A. Tribes in India: Definition, Characteristic and Geographical Distribution. B. Approaches to the Study of Tribal Society in India.

Unit-II

A. Tribal Population in India: Ethnic and Linguistic Composition. B. Cultural and Economic Classification of Tribes in India.

Unit-III

A. Tribal Culture and the Various Forms of Tribal Social Institutions: Marriage, Kinship, Clan, Youth Dormitory, Status and Role of Women in Tribal Society.

B. Tribe-Caste Continuum and the Problems of Cultural Contact and Social Integration, Tribal Movements in India.

Unit-IV

A. Socio-economic Profile and Development of Tribes and Backward Classes of Uttarakhand- With Special Reference to Bhotiyas, Rajis, Tharus, Buxas and Khasas

B. Problems of Tribes of Uttarakhand.

Unit-V

A. Tribal Development Programme: National Perspective and Appraisal of Different Development Programmes.

B. Tribal India: Past, Present and Future.

Books Recommended:

1. D.M. Majumdar & An Introduction to Social Anthropology. T.N. Madan

2. Makhan Jha Social Anthropology. 3. M.S.A. Rao Social Movements in India. 4. K.S. Singh Tribal Situation in India. 5. R.N. Pati & L. Jagatdeb Tribal Demography in India. 6. M.M. Verma Tribal Development in India. 7. Buddhadev Chaudhuri Tribal Development in India. 8. K.S. Mathur Tribe, Cast and Peasants. 9. L.P. Vidyarthi and Sahay Applied Anthropology and Development in India 10. B.S. Bisht Tribes of India, Nepal, Tibet borderland. 11. B.S. Bisht Raji: A Tribe of Indo-Nepal Border of Uttarakhand. 12. B.S. Bisht Ethnography of a Tribe. 13. B.S. Bisht Tribe of Uttaranchal- A Study of Education, Health, Hygiene and Nutrition.

Paper IV (b) - Industrial Sociology (Optional)

Unit-I

A. Meaning, Nature and Scope of Industrial Sociology. B. Development of Industrial Sociology in India.

Unit-II

A. Industrial Organization: Workers and Management, Work Groups, Staff Organization. B. Levels of Management, Function of an Executive (Lower, Middle and Upper Level Managers).

Unit-III

A. Industrial Bureaucracy (Weber, Merton, Gouldner and Blau). B. Manpower, Planning and Development, Workers Participation and Trade Union Organization-

Their Structure and Functions. Unit-IV

A. Industrial Society: Logic of Industrialism, Conflict of Culture in Industrial Society with Special Reference to Industrial man.

B. New Industrial Order and Conflict, major Implications, Mass Society and Alienation. Unit-V

A. Entrepreneurship in Developing Societies with Special Reference to India. Industrialization and Social Change in India, Requirements, Obstacles and Limitation of Industrialization.

B. Industrial Planning and Policy in India, Human Relations in Industry.

Books Recommended:

1. Davis Human Relation At Work. 2. P. Gisbert Fundamentals of Industrial Sociology. 3. Miller and Form Industrial Sociology. 4. Jain Indian manager, His Social Origin and Career. 5. W.E. Moore Impact of Industry. 6. N.R. Seth Social Framework of an Indian Factory. 7. Ralph Dahrendorf Class Conflict in Industrial Society. 8. Tom Burn Industrial Man. 9. Sheobahal Singh Entrepreneurship & Social Change. 10. Peter Kilby Entrepreneurship & Development. 11. K.L. Sharma Perspective & Role Performance of Industrial Entrepreneurs.

Paper V (b) - Sociology of Environment (Optional)

Unit-I

A. Sociology of environment: The Rise, Decline and Resurgence of Sociology of Environment. B. Interrelation among Ecology, Environment and Society.

Unit-II

A. Nature versus Nature: Synthesis of Societal and Environment Dialect. B. Emerging Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology of Environment: Contributions of Dunlop and

Catton, Patrick Giddens, Ramchandra Guha and Radha Kamal Mukherjee.

Unit-III

A. Environment Conservation and Sustainable Development. B. Development, Displacement, Relocation and Environmental Problems.

Unit-IV

A. Environment Impact Analysis, Its Need, Scope and Methodology. B. Role of Traditional Knowledge and Religious Beliefs to Environmental Protection.

Unit-V

A. Human Rights in Relation to Environment: Social Movements Regarding Environment and Ecology.

B. Role of Non-Governmental and Voluntary Organizations (NGOs, VOs) in Environment Protection.

Books Recommended:

1. Radha Kamal Mukherjee Social Ecology. 2. Ramchandra Guha Social Ecology.

3. Ramchanda Guha and Gadgil Ecology and Equity: the Use and Madhav Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India.

4. Vandna Shiva Staying Alive. 5. I.G. Simmons Humanity and Environment: A Cultural Ecology. 6. Luke Martel Ecology and Society. 7. M. Redcliff and Ted Benson Social Theory and the Global Environment 8. Anthoney Giddens Global Problems and Ecological Crisis. (In Introduction

to Sociology) 9. Anil Agarwal Citizen's Report on Status of Environment in India.

Paper VI (b) - Criminology (Optional)

Unit-I

A. Criminology: Meaning and Scope. B. Crime and Criminal: Concept and Classification.

Unit-II

A. Factors of Crime and Theories of Criminal Behaviour. B. Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, Crime against Woman.

Unit-III

A. Juvenile Delinquency: Concept, Types, Factors and Treatment, Juvenile Institution. B. Development of Modern Correctional Institutions, Treatment of Criminals, Probation and

Parole.

Unit-IV

A. Punishment: Objectives, Forms and Theories, Capital Punishment. B. Sociology of Prison, History of Prison Reforms in India, Model Prisons, Open Prison, Role of

Police in Crime Prevention.

Unit-V

A. Problem of Terrorism, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and Crime. B. Victimology.

Books Recommended:

1. E.H. Sutherland and D. R. Creassey Principles of Criminology. 2. Elliott and Merrill Social Disorganization. 3. G.R. Madan Indian Social Problems.

4. Barnes and Teeters New Horizons in Criminology. 5. B.K. Goswami Criminology and Penology. 6. Kiran Bedi It is Always Possible. 7. Ministry of Home Affairs Crime in India. 8.Rani d. Shankerdas Punishment and the Prison: India and International Perspective. 9. Denay F. Pace Concept of Vice, Narcotics and Organized Crime.

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Paper VII Viva-Voce (Compulsory)

There shall be a viva-voce test of 100 marks only for all the candidates (Regular as well as Private) at the

M.A. final level w.e.f. academic section 2008-09. The viva-voce test will be conducted by one internal

examiner duly recommended and forwarded by the Principal of the affiliated colleges and Head of the

Department in the case of the campus, and one external examiner appointed by the University. The

viva-voce will be meant for testing candidate's comprehension and verbal expression of sociological

topics covered in the syllabus.