MIDNAPORE COLLEGE

MIDNAPORE

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Syllabus

For

3 Year 6 Semester B. A. Honours Course In Sociology

COURSE STRUCTURE

HONOURS COURSE

Semester Duration Marks

Semester- I July-Dec 100

Semester- II Jan-June 150

Semester- II July-Dec 150

Semester- IV Jan-June 150

Semester- V July-Dec 150

Semester- VI Jan-June 100

Total 3 Years 800

SEMESTER-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF PAPERS

SOCIOLOGY HONOURS

SEMESTER-I

FULL MARKS-100

Paper Papers Marks

SOCH101 Introductory Sociology (Module-I) 50

SOCH102 Introductory Sociology (Module-II) 50

SEMESTER-II

FULL MARKS-150

Paper Papers Marks

SOCH201 Western Sociological Thought (Module-I) 50

SOCH202 Western Sociological Thought (Module-II) 50

SOCH203 Social and Sociological Thought in India (Module-I) 50

SEMESTER-III

FULL MARKS-150

Paper Papers Marks

SOCH301 Social and Sociological Thought in India (Module-II) 50

SOCH302 Research Methodology 50

SOCH303 Social Statistics 50

SEMESTER-IV

FULL MARKS-150

Paper Papers Marks

SOCH401 Sociological Theory (Module-I) 50

SOCH402 Sociological Theory (Module-II) 50

SOCH403 Social Stratification (Module-I) 50

SEMESTER-V

FULL MARKS-150

Paper Papers Marks

SOCH501 Social Stratification (Module-II) 50

SOCH502 Sociology of India 50

SOCH503 Sociology of Tribal Society 50

SEMESTER-VI

FULL MARKS-100

Paper Papers Marks

SOCH601 Sociology of Gender 50

SOCH602 Social Issues 50

SEMESTER I Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper- SOCH-101

Introductory Sociology

(Module-I)

1. Nature and Scope of Sociology

1.1 The sociological perspective

1.2 Origin and the history of the disciplines

1.3 Sociology and Common Sense

1.4 Sociology as a science of society

1.5 Practical significance of sociology

2. Sociological concepts

2.1 Individual and group

2.2 Culture

2.3 Socialization

2.4 Folkways and Mores

2.5 Status and Role

3. Types of society

3.1 Pre-modern and modern society

3.2 Hunters and gathers societies

3.3 Pastoral and agrarian society

3.4 Advanced industrial societies, developing societies and post industrial society

4. Social interaction and everyday life

4.1 The study of everyday life

4.2 Non verbal communication

4.3 Social rules and talk: face body and speech in interaction

4.4 Interaction in time and space

4.5 Micro sociology and macro sociology

5. Theoretical Sociology

5.1 Functionalism: functional perspective to the study of society

5.2 Marxism: Conflict perspective to the study of society

Proposed Readings:- Anthony Giddens Human Societies Anthony Giddens Sociology Guy Rocher A General Introduction to Sociology Smelser Sociology N. Jayaram Introductory Sociology Haralambus and Heald Sociology -: Themes and perspective Bilton and other Introductory Sociology Worsley New Introducing Sociology D. C. Bhattachariya Sociology Vidyabhusan & Sachdeva Sociology MacIver & Page Society: An Introductory Analysis Pascual Gisbert Fundamentals of Sociology Alex Inkeles What is Sociology H.M. Johnson Sociology Horton & Hunt Sociology K. E. Varghese General Sociology Samir Dasgupta Poulomi Saha An Introduction to Sociology (Pearson)

Andre Beteille Sociology: Essays in Approach and Method Peter Berger Invitation to Sociology George Ritzer Classical Sociological Theory

Bierstedt The Social Order Ritzer The Mcdonaldisation of Society A.R.Radcliffe Brown Structure and function in Primitive Society Tom Bottomore Dictionary of Marxist Thought George Ritzer Sociological Theory Wallace and Wolf Contemporary Sociological Theory Jonathan Turner The Structure of Sociological Theory Randall Collins Three Sociological Traditions George Ritzer Classical Sociological Theory Marx and Engels The Communist Manifesto, Signet Classic :

SEMESTER I Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper- SOCH-102

Introductory Sociology

(Module-II)

1. Family and Marriage

1.1 Definition of family

1.2 Types of family

1.3 Violence within the families

1.4 Trends of family

1.5 Definition of marriage, types

2. Social control, Deviance and Crime

2.1 Social control: definition

2.2 Deviance and crime

2.3 Institutions

3. Kinship

3.1 Definition

3.2 Terminology

3.3 Patterns of it

4. Ethnicity and Race

4.1 Ethnicity, prejudice and discrimination

4.2 Ethnic antagonism

4.3 Ethnicity in the modern world

5. Social Inequality and Social Movements

5.1 Caste

5.2 Class

5.3 Tribe

5.4 Social Movements

5.5 Collective action

Proposed Readings:- Anthony Giddens Human Societies Anthony Giddens Sociology Guy Rocher A General Introduction to Sociology

Smelser Sociology N. Jayaram Introductory Sociology Haralambus and Heald Sociology -: Themes and perspective Bilton and other Introductory Sociology Worsley New Introducing Sociology D. C. Bhattachariya Sociology Vidyabhusan & Sachdeva Sociology MacIver & Page Society: An Introductory Analysis Pascual Gisbert Fundamentals of Sociology Alex Inkeles What is Sociology H.M. Johnson Sociology Horton & Hunt Sociology K. E. Varghese General Sociology Samir Dasgupta Poulomi Saha An Introduction to Sociology (Pearson)

SEMESTER II Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-201

Western Sociological Thought

(Module-I)

1. Historical background of sociology

1.1 Sociology as a new discipline

1.2 Impact of three revolutions the University revolution, the French Revolution and the Industrial revolution.

2. Auguste Comte

2.1 Intellectual Background

2.2 Positivism

2.3 Hierarchy of sciences

2.4 Social static and social dynamic

2.5 Law of Three stages

3. Herbert Spencer

3.1 Intellectual Background

3.2 Theory of Evolution

3.3 Organicist Approach

3.4 Typology of Societies

3.5 Social Darwinism

4. Emile Durkheim

4.1 Intellectual Background

4.2 Social Fact

4.3 The theory of Suicide

4.4. The division of Labour

4.5 The theory of Religion

Proposed Readings:- Lewis Coser Master of Sociological Thought Alan Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought Zeitlin Ideology and Development of Sociological Thought Raymond Aron Main Currents in Sociological Thought

Abraham & Morgan Sociological Thought Steven Lukes Durkheim Ken Morrison Marx,Durkheim,Weber: Formation of Modern Social Thought Ashley Sociological Theory Classical Statements Ritzer Classical Sociological Theory ( )

SEMESTER II Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-202

Western Sociological Thought

(Module-II)

1. Karl Marx

1.1 Intellectual Background

1.2 Dialectical Method

1.3 Historical Materialism

1.4 Class and class struggle

1.5 The theory of Revolution

1.6 Base- Superstructure relationship

2. Vilfredo Pareto

2.1 Intellectual Background

2.2 Logical and Non-logical action

2.3 Residues and Derivations

2.4 The Lion and the Foxes

2.5 The theory of Elites and the circulation of elites

3. Max Weber

3.1 Intellectual Background

3.2 Ideal Types

3.3 Social Action

3.4 Types of authority

3.5 Bureaucracy

3.6 Stratification

3.7 Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of capitalism

4. Gerog Simmel

4.1 Formal Sociology

4.2 Individual and Society

4.3 Concept of Sociation

Proposed Readings:- Lewis Coser Master of Sociological Thought Alan Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought Zeitlin Ideology and Development of Sociological Thought Raymond Aron Main Currents in Sociological Thought Abraham & Morgan Sociological Thought Frank Parkin Max Weber Sobhanlal Duttagupta Marxism and Post-Marxism Ken Morrison Marx,Durkheim,Weber: Formation of Modern Social Thought Ernest Fischer Marx in His Own Words Bottomore & Rubel Karl Marx: Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy Bottomore Marxist Sociology

Bottomore(ed.) Dictionary of Marxism John Lewis Marxism of Marx ( ) (

SEMESTER II Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-203

Social and Sociological Thought in India

(Module-I)

1. Development of Sociology in India: An overview

2. Benoy Kumar Sarkar

2.1 Positivism

2.2 Personality

2.3 Progress

2.4 Interpretation of Indian Tradition

3. D. P. Mukherji

3.1 Personality

3.2 Methodology

3.3 Interpretation of tradition and social change in India

3.4 Middle Class in India

4. N. K. Bose

4.1 Approach to the study of Society

4.2 Structure of Hindu Society

4.3 Concept of Hindu method of tribal Absorption

5. G. S. Ghurye

5.1 Approaches to Sociology

5.2 Caste and Tribe

5.3 Dynamics of Culture and Society

5.4 Religion: Hindu and Muslim

Proposed Readings:- Benoy Kr. Sarkar Villages and Towns as Social Pattern D. P. Mukherjee Personality and the Social Diversities: Concepts in Sociology; Modern Indian Culture

Modern Indian Culture

Swapan Bhattacharya Indian Sociology: The Role of Benoy Kumar Sarkar Swapan Kr. Pramanik Sociology of G. S. Ghurye Yogendra Sing Indian Sociology: Social Conditioning and Emerging Trends Benoy Sarkar The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology G. S. Ghurye Caste And Race In India T.K.Oommen & Partha Mukherjee Indian Sociology Andre Beteille Sociology: Essays on Approaches to the study of society of India N. K. Bose Culture and Society in India. N. K. Bose Structure of Hindu Society B. K. Nagla Indian Sociological Thought (2nd ed) Rawat Publication ( )

SEMESTER III Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-301

Social and Sociological Thought in India

(Module-II)

1. Rabindranath Tagore

1.1 Man, Society and Personality

1.2 Nationalism and Internationalism

1.3 Education

1.4 Village Community

1.5 Co-operative and Rural development

2. M. K. Gandhi

2.1 Critique of Western Industrialism

2.2 Alternative model of development

2.3 Village Reconstruction

2.4 Hindu Swaraj and village Republic

2.5 Concept of Education (Nai Talim)

3. B. R. Ambedkar

3.1 Hinduism and Buddhism

3.2 Critique of Varna/Caste based society of India

3.3 Dalits and Untouchability in India

3.4 Caste, Class and democracy

4. Vivekananda

4.1 Socialism and Revolution

4.2 Personality

4.3 Society and Progress

4.4 Exploitation and equality

5. Bhupendranath Dutta

5.1 Methods of studying Indian Society

5.2 Religion and Society (Relation between Hinduism and Vaishavism)

5.3 Relation between politics and society

Proposed Readings:-

R. N. Saksena Indian Social Thought T.K. Oommen & Partha Mukherjee (ed) Indian sociology Amal K. Mukhopadhyay(ed) : The Bengali Intellectual Tradition R. N. Tagore Nationalism M. K. Gandhi Hind Swaraj Radharaman Chakrabarty : Tagore, Politics and Beyond in Pantham a

and Deutsch (ed) Political Thought in M

Modern India

M. K. Gandhi Hind Swaraj Jayantanuj Bandyopadhyay Social and Political Thought of Gandhi Nirmal Kumar Bose Studies in Gandhism Buddhadeva Bhattacharyya Evolution of the Poilitical Philosophy of G

Gandhi

M. S. Gore The Social Context of an Ideology A Ambedkars Political and Social Thought

Gail Omvedt Dalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr.Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India (Sage)

Colonial India (Sage)

B. R. Ambedkar Annihilation of the Caste

Dhananjay Keer Ambedkar : Life and Mission W. N. Kuber Dr. AmbedkarA Critical Study Swami Vivekananda Selections from his writings (Advaita Ashram)

Ashram)

Santilal Mukherjee The Philosophy of Man-Making : A Study I in Social and Political Ideas of Swami Vivekananda

Vivekananda

V. P. Verma Ancient and Medieval Indian Political t thought

V. P. Verma Modern Indian Political thought V. R. Mehata Foundations of Indian Political thought Biman Bihari Majumder Indian Political Thought ( ) ( ) : ( )

SEMESTER III Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-302

Research Methodology

1. Theory and Research

1.1 Concepts, Variables and propositions

1.2 Hypotheses: definition, types and characteristics of usable hypothesis

1.3 Links between theory and research

1.4 Conceptualisation and operationalisation

1.5 Qualitative and Quantitative Research

2. Research Design

2.1 Stages of Research

2.2 Types, uses and Abuses of social research

2.3 Major steps of research design

2.4 Methodology versus method

2.5 unit of analysis

3. Research Method

3.1 Survey Research: general components; types

3.2 Tools and techniques of survey research (Questionnaire and Interview)

3.3 Field Research: General components; observation; design, strategies; secondary analysis, participatory rural-urban

appraisal

4. Sampling

4.1 Definition: universe, population, sample

4.2 Probability and Non-probability sampling: Typology

4.3 Importance of sampling in social research

Proposed Readings:- Bailey Methods of Social Research Baker Doing Social Research N. Jayaram Sociology: Methods and Theory Earl Babbie The Practice of Social Research Goode & Hatt Methods in Social Research

Ram Ahuja Research Methodology Byron Survey Research (oxford) : :

SEMESTER III Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-303

Social Statistics 1. Statistics

1.1 Definition- Terminology and Typology

1.2 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

1.3 Place of Statistics in social research

2. Levels of Measurement

2.1 Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio

2.2 Continuous and Discrete Variables

2.3 Ratio, proportion and percentages

2.4 Measurement and statistics

3. Frequency Distribution

3.1 Grouping of Data

3.2 Cumulative Frequency

3.3 Percentage Distribution

4. Graphic Techniques

4.1 Bar diagram

4.2 Pie chart

4.3 Frequency polygon and histogram

4.4 Ogive

4.5 Graphic Presentation of Measurement

5. Measurement of Central Tendency

6. Measures of Dispersion

Proposed Readings:- Blalock Social Statistics N. G. Das Statistical Method (Vol.-I) Garrett Statistics in Educational Research Elifson, Runyon and Hader Fundamentals of Social Statistics Fielding, Gilbert Understanding Social Statistics. Mueller, Schuessler, Costner Statistical Reasoning in Sociology. N.J Salkind Statistics For People Who Hate Statistics. R.M Sirkin Statistics for Social Sciences. Alan Agresti, Barbara Finlay Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences. Derek Rowntree Statistics without Tears. Goon & Aich Statistics for the Social Science (Revised Edition).

SEMESTER IV Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-401

Sociological Theory

(Module-I)

1. Nature and Task of Sociological Theory

1.1 Definition

1.2 Basic elements or Building Blocks of Sociological Theory

1.3 Characteristics of Sociological Theory

2. Functional Theory

2.1 General Arguments

2.2 Basic premises and propositions

2.3 Contribution of Talcott Parsons and Merton

2.4 Critical Overview

3. Conflict Theory

3.1 General Arguments

3.2 Contributions of Dahrendorf and Coser

3.3 Critical Overview

4. Exchange Theory

4.1 General Arguments

4.2 Contributions of Homans

4.3 Contributions of Blau

4.4 Critical Overview

Proposed Readings:- George Ritzer Sociological Theory Wallace and Wolf Contemporary Sociological Theory Jonathan Turner The Structure of Sociological Theory Randall Collins Three Sociological Traditions George Ritzer Classical Sociological Theory R. Fletcher The Making of Sociology Ian Craib Classical Sociological Theory M. Water Modern Sociological Theory M. Francis Abraham Modern Sociological Theory Adams & Sydie Sociological Theory Ronald Fletcher The Making of Sociology: A Study of Sociological Theory Anthony Giddens Capitalism and Modern Social Theory Judge Foundation of Classical Sociological Theory, Pearson :

SEMESTER IV Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-402

Sociological Theory

(Module-II)

1. Symbolic Interactionism 1.1 General Arguments

1.2 Contribution of Mead

1.3 Contribution of Blumer

2. Critical Sociology

2.1 General Arguments

2.2 Frankfurt School: Contribution of Adorno and Marcuse

3. Feminist Sociology

3.1 General Arguments: Gender Sex and Public and Private Debate

3.2 Stages of development of feminism

3.3 Varieties of feminist sociology

4. Post-Modern Sociology

4.1 General Arguments

4.2 Foucault, Derrida, Jameson, Harvey

5. Ethnomethodology: Garfinkel

Proposed Readings:- George Ritzer Sociological Theory Wallace and Wolf Contemporary Sociological Theory Jonathan Turner The Structure of Sociological Theory Randall Collins Three Sociological Traditions George Ritzer Classical Sociological Theory George Ritzer Post Modern Social Theory Dipankar Gupta Mistaken Modernity R. Fletcher The Making of Sociology Ian Craib Classical Sociological Theory M. Water Modern Sociological Theory M. Francis Abraham Modern Sociological Theory Adams & Sydie Sociological Theory Ronald Fletcher The Making of Sociology: A Study of Sociological Theory Anthony Giddens Capitalism and Modern Social Theory Perry Anderson Considerations of Western Marxism David Frisby Frankfurt School Phil Slater Origin and the Significance of the Frankfurt School Paul Connerton Critical Sociology Judge Foundation of Classical Sociological Theory, Pearson :

SEMESTER IV Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-403

Social Stratification

(Module-I)

1. Understanding Social Stratification: Different forms

1.1. Natural Inequalities and Social inequality

1.2 Hierarchy and differences

2. Approaches to Study of Social Stratification

2.1 Functionalist Approach

2.2 Conflict Approach

2.3 Weberian Approach

2.4 Feminist Approach

3. Social Inclusion and Social Exclusion

3.1 Define Social Exclusion

3.2 Forms of Social Exclusion

3.3 Define Marginality

3.4 Impact of Marginality on Society

3.5 Different Programmes of Social inclusion

3.6 Relation between Social inclusion and Marginality

4. Social Mobility

4.1 Define Social mobility

4.2 Different forms of Social Mobility

4.3 Relation between social mobility and poverty

4.4 Relation between social mobility and Education

Proposed Readings:- A. Beteille Inequality among Men T. Bilton Introductory Sociology A. Giddens & PW. Sutton Sociology A. Giddens Sociology (4th edn.) P. Gilroy There Aint No Black in the Union Jack in Giddens (ed) Human Societies KL. Sharma Social Stratification and Social Mobility KL. Sharma Perspectives on Social Stratification (Rawat publication) Dipali Saha Sociology of Social Stratification (Global Vision Publishing House) John Archer Jackson Social Stratification John Holmwood Social Stratification (Vol.-2) Dipankar Gupta Social Stratification, Hierarchy, Difference and Social Mobility A. Chakravarti Some Aspects of caste in Rural India in Beteille (ed) Equality and Inequality S. Deshpande Contemporary India A Sociological View Fletcher and Gapasin The Politics of Labour and Race in the USA in Socialist Register 2003 Scott and Jackson (ed) Gender A Sociological Reader (Selected Readings) Kemp and Squires (ed) Feminisms (Selected Readings) J. H. Goldthorpe Social Mobility and Class Structure in Modern Britain, Oxford Clarendon Press Introduction Societies: Oxford: Clarendon Press R. Erikson & J.H. Goldthorpe The constant Flux: A study of class mobility in Industrial societies D. V. Grusky Social Stratification Perspective. Boulder David Byrne Social Exclusion (2nd ed.) (Rawat publication)

SEMESTER V Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-501

Social Stratification

(Module-II)

1. Social Stratification, Status and Power

1.1 Hierarchy of Status and Power

1.2 Caste-Class-Power

1.3 Caste-Status-Power

2. Caste System in India

2.1 Origin and definition of caste

2.2 Features of Caste System

2.3 Caste and Politics

2.4 Impact of caste system in Contemporary India

3. Agrarian Structure

3.1 Agrarian Structure in Rural India

3.2 Jajmani System and Modern democracy

3.3 Changing pattern of peasantry in contemporary India

4. Rural Political Structure

4.1 Traditional Caste and Village Panchayat

4.2 Panchayati Raj Before and after 73rd

constitutional amendment

4.3 Panchayati Raj and Empowerment of Women

Proposed Readings:- T. Bilton Introductory Sociology A. Giddens & PW. Sutton Sociology A. Giddens Sociology (4th edn.) P. Gilroy There Aint No Black in the Union Jack in Giddens(ed) Human Societies U. Sharma Caste KL. Sharma Social Stratification and Social Mobility KL. Sharma Perspectives on Social Stratification (Rawat publication) Peter Saunders Social Class and Stratification Dipali Saha Sociology of Social Stratification (Global Vision Publishing House) John Archer Jackson Social Stratification John Holmwood Social Stratification (Vol.-2) Rhonda F. Levine Social Class and Stratification Dipankar Gupta Social Stratification, Hierarchy, Difference and Social Mobility A. Chakravarti Some Aspects of caste in Rural India in Beteille (ed) Equality and Inequality U. Chakravarti Gendering Caste Through a Feminist Lens S. Deshpande Contemporary India A Sociological View Fletcher and Gapasin The Politics of Labour and Race in the USA in Socialist Register 2003 Scott and Jackson (ed) Gender A Sociological Reader (Selected Readings) J. H. Goldthorpe Social Mobility and Class Structure in Modern Britain. Oxford: Clarendon Press Introduction Societies: Oxford: Clarendon Press R. Erikson and J.H. Goldthorpe The constant Flux: A study of class mobility in Industrial societies D. V. Grusky Social Stratification Perspective. Boulder

SEMESTER V Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-502

Sociology of India

1. Introduction

1.1 The Rise of Sociology and Anthropology in India

2. Nature of Indian Unity

2.1 Unity and Diversity

2.2 Source of diversity

2.3 Social bases of unity

3. Caste

3.1 Definition and features

3.2 Persistence and change

3.3 Varna and Jati

3.4 Pollution and Purity

3.5 Perception of dominant caste and Sanskritization

4. Class

4.1 Definition and features

4.2 Urban class structure

4.3 Rural class structure

4.4 Social mobility

5. Power Structure

5.1 Power Elite in rural India

5.2 Panchayat and Municipality

5.3 Local bodies and social change

5.4 Relationship between Civil society and state India

Proposed Readings:- Mandelbaum Society in India Yogendra Singh Modernization in Indian Tradition M. N. Srinivas Social Change in Modern India Kuppuswami Social Change in India S. C. Dube Indian Society S. R. Maheswari Rural Development in India S. L. Doshi & P. C. Jain Rural Sociology D. N. Dhanagare Themes and Perspectives in Indian Society Yogendra Sing Modernization of Indian Tradition S. Pramanik Sociology of G. S. Ghurye Berreman Caste, Inequality and other Essays M. S. A. Rao Urban Sociology in India

SEMESTER V Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-503

Sociology of Tribal Society

1. Tribe

1.2 Definition and its conceptual ambiguity 1.2 Features 1.3Caste and Tribe

2. Socio-cultural Profile

2.1 Ethnic and Cultural diversity

2.1 Characteristic features of tribal society

2.2 Kinship, marriage and family 2.3 Religious beliefs and Practices 2.4 Cultural traditions

3 Social mobility and change 3.1 Tribe caste continuum

3.1 Nirmal Kumar Bose 3.2 Surajit Sinha

4 Problems of Tribal People 4.1 Poverty

4.1 Illiteracy 4.2 Land alienation

5 Tribal movements 5.1 Colonial period 5.2 Post-Independence period

Proposed Readings:- Nadeem Hassain Tribal India Today Thaper Tribe Caste and Religion in India S. C. Dube Indian Society Hamendorf Tribes in India S. L. Doshi & P.C. Jain Social Anthropology A.R. Radcliffe Brown Structure and Functions in Primitive Society

SEMESTER VI Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-601

Sociology of Gender 1. Gendering Sociology

2. Gender as a social construct

2.1 Sex, Gender, Sexuality

2.2 Production of Masculinity and femininity

2.3Debate on Public and Private Domain

3. Theories on Sexuality and Subjectivity

3.1 Liberal theory

3.2Radical theory

3.3Psychoanalytic theory

3.4Post-Structuralist theory

4. Development and Indian Nation State

5. Women, Employment and global Economy

5.1Women and paid employment: Capitalism and patriarchy

5.2Women as unpaid labour: Wages for house work debate

Proposed Readings:- Laura Kramer The Sociology of Gender: A Brief Introduction Scott and Jackson (ed) Gender A Sociological Reader (Selected Readings) Kemp and Squires (ed) Feminisms (Selected Readings) Angela Y. Davis Women, Race & Class Jane Freedman Feminism Sharmila Rege Sociology of Gender: The Challenge of Feminist Sociological Thought (Sage

Publication)

Srimati Basu She Comes to Take Her Rights: Indian Women, Property and Propriety (Zubaan,2001)

N. Kabeer Reversed Realities, London: Verso N. Kapadia(Ed.) Violence of development: the politics of Identity, gender and social

inequalities in India, New Delhi: Zubaan

N. Menon(Ed.) Gender and Politics in India N. Viswanathan The Women, Gender and Development Sujata Sen Gender Studies Anjali Kurane Issues in Womens Development (Rawat Publication) ( )

SEMESTER VI

Full Marks-50

(ESE-40, CIA-10)

Paper - SOCH-602

Social Issues 1. Population:

1.1Concepts and Theory: Malthus and Demographic Transition

1.2Trends, policy and appraisal

2. Poverty, Unemployment and Illiteracy

2.1Definition

2.2Causes

2.3Consequences

3. Ecology and Environment

3.1 Concepts

3.2 Sustainability: Conservation

Displacement

4. Secularism, Communalism and Regionalism

4.1 Definition

4.2 Causes and Consequences

5. Domestic Sphere

5.1 Violence against Women and Children

5.2 Youth Alienation

5.3 Old age problem

Proposed Readings:- Gulati Fertility in India Rudolph and Rudolph In Pursuit of Laxmi M. S. A. Rao Urban Sociology in India G. Grobes Women in India Sumi Krishna Environmental Politics: Peoples Lives and

Development Choices

M.L.Sharma &T.M.Dak Aging in India : Challenges for the Society O. S. Srivastava Demography and Population Studies Arish Bose Demographic Diversity in India Atul Kohli The State and Poverty in India: The Politics of Reform Amartya Sen Poverty and Famines Ram Ahuja Social Problems in India Ram Ahuja Criminology Ghanashyam Shah Poverty Alleviation Programmes in India Waxman The Stigma of Poverty : A Critique of Poverty; Theories a

and Politics