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SYLLABUS
Master of Arts Sociology (MSO)
(DISTANCE MODE)
Directorate of Distance & Continuing Education
Fakir Mohan University
Vyasa Vihar, Balasore – 756019
Phone: (06782) 241840
Web: www. fmuddce.org
Semester - I Course
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SSO-102 Indian Society 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-103 Social change in India 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-104 Rural Sociology 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-105 Urban Sociology 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-106 Industrial Sociology 10 4 40 16 50 20
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SSO-202 Tribes and Society 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-203 Classical Sociological Theories 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-204 Social System 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-205 Sociological Theories 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-206 Perspectives of Indian
Sociology
10 4 40 16 50 20
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SSO-302 Demography 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-303 Sociology of Environment 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-304 Sociology of Information
Society 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-305 Sociology of Education 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-306 Polity and Society 10 4 40 16 50 20
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SSO-402 Sociology of Health & Illness 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-403 Sociology of Media 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-404 Gender & Society 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-405 Dissertation 10 4 40 16 50 20
SSO-406 Presentation and Viva-Voce 10 4 40 16 50 20
FIRST SEMESTER
SSO-101 Introduction to Sociology
Unit: 1 The nature of sociology and Basic concepts
The meaning of sociology — the sociological perspective — sociology and social sciences —
the scientific and humanistic orientations to sociological study.Society, community, institution,
association, group, social structure, status and role, etc.
Unit: 2 The individual in/and society
Society, culture, and socialisation — relation between individual and society — social control:
norms, values, and sanctions.
Unit: 3 Social stratification, mobility and Social change
Meaning, forms, and theories. Social Change (Meaning and type: evolution and revolution,
progress and development — factors of social change.)
Unit: 4 The uses of sociology
Introduction to applied sociology — sociology and social problems — sociology and social
change — sociology and social policy and action — sociology and development — sociology
and professions.
Reference Books
Bottomore, T.B. 1972. Sociology: A guide to problems and literature. Bombay: George Allen
and Unwin (India).
Harlambos, M. 1998. Sociology: Themes and perspectives. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Inkeles, Alex. 1987. What is sociology? New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India.
SSO-102 Indian Society
Unit: 1:
The textual and the field view of Indian society; the significance of the field view; the interface
between the present and the past.
Unit: 2:
The structure and composition of Indian society: villages, towns, cities; rural-urban linkages;
tribes; weaker section, dalits, women and minorities, population profile and related issues.
Unit: 3:
Cultural and ethnic diversity: historically-embedded diversities in respect of language, caste,
religious beliefs and practices and cultural patterns.Basic institutions of Indian society: caste,
kinship, family, marriage, religion; caste and class; changing dimensions.
Unit:4 :
Convergence and integration: the sharing of material traits, cultural space, language and regional
ethos; the evolution of composite cultural legacy; change and transformation in Indian society;
nation-building and national identity.
Reference Books
Bose, N.K. 1967, Culture and Society in India.Bombay : Asia Publishing House.
Bose, N.K. 1975 : Structure of Hindu Society. New Delhi.
Dube, S.C. 1990 : Society in India (New Delhi : National Book Trust)
SSO-103 Social change in India
Unit: 1 Visions of Social Change in India
Idea of development planning and mixed economy.Constitution, law and social
change.Education and social change. Rural and Agrarian transformation in India: Programmes of
rural development,Community Development Programme, cooperatives, poverty alleviation
schemes.Green revolution and social change. Changing modes of production in Indian
agriculture .Problems of rural labour, bondage,migration.
Unit: 2Industrialization and Urbanisation in India
Evolution of modern industry in India.Growth of urban settlements in
India.Workingclass:structure, growth, class mobilization.Informal sector, child labour.Slums and
deprivation in urban areas. Politics and Society:Nation, democracy and citizenship. Political
parties, pressure groups , social and political elite.Regionalism and decentralization of
power.Secularization
Unit: 3Social Movements in Modern India
Peasants and farmers movements.Women's movement.Backward classes & Dalit
movement.Environmentalmovements.Ethnicity and Identity movements. Population Dynamics:
Population size, growth, composition and distribution.Components of population growth:
birth,death, migration.Population policy and family planning.Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios,
child and infant mortality, reproductive health.
Unit: 4Challenges of Social Transformation
Crisis of development: displacement, environmental problems and
sustainability.Poverty,deprivation and inequalities. Violence against
women.Casteconflicts.Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism. Illiteracy and
disparities in education.
SSO-104 Rural Sociology
UNIT :1 Introduction to Rural society and Peasants
Rural Sociology: Origin and growth; Methodological issues on Village Studies:Folk‐Urban
Continuum, Little Community, Morphology of a village, Village as moral entity; conceptualizing
peasantry: Peasants vs Farmers, depeasantization.
UNIT II Theorizing Peasantry
Lenin's theory of agrarian capitalist development, Chayanov's theory of peasant economy, Marx
on peasantry; Post‐Marxian views on the peasantry –Daniel Thorner, T. Shanin, James Scott.
UNIT III Agrarian Social Structure in India:
Changing Rural Family: Structure and functions Caste: Elaboration of caste ranking, Dominant
caste, Untouchability and changing inter-caste relations, Caste-class nexus Rural Economy and
Polity: Agrarian relations and mode of production debate; Agrarian classes-landlord, peasant,
tenant, and labourer; changing rural power structure after 73rd and 74th constitutional
amendment.
UNIT IV Developmental Concerns in Rural society:
Land reforms and its consequences; implications of green revolution ‐ feminization of
agriculture, Food Security and Sustainable agriculture; cultivators‘ suicide Urban bias in Rural
Development; Rural poverty and unemployment; rural health mission, ICT and Rural
Development; Globalization and agriculture (IPRs,WTO/GATT etc).
SSO-105 Urban Sociology
Unit 1: Sociological perspectives on the City:
1. Globalisation and the City
2. Politics and Urban Planning
3. Urban Lives
4. Urban Violence
Unit 2: Sacred landscapes and Urban life:
1. The Sacred in the City
2. Formations and Transformations of Space
3. Ritual Processions and Urban Networks
Unit 3: Geographies of Space, Place, Identity:
1. Neighbourhoods and Social Networks
2. Contested Space and Identity
3. Aesthetics and Architecture
Unit 4: The Underlife of Cities:
1. The Underclass in the City
2. Sexual Geography of the City
3. Urban Street Cultures
Reference Books
1. Sassen, S. 2000. Cities in a World Economy. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
2. Hannerz, U. 1993. ―The Culture Role of World Cities‖ in Cohen, Anthony P. and Fukui,
Katsuyoshi (eds.) Humanizing the City: Social Contexts of Urban Life at the Turn of the
Millennium. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Pp. 69-83.
3. Mort, F. 1996. Cultures of Consumption: Masculinities and Social Space in Late
Twentieth-Century Britain. London and New York: Routledge. (Part III: Topographies of
Taste, Place, Space and Identity).
SSO-106 Industrial Sociology
Unit 1
Industrialisation and Social Change, Industrialisation, Industrialism and Post-Industrial Society
Unit 2
Industrial Organisations: Formal and Informal, Industrial conflict and its Resolution: Nature of
Industrial Conflict, Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining, Joint management councils and
Quality Circles
Unit 3
India‘s Industrial Policies since Independence, Industrial Policy Statement of 1991, Tea
Plantation Industry and Industrial Relations in Plantations.
Unit 4
Worker, supervisor and authority relations.Labour management relations : an overview of
industrial and labour relations Conciliation, collective bargaining and adjudication, Joint
management councils and quality circles
SECOND SEMESTER
SSO-201 Sociology of Development
Unit-I
Concept of Development, Economic Growth, Human Development, Social Development,
Sustainable Development
Unit-II
Approaches to Development: Capitalist, Socialist and Gandhian
Unit-III
Agencies of Development: State, Constitutional Provisions, Five Year Plans, Government
Schemes and Programmes, NGOs Participatory Model and Community Bottom-up Model
Unit-IV
Understanding Development through: Welfare, Equality and
Empowerment
Reference Books
1. Dereze, Jean and AmartyaSen, 1996, India: Economic Development and Social
Opportunity
2. Desai. A.R. 1985, India‘s Path of Development: A Marxiat Approach
3. Harrison, D. 1989, The Sociology of Modernization and Development
SSO-202 Tribes and Society
UNIT-I
The concept of tribe; tribe and caste
Demographic profile: habitat, distribution and concentration of tribal people; tribal zones;
sex ratio
Classification of tribal people: food gatherers and hunters, shifting cultivators, nomads,
pastoralists, peasants and settled agriculturists, artisans
UNIT-II
Socio-cultural profile: ethnic and cultural diversity; characteristic features of tribal
society; kinship, marriageand family; tribal languages; religious beliefs and practices;
cultural traditions
Social mobility and change: Hinduization and Sanskritization;
UNIT-III
Tribal Issues : poverty, illiteracy, indebtedness, land alienation, agrarian issues,
exploitation
Formation of tribal state, tribal development
UNIT-IV
Problems of Tribal communities in Odisha: Problems of livelihood & displacement,
Health & education of the tribals.
Reference Books
1. Bose, N. K. : (1967) Culture and Society in India (Asia Publishing House)
2. Desai, A. R. : (1979) Peasant struggles in India (Oxford University Press, Bombay)
3. Dube, S.C. 1977 : Tribal Heritage of India (New Delhi : Vikas)
4. Haimendorf, Christoph von : (1991) Tribes of India; The Struggle for Survival (Oxford
University Press)
5. Hasnain, N. : (2001) Tribes in India (Harnam Publications, New Delhi)
6. Rao, M.S.A. : (2002) Social Movements in India (Manohar : Delhi)
7. Raza, Moonis and A. Ahmad: (1990) An Atlas of Tribal India (Concept Publishing :
Delhi)
8. Sharma, Suresh, 1994 : Tribal Identity and Modern World (Sage : New Delhi)
9. Singh, K.S. : (2002) Tribal Situation in India (Indian Institute of Advanced Study)
10. Singh, K.S.: (1986) Tribal Society (Manohar : Delhi)
SSO-203 Classical Sociological Theories
Unit-I
August Comte: Law of Three Stages, Hierarchy of Sciences, Theory of Positivism
Unit-II
Emile Durkheim: Division of Labour, Theory of Suicide, Social Facts And Theory of Religion
Unit-III
Max Weber: Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism, Theory of Authority & Bureaucracy,
Ideal Types, Theory of Social Action
Unit-IV
Karl Marx: Dialectical Materialism, Capitalism, Alienation, Class and Class Struggle.
Reference Books
1. Abraham, J.H. & Morgan, 1985, Sociological Thought from Comte to Sorokin
2. Aron, Raymond, 1965, Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. I & II
3. Coser, L.A. 1977, Masters of Sociological Thought
4. Giddens, Anthony 1997, Capitalism and Modern Social Theory- An Analysis of Writings
of Marx, Durkheim and Weber
5. Adams, B.N. &Sydie R.A. 2000, Sociological Theory
6. Zetlin Irvin. 1981, Ideology and the Development Sociological Theory
SSO-204 Social System
Unit-I Social Stratification and Mobility:
Concept and Theories of Stratification
Forms and Functions of stratification
Social mobility- Concept, types, Social Mobility and change.
Unit-II Economic System:
Sociological dimensions of economic life
social determinants of economic development;
Industrialization and social change.
Unit-III Political System:
The nature of Power, authority and legitimacy;
concept of state, pressure groups and political parties; voting behavior;
Modes of political participation: democratic and authoritarian.
Unit-IV Religious System:
Origin of religious belief; theories of religion, Max Weber, Durkheim
Magic; religion and science, types of religious organization,
Gender and religion, secularization and religion, religious fundamentalism.
Reference Books
1. Bottomere, T. B, 2014,Sociology.
2. Betllie,A,2012 Caste, Class and Power,Oxford India.
3. Mandelbaum, D ,2011, :
4. Johnson, J. S. – Sociology
5. Society in India, Popular prakashan.
6. Madan,T, 2004,India‗s Religions :Perspective From Sociology andHistory, Oxford
Publication.
7. Singher and Cohen,2007, Structure and Change in Indian Society.
8. Sharma, K.L, 2008,Indian Social Structure and change,Rawat Publication. SSO-205 Sociological Theories
Unit I Functionalism-Mallinowski: Concept of culture, Theory of needs, Magic, Science& Religion A.R Radcliffe Brown, Concept
of Social Structure, Concept of function, Concept of Social organization, Theory of
Kinship:Classificatory Kins, Joking Relationships.
Unit II Talcott Parsons:
Parsons‘ Approaches to social system, Action Approach, Basic unit of organization of
socialsystems, Pattern variables, Functional pre-requisites, Types of structures of social systems,
Parsons‘conception of functionalism, Functionalism & Social change, Changes of social
systems: EvolutionaryUniversals
Unit III R.K. Merton: Merton‘s critique of Parsons, Middle Range Theory, Concept of Latent & Manifest
function,Postulates of Functional Analysis, Theory of Deviance, Theory of Reference group,
Concept of Role set,Status set & Status Sequences
Unit IV Conflict Theory: Dahrendorf‘s critique of Marx, Dahrendorf‘s conception of Imperatively
CoordinatedAssociations, Lewis Coser‘s conflict functionalism, The causes of conflict, The
violence of conflict & functionsof social conflict.
Reference Books
1. Nature & Types of Sociological Theory – Don Martindale
2. Key Problems in Sociological Theory – John Rex
3. Social Theory and Social Structure – R. K. Merton.
4. Modern Sociological Theory – J. H. Abraham
5. Handbook of Social Theory – George Ritzer and Barry Smart
6. The structure of socialoical theory – H. H. Turner
7. Rethinking Sociology : A Critic of Contemporary theory – I. M. Zethin
8. Sociological Theory (1992) – George Ri9tzer, (New York, McGraw Hill
9. The Frankfurt School (1984) – Tom. Bottomore (Sussex, Ellis Horwon and London,
Tavistock Pub)
10. Modern Social Theory: From Parsons to Habermas (2nd Edition) Craib (London,
Harvester Press.)
SSO-206 Perspectives of Indian Sociology
Unit-I: Indological Perspective: G.S. Ghurey, Louis Dumont.
Unit-II: Structural- Functional Perspective: M.N.Srinivas, S. C. Dube
Unit-III: Marxist Perspective:A.R. Desai, D.P. Mukherjee
Unit-IV: Subaltern Perspective: B.R. Ambedkar, David Hardiman
Reference Books
1. Dumont, Louis, 1970, Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications
2. Ghurey, G.S. , Caste and Race in India
3. Dube, S.C. 1973, Social Sciences in Changing Society
4. Dube, S.C. 1967, The Indian Village
5. Mukherjee, D.P. 1958, Diversities
6. Srinivas, M.N., 1960, India’s Villages
7. Dube, S.C. India’s Changing Villages
8. Hardiman, David, 1996, Feeding the Bania: Peasants and Usurers in Western India
THIRD SEMESTER
SSO-301 Advanced Sociology Theories
Unit- I Neo- Marxism:
Althusser& Neo- Marxism, Ideological State Apparatus, Repressive State Apparatus, Frankfurt
School: Habermas, the concept of public Sphere, the theory of Communicative Action, System
world & Life world.
Unit-IISymbolic Interactionism:
G.H. Mead, Mind, Self & Society, Concept of ―I‖, Concept of ―Me‖,Generalised others
&Significant Others, The symbolic interactionism of Herbert Blumer&ManfordKuhn, Areas of
disagreement & Controversy
Unit III Phenomenology:
Peter Berger & T. Luckmann: Social construction of reality, Husserl‘s philosophical tradition
&Schutz‘s sociological perspective of phenomenology
Unit IV Ethno-methodology: Garfinkel& the founding of new orientation, Theindexality of
meaning andcommonsense reality construction
Reference Books
1) Nature & Types of Sociological Theory – Don Martindale
2) Key Problems in Sociological Theory – John Rex
3) Social Theory and Social Structure – R. K. Merton.
4) Modern Sociological Theory – J. H. Abraham
5) Handbook of Social Theory – George Ritzer and Barry Smart
6) The structure of socialoical theory – H. H. Turner
7) Rethinking Sociology : A Critic of Contemporary theory – I. M. Zethin
8) Sociological Theory (1992) – George Ri9tzer, (New York, McGraw Hill
9) The Frankfurt School (1984) – Tom. Bottomore (Sussex, Ellis Horwon and London, Tavistock
Pub)
10) Modern Social Theory: From Parsons to Habermas (2nd Edition) Craib (London, Harvester
Press.)
SSO-302 Demography
UNIT-I Population and Development-
Meaning and scope of demography; Components of population growth and their inter
dependence; Measures of population change; Structure, distribution and sources of
population data;
theories of population- Malthus, Optimum theory of population,
theory of demographic transition-Views of Meadows,
UNIT-II Fertility and Mortality-
Methods of obtaining Vital statistics, Vital statistics rates, & rations- Sex rations, Child
woman ratio
Crude Birth rate, Age Specific Birth rates, Total fertility rate, Gross reproduction rate and
Net reproduction rate,
Mortality rates- death rate, crude and age specific, Mortality at birth and infant mortality
rates, Standardized death rates.
UNIT-III Migration and Urbanization-
Concept and types of migration
Theories of migration related to internal migration;
Urbanization- Concepts, measures of urbanization; levels and trends of World
urbanization.
UNIT-IV Population, economy and environment linkages –
Population, health, nutrition and productivity nexus,
Population and human development issues,
The new population policy in India
Demographic data base in India – , Changing characteristics of population in India,
Population growth rates, trends and regional variations in sex ratio, Age structure of
population.
Reference Books
1. Agarwala S.N. (1972), India‗s Population Problem, Tata McGraw-Hill Co., Bombay.
2. Bose, A. (1996), India‗s Basic Demographic Statistics, B.R. Publishing Corporation,
New Delhi.
3. Bogue, D.J. (1971), Principles of Demography, John Wiley, New York
4. Chenery H. and T.N. Srinivasan (Eds.) (1989), Hand Book of Development Economics,
Vol.1 & 2 Elsevier,
5. Amsterdam.
6. Choubey, P.K. (2000), Population Policy in India, Kanishka Publications, New Delhi.
7. Coale A.J. and E.M. Hoover (1958), Population Growth and Economic Development in
LowIncome Countries:
8. A Case Study of India‗s Prospects, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
9. Gulati, S.C. (1988), Fertility in India: An Econometric Study of a Metropolis, Sage, New
Delhi.
10. Simon, J.L. (1992), Population and Development in Poor Countries, Princeton University
Press.
11. Srinivasan, K. (1998), Basic Demographic Techniques and Applications, Sage, New
Delhi
12. Srinivasan, K. and A. Shariff (1998), India: Towards Population and Demographic Goals,
13. Oxford University Press, New Delhi
14. Sryrock, H. et. al (1973), The Methods and Materials of Demography, US Department of
15. Commerce, Washington, D.C.
16. United Nations (1973), The Determinants and Consequences of Population Trends,
Vol.1,
17. UNO Publications, New York
SSO-303 Sociology of Environment
UNIT-I Ecological Approach to Sociology: An Introduction
Ecology and Social Structure,
Population Growth and Ecological Crisis; Limits to Growth; Concerns about
Environment.
Defining Sustainable Development; Historical Emergence of the concept of sustainable
Development
UNIT-II Global Risk and Environment
Ulrick Beck‗s conception of Risk Society, Catton and Dunlop‗s ideas on
environment.
Global issues: greenhouse effect, Global warming, Pollution and health, Acid rain and
desertification;
Green revolution: A critical Analysis; Genetically Modified Seeds, Corporate World
and Environment.
UNIT-III Ecological Threats to Modern Society:
Solid Waste Pollution; Pesticide Pollution;
Nuclear Pollution; Water Pollution;
Air Pollution, Noise Pollution
UNIT IV Environmental Movements in India:
Chipko Movement, Appiko Movement,
Narmada BachaoAndolan, Bhopal Gas Tragedy,
Feminist Environmentalism, The conception of Eco-Feminism
Reference Books
1. Giddens, Anthony. 1996 ―Global Problems and Ecological Crisis‖ in Introduction to Sociology.
2nd
Edition. New York: W.W. Norton
2. Michael Redclift, 1984 Development and the Environmental Crisis, Meheun Co. Ltd. New York.
3. Munshi, Indra. 2000 ―‗Environment‗ in Sociological Theory‖ Sociological Bulletin. Vol.49,
No.2.
4. Schnaiberg Allan, 1980 The Environment, Oxford University Press. N.Y.
5. Sharma, S.L. 1994 ―Perspective on Sustainable Development In South Asia‖ in Samad (Ed.)
Perspectives On Sustainable Development in Asia. Kuala Lumpur: ADIPA
6. World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987. Our common future Brutland
report, New Delhi : Oxford university press.
SSO-304 Sociology of Information Society
UNIT-1 Historical Moorings I:
Concept of capitalism, origin and growth of capitalism,
Fordism and its basic tenets.
UNIT-2: Historical Moorings II
Post- Fordism,
Transition from Fordism to Post-Fordism.
Fredric Jameson: post modernism as cultural logic of late capitalism.
UNIT-3 Theoretical underpinnings:
Jean Francis Lyotard: Abandoning the metanarratives of modernity, the post-modern
condition, knowledge in capitalist society,
Baudrillard: Post modernity, consumption and appearances, simulacreset simulations,
hyper reality.
UNIT-4 Issues and concerns in information society:
Consumer culture
Towards a Global Culture
Rise of Information Society
Reference Books
1. Daniel Bell (1976) The Coming of Post-industrial Society,NewYork:Basic Books.
2. Mannuel Castell (2000) The Rise of the Network society. The information age:economy,
society and Culture ,VOL1,Malden:Blackwell second edition
3. Michael Dawson/John Bellart Forster (1998) Virtual capitalism in :Rbert W Mc
Chesney/Ellen Meiksin? J.B Foster (Eds)(1998) capitalism and the information age. New
York: Monthly Review Press,pp51-67
4. Chistian Fuchs (2008) Internet and society social theory in the information age , N York :
Routledge,ISBN 0415961327
5. Chistian Fuchs (2007) Transnational space and the Network society in 21st century
Society Vol 2 No1 p 49-78
6. Nicholas Garnham(2004) ‘Information society theory as ideology‗ in ; Frank Webster
(ED) 2004 The information society reader: London: Routledge
7. David Harvey(1989). The condition of postmodernity London: Blackwell
8. J.F Lyotrad(1984) The post modern condition Manchester:Manchester University Press.
9. Dan Schiller(2000) Digital capitalism , Cambridge MA :MIIT Press.
10. Jan Van Dijk(2006) The network society.London ; SAGE Second Edition.
11. Frank Webster (2006) Theories of the information society .3rd Edition, London
Routledge.
12. Frank Webster (2000)The rise of the network society, the information age, Economy ,
society and culture Vol 1 Cambridge M.A oxford UK : Blackwell(1996)(Second edition
2000)
13. Frank Webster (2000) The power of identity, the information age: economy society and
culture. Vol-1 CambridgeM.A oxford UK: Blackwell (1996)(Second edition 2000)
SSO-305 Sociology of Education
Unit I Concept of Education:
Education& Literacy, Education as preparation for social role in ideal state, Educationas
cultivation of reasoning ability, Nature & scope of Education: Cross cultural perspective, cultural
dimension of education in India
Unit II Theoretical Approaches:
Functionalist approach by Durkheim & Parsons, Conflict approach by Bowles &Gintis,
Interactionist approaches & Postmodernism
Unit III Education, Social processes & Institutions:
Education & Socialization, Education & Social change, Education & Social mobility
Unit IV Education, social &Human development:
Role of education in social &Human development: Emerging perspectives, Role of education for
empowerment of the marginalized, Education & the Policy of positive discrimination &
Affirmative Action
Reference Books
1) Bourdieu P, 1977,"Cultural Reproduction and Social Reproduction." In Halsey AH and
Karabel J (eds), Powerand Ideology in Education. New York: Oxford.
2) Bourdieu P,1986, "The Forms of Capital." In Richardson JG (ed), Handbook of Theory
and Research for the Sociology of Education. New York: Greenwood.
3) Bowles S, 1971, "Unequal Education and the Reproduction of the Social Division of
Labor." RevRadPolEcon 34.
4) Bowles S and Gintis H, 1976,Schooling in Capitalist America. New York: Basic Books.
5) Dewey J.1900, The School and Society. Chicago: Chicago.
6) Durkheim E,1956, Education and Sociology. Glencoe IL: Free Press.
7) Durkheim E,1961, Moral Education. Glencoe IL: Free Press.
8) Parsons T,1959, "The School Class as a Social System." HarvEdRev 29 4.
9) Sharma, K.L. "Educational Inequalities among Rajasthan Scheduled Castes" in
Economic and Political Weekly, Sep. 14, 1974.
10) Naik, J.P. Education of Scheduled Tribes 1965-66. Occassional monograph (5), ICSSR,
1971.
11) Naik, J.P. Education of Scheduled,Castes, 1965-66. Occassional Monograph (6),
ICSSR, 1971.
12) Kumar Krishna,2005, Political Agenda of Education, Sage Publication, New delhi
SSO-306 Polity and Society
Unit 1
Society in India: Elements of Diversity; Problems of National Integration
Unit II
Social Stratification in India: Caste and Class; The Backward Classes, ReservationIssue
Unit III
Social Change in India: Factors and Areas of Change; Processes of
Change;Sanskritization, Westernization.
UNIT IV
Modernization in India: Features; Major sources and means of
Modernization:Industrialization, urbanization, Mass Media and Education, Political
Change in India:
Reference Books
1) Atal, Y.2006. Changing Indian Society. Jajpur: Rawat Publications.
2) Dube, S.C. 1990. Indian Society. New Delhi: National Book Trust.
3) Hasnain, N. 2004. Indian Society and Culture: Continuity and Change. New Delhi:
Jawahar Publishers and Distributors.
4) Naidu, A. And Murty, K. 1989. Indian Society: Structure and Change. Cuttack:
KitabMahal.
5) Agarwal, Binod. C. (July-December 2006). Communication Technology & Rural
Development in India: Promises & Performances. Indian Media Studies Journal,
6) Corte, Chantal. D. (2008). Participatory & Development Communication: What Now?
Studies In Communication Sciences, 8(2 & 3)
7) Gupta, Om. (2006). Encyclopedia of Journalism & Mass Communication (Vol. 2). ISHA.
8) Henten, A., Samarajiva, R., & Melody, W. (n.d.). The Next Step for Telecom Regulation:
ICT Convergence Regulation or Multisector Utilities Regulation?
9) Informatoon& Communication Technologies in Development: A UNESCO
Perspective.UNESCO.
10) Kenny, C. ICT: Promises, Opportunities & Dangers For The Rural Future. in L. Rienner,
Overselling the Web? Development & the Internet Boulder.
11) Lievrouw, L. A. (2009). Indicators For Engagement: Thoughts On ICT Assessment In A
World Of Social Media. Institute Of Technology Assessment Manuscript.
12) Mefalopulos, P. Development Communication Sourcebook: Broadening the Boundaries
OfCommunication.The World Bank.
13) Parmar, V. (2009). A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to ICT Development. Information
Technologies & International Development, 5(4), 89-96.
14) Quibria, M., &Tschang, T. (2001). Information & Communication Technology
&Poverty: An Asian Perspective. ADB Institute Working Paper (12).
15) Singhal, A., & Rogers, Everett. M. (2001). India'
FOURTH SEMESTER
SSO-401 Research Methodology
UNIT-I Scientific Method: The Nature of Scientific Method and its application to Social
Research -Problems of objectivity; Ethical considerations in Social Research.
UNIT-II The Research Problems: Review of Literature; Formulating Research Problems;
Hypothesis: Meaning, Importance of hypothesis, Role of hypothesis in social research, types of
hypothesis; Research Design: Sampling: Types of Sampling.
UNIT-III Methods of Data Collection: Observation: Participant & Non-Participant; Case
Study; Content Analysis; Interview method.
UNIT-IV Tools of Research: Construction of Schedule & Questionnaire; Mailed questionnaire;
Rapport Building; Pre Testing & Pilot Study; Scaling Technique, Qualitative & Quantitative data
analysis; Preparation of Research report
Reference Books
1) Methods of Social Research – Goode and Halt
2) Social Survey and Social Research – P. V. Young.
3) Research Methods in Social Relations – Jahoda and Cook
4) The Tools of Social Investigation – John Madge.
5) Social Research – Lundberg.
6) Survey Methods in Social Investigation – Moser and Kalton
7) Handbook of Social Psychology – Vol. I G. Lindzey.
8) Sampling Techniques – W.G. Cocharam.
9) Survey, Tools and Sampling – MildrenParten
10) Mathematical Thinking in the Social Science – P. G. Lindzey.
11) The language of Social Research : Reader in the Methodology of Social Research –P. G.
L. & M.Rosenber.
12) Theory and Methods of Social Research – John Galtung
SSO-402 Sociology of Health & Illness
UNIT – I Basics of Sociology of Health: nature and scope, human development index, social
origin of disease,social response to death and dying, sociology of the body.
UNIT-II Sociological Theories of Health: Parsons; uses of sick role concept, physicians‗ roleas
a socialsystem health interactions and the power of the doctors. Goffman: stigma and it‗s types;
importanceof stigma for medical sociology.
UNIT – III Epidemiology: Aims of epidemiological approach; Epidemiological Methods:
DescriptiveEpidemiology, Analytical Epidemiology, and Experimental Epidemiology.
UNIT-IV Health Planning in India: National health policy; Health policy and five year plans,
Maternal andchild health, Family welfare aspects; Current policies and programmes in family
planning andreproductive health
Reference Books
1) Coe. Rodney M. 1970. Sociology of medicine. New York: McGraw Hill.
2) Cockerham, William C. 1997. Medical sociology. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
3) Cockerham, William C. 1997. Readings in medical sociology. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
4) Conrad, Peter et al. 2000. Handbook of medical sociology, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
5) Dasgupta, R. 1993. Nutritional planning in India. Hyderabad: NIN.
6) Fox, Renee C. 1988. Essays in medical sociology: Journeys into the field. New York:
Transaction Publishers.
7) Nayar, K.R. 1998. Ecology and health: A system approach. New Delhi: APH Publishing
8) Venkataratnam, R. 1979. Medical sociology in an Indian setting, Madras: Macmillan.
9) Albrecht,Gary L. 1944. Advances in medical sociology Mumbai: Jai Press.
10) Schwatz, Howard. 1994. Dominant issues in medical sociology. New York: McGraw
11) Scrambler, Graham and Paul Higgs. 1998. Modernity, medicine and health: Medical
sociology towards 2000. London: Routledge.
SSO-403 Sociology of Media
UNIT I Basic concepts:
Media and Modernity
The conception of popular culture,
The concept of sign.
UNIT-II Theories of media:
Structuralism: Levis-Strauss; Conception of Binary Opposites, and the Structure of
Myth, Structure of Kinship;
Post- Structuralism: Jacques Derrida‗s ideas on Deconstruction.
Marxism and Popular Culture
UNIT-III Gender and Genres in Media: Changing character of different genres in media:
Gender and Electronic Media
Feminism and Print media
UNIT-V Globalization and media:
Media imperialism, new communication technology, internet, television
media super companies, global media and democracy.
Reference Books
1) Breckenridge, C. : Consuming Modernity : Public Culture in Contemporary India.
2) French, D and Michael Richard, 2000, eds. : Television in Contemporary Asia. London:
Sage Publications.
3) Gunaratne, S. 2000, eds. : Handbook of the Media in Asia. London : Sage
4) Johnson, K., 2000,: Television and social change in rural India (London : Sage)
5) Manuel, P., 1998 : Cassette Culture : Popular Music and Technology in North India
6) Mitra, A. 1993 : Television and Popular Culture in India (Delhi : Sage)
7) Singhal, A. and E.M. Rogers, 2000 : India‗s Communication Revolution (Delhi : Sage)
8) Preston, P., 2001 : Reshaping Communications (London : Sage)
9) Page, D. and William Crawley, 2001 : Satellites over South Asia (London : Sage)
10) Appadorai, Arjun, 1997 : Modernity at Large : Cultural Dimensions of
Globalization(New Delhi : Oxford University Press)
11) Tunstall, J., 1977 : The Media are American (New York : Columbia University Press)
SSO-404 Gender & Society
UNIT – I Social Construction of Gender: Gender vs. Biology, Equality vs Difference, Sexual
Division oflabour, Patriarchy, Women in the Family: Socialization, Gender roles, Private-Public
Dichotomy.
UNIT- II Feminist Theories: Liberal Feminism, RadicalFemist, Marxist Feminism, Post
Modernismfeminism
UNIT-III Women in India- Women‗s Movement in India, Gender and Caste, Gender and Class.
.
UNIT- IV Concept of empowerment: Empowerment and women in India, socio-economic,
politicalempowerment.
Reference Books
1) Chodrow, Nancy. 1978. The Reproduction of Mothering. Berkeley: University of
California Press.
2) Desai, Neera and M. Krishnaraj. 1987. Women and Society in India. Delhi: Ajanta.
3) Forbes, G. 1998. Women in Modern India. New Delhi, Cambridge University Press.
4) Dube, Leela et.al. (eds.) 1986. Visibility and Power: Essays on Women in Society and
Development. New Delhi: OUP.
5) India, Government of India. 1974. Towards Equality: Report of the Committee on the
Status of Women.
6) Maccoby, Eleaner and Carol Jacklin. 1975. The Psychology of Sex Differences. Stanford:
StanfordUniversity Press.
7) Oakley, Ann. 1972. Sex, Gender and Society. New York: Harper and Row.
8) Srinivas, M.N. Caste: Its Modern Avatar, New Delhi: Penguin (LeelaDube‗s Article on
Caste and Women).
9) Vaid, S. & K. Sangari. 1989. Recasting Women: Essays in Colonial History, New
Delhi:Kali For Women.
10) Ghadially, Rehana (ed.) 1988. Women in Indian Society. New Delhi: Sage.
11) Mies Maria. 1980. Indian Women and Patriarchy: Conflicts and Dilemmas of Students
and Working Women.New Delhi: Concept.