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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

Semester-IV

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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.