RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Unit 1 : Introduction of Social Research

Meaning

Objectives

Importance

Unit 2 : Approaches and Types of Social research

Approaches : Historical, Case Study, Descriptive, Experimental

Types: Fundamental/Pure/Theoretical and Applied

Unit 3 : Research Procedures:

Identification and formulation of the Research Problem

Survey of Literature

Research Design

Hypothesis

Sample Selection

Methodology and Definition of Concept and Variable

Pilot Survey and Pre-test

Data Collection : Primary and Secondary Sources.

Unit 4 : Tools and techniques of Data Collection

Observation

Questionnaire and Schedule

Survey and Census

Interview

Sociometry

Unit 5 : Analysis of Data and Preparation of a Research Report

Techniques of Data Analysis : Editing, Coding and Tabulation

Kinds of Research Reports and Documentation.

RURAL SOCIETY IN INDIA

Unit 1 : Historical Background of Village Community in India:

Myth and reality of Indian village community.

Importance of its study.

Unit 2 : Social Organization of Indian Village:

Caste System

Features and processes.

Unit 3 : Economic Organization:

Land – Importance of Land; Economic Interdependence;

The so called ‘Janmani’ System;

Impact of market economy/commercialization on village economy;

Changes in agriculture since independence new economic opportunities / challenges.

Unit 4 : Rural Power Structure:

Village Panchayat

Impact of the Democratic process party politics on village

Emerging trends in rural power structure

Decentralization of power.

Unit 5 : Rural Society in Transition:

Appraisal of the impact of urbanization, industrialization, modernization and

globalization.

ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

Unit 1 : Environment and Environmental Problems:

Interaction between ‘environment’ and ‘society’.

Nature of environmental problems.

Types of environmental problems : Exhaustion, pollution and disturbance

Causes of environmental problems : population growth, quantity of environmental

utilization, quality of environmental utilization, carrying capacity of the earth.

Interests, values and reactions to environmental problems.

Unit 2 : Classical Sociological Tradition:

Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Maxweber on environmental concerns.

Unit 3 : Environmental Sociology:

Issues and theoretical approaches; Social construction of environmental problems.

News Media and environmental communication, Ups and down in the development of

environmental sociology.

Emerging theoretical perspectives in environmental sociology, Zavestoskis, Dunlapand

Catton, Ramachandra Gruha, Patrick Geddes and Radhakamal Mukherji, current debates

on ‘risk society’

Unit:4: Nature and Culture

Ecology and Social Structure, Synthesis of Societal and Environmental Dialect.

Resouce use and abuse; competing claims over nature.

Unit 5 : Social Impact Assessment on Environmental Problesm.

Environmental issues relating to population, water, sanitation, pollution, energy, housing

and urban development and rural poverty

URBAN SOCIETY IN INDIA

Unit 1 : Classical Sociological Traditions as Urban and City Dimensions;

Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber and Ferdinand Tonnies.

Urban Community and Special Dimensions, Park, Burgess and Mc Kenzie.

Unit 2 : Urban Sociology in India:

Emerging trends in urbanisation

Factors or urbanisation sociological dimensions of urbanisation.

Social consequences of urbanisation.

Unit 3 :Classification of urban centres, cities and towns:

City industrial urban base, its growth and special features.

Industry centered developments.

Unit 4 : Changing Occupational Structure:

Its impact on social stratification class, caste, gender, family Indian city.

Its growth, migration, problems of housing, slum development urban environmental

problems, urban poverty.

Unit 5 : Urban Planning and Problems of Urban management in India:

Urban institutions, Factors affecting planning, regional planning and the links between

social and special theory.

CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY II

Unit 1 : Marx and Marxism

Marx’s concept of history and society

class and class consciousness – the inevitable doom of capitalism

Alienation and social being.

Unit 2 : Vilfredo Pareto

Logical and non-logical action

Sociology as logico-experimental science

Residues and derivations

The circulation of elites

Unit 3 : George Simmel

Method: forms of interaction and individually; social types; modern culture

Unit 4 : Pitrim A Sorokin

Sorokin and integralist sociology

SOCIOLOGY OF INDIAN SOCIETY

Unit 1 : The Western Conquest of the Non-western World and India.

The emergence of Orientalism.

Orientalist constructions of Indian society and culture.

Unit 2 : Pre-colonial Indian Society and Culture:

Western Accounts of India;

British reports on 17th and 18th century India; especially on village economy, education,

science and technology;

British Census of India – especially on caste.

Unit 3 : Origin and growth of Sociology in India from Orientalist and Indological Writings.

Contributions of the Pioneers – D.P. Mukherjee, G.S. Ghurye and D.N. Majumdar.

Unit 4 : The Emergence and importance of the field view of Indian Society.

Ethnographic accounts; British Social anthropology and its influence on Indian scholars –

M.N. Srinivas on ‘book view’ and field view’ of Indian society.

SOCIOLOGY OF POPULATION AND HEALTH

Unit 1 : Definition, nature, scope and concepts:

Study of population, relation between population and society

Its relevance, scope and nature.

Basic concepts of population, birth rate, death rate, density.

Composition of India’s population: age, sex, education level and employment Census –

its uses and relevance.

Unit 2 : Theories of Population:

Theories of population pre and post Malthusian theories.

Population pyramid. (Explain using data from census of different countries with

particular reference to India)

Population growth and development – causes and issues.

Ageing population – with reference to developing and developed countries.

Comparative study of population in developed and developing countries (with special

reference to India.

UNIT:3 Migration

Migration – definition, theories, causes.

Migration and urbanisation; Migration and its impact on population, economy, hosing,

transportation.

Population movements and demographic change; Social, economic land cultural changes

in context of migration; rural poverty and emigration.

Impact of globalisaiton, liberalisation (internal migration) and Indian Diaspora.

Unit 4 : Social Components of Health:

Sociology of health definitions and scope.

Four dimensions of health; Health and its relationship with other social components (such

as social, cultural, economic, demographic.)

Community health: concepts, problems in India, health, longevity and illness and

responses related to disease as also health-seeking.

health as a fundamental right, financing health care and health care insurance

Special issues of women, children, aged and disable.

Evaluation of States population and health policy.

SOCIOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Unit 1 : Sociology of Industrial Relations as a distinct Area of Study and Research:

Its Relation to other disciplines viz. Industrial Sociology, Psychology.

Unit 2 : Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Industrial Relations

Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Dunlop, Flanders and others.

Marxist Approach to the Study of Industrial Relations and Conflict.

Unit 3 : Industrial Relations and Industrial Conflict:

Social Genesis of Conflict, Manifestations and Consequences – Strikes, Closures,

Lockout.

Unit 4 : Industrial Relations in a Legal Framework.

Legislations Relating to Industrial Disputes / Trade Unions.

A Critical Review of Government’s Labour Policy.

Unit 5 : Industrial Relations and Industrial Democracy.

Workers Participation in Management.

Collective Bargaining as a System of Participative Management.

EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

Unit :1 Introduction

1. Nature and Scope of Sociology of Education

2. Structural-Functional Theory of Education

3. Conflict And Radical perspectives

Unit :2 Socialization and Education

1. Agencies of Socialization: Family, School and Mass communication Media

2. Child- rearing Studies and the Achievement syndrome

3. Causes of Under- Achievement located in Home and School

Unit :3 Education and Stratification

1. Class and Education

2. Concept of Equality of Educational Opportunity

3. Education and Social Mobility

Unit :4 Education and Society in India

1. Socio Historical context: Education in Pre- Colonial and Colonial india

2. Education: Diversities and Disparities- Region, Tribe, Gender, Rural- Urban

Differences

3. Education and Modernization

Unit :4 The State and Education

1. Basic Education and Social Development

2. Higher Education in India

3. Education and Information Technology

4. Proffessionalization of Teaching, Social Role of Teachers

MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES

Unit 1 : Sociology of Knowledge.

Karl Marx, Herbert Spence, Emile Durkheim, Thorstein Veblen, Karl Mannheim, Pitrim

A. Sorokin and Florian Znaniecki.

Unit 2 : Symbolic Ineractionism.

George H. Mead, Charles H. Cooley and Herbert Blumer

Unit 3 : Ethno Methodology

Harold Grafinkel

Unit 4 : Phenomenology

Alfred Schultz

Unit 5 : Conflict Theory

Karl Marx, Ralf Dahrendorf, Lewis A. Coser and Alvin Gouldner

STATISTICS AND COMPUER APPLICATIONS

Unit 1 : Introduction to Statistics:

Descriptive and Inductive Statistics. Assumptions of qualification and Measurement.

Unit 2 : Handling Data

Tabulation of Data, Diagrammatic and Graphical Representation of Data.

Unit 3 : Methods of Statistical Measurement.

Measures of Central Tendency – Arithmetic Mean, Median and Mode

Measures of Dispersion – Range, Quartile deviation, Standard Deviation & Mean

Deviation.

Correlation – Person’s Correlation and Rank Correlation, Factor Analysis.

Association of Attributes – Chi – Square Test.

Unit 4 : vital Statistics.

Methods of Collecting Vital Events, Measures of Mortality and Fertility

Qualitative Data Format and Processing Techniques.

Unit 5 : Computer Operations.

Application of computers in Social Research

Software Packages : MS Office, Excel, Flow Charts and Power Point Prentation

POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

Unit 1 : Introduction

Definition and Subject Matter of Political Sociology.

Interrelationship between Political System and Society.

Unit 2 : Understanding Basic Concepts.

State, Citizenship, Freedom, Constitution, Power, Democracy, Totalitarian System

Political Parties., Factions, Pressure Groups.

Unit 3 : Theories of Power Distribution.

Mosca, Pareto, Mitchels, C.W. Mills.

Unit 4 : Political Process in India

Role of Caste, Religion, Regionalism and Language in Indian Politics.

Role of Media and Civil Society in Generating Public Opinion and their role in bringing

political change.

Unit 5 : Analysis of Electoral Behaviour with particular reference to India.

Introduction of Psephology – Meaning, Scope and Importance.

SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Unit 1 : Basic Concepts

Understanding Development – Differences Between Growth and Development,

Sustainable Development, Human Development and Inclusive Development.

Unit 2 : Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Development.

Modernization Theories, World System Approach, Centre-Periphery Model and Conflict

Theories.

Unit 3 : Social Issues and Development

Social Structure as a felicitator or Inhibitor of Development – Role of Religion, Caste,

Education and Gender.

Unit 4 : Issues in India’s Development

Population, Poverty, Regional Imbalances lack of Entrepreneurship and Environment.

Unit 5 : India’s Experiences in Development

Critical Appraisal of Five year Plans.

Social Consequences of Economic Reforms.

Socio-Cultural Repercussions of Globalization.

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY

Unit 1 : Introduction

Meaning and Characteristics of Stratification

Theories of Stratification

Unit 2 : Forms and Factors of Stratification

Class, Caste and Estate

Education, Occupation, Income, Power and Wealth.

Unit 3 : Understanding Mobility

Meaning of Mobility

Horizontal and Vertical Mobility

Education, Occupation and Income as Determinants of Mobility

Prestige Grading of Occupations.

Unit 4 : Mobility and Polity in India.

Political Participation and Opportunities for Social Mobility

The Constitution of India and Social Mobility

Unit 5 : Leverages of Mobility

Understanding Mobility through Westernization, Sanskritization and Urbanization.

Social Movements and Social Mobility

SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Unit 1 : Introduction.

Definition, Nature and Scope of Social Movements.

Typologies of Social Movement, Structure and Organization.

Unit 2 : Theoretical Perspectives on Social Movements.

Emergence of Social Movements.

Marxist and Post-Marxist Weberian

Post – Weberian and Structural – Functional

Unit 3 : Social Movements and Social Change.

Reform, Revival, Counter Movements, Transformation and Decline.

Role and Type of Leadership with special reference to Social Movements in India.

The Bearing of Political Institutions and Processes on Social Movements with reference

to India, and specific reference to Karnataka.

Role of Media.

Unit 4 : Social Movements in India.

A. Reform and Protest Movements

Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Veerasaivism.

Arya Samaj, Satyashodhak Samaj, Sufi Movement and Prarthana Samaj.

B. Peasant and Labour Movements

West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka.

Labour and Trade union Movements in India.

C. Dalit and Backward Classes Movements.

Emergence of Dalit Movement in India.

Role of Jyotiba Phule and Babasaheb Ambedka

Dalit Movement in Karnataka

Backward Classes Movement in India and Karnataka.

D. Tribal Movements.

Issues before Tribal Movements.

Santal and Jarkahad Movements.

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest

Rights) Act 2006.

SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Unit 1 : Relation between Sociology and Health.

Sociology of Health – Its Aims and Scope.

Health and its Relationship with other Social Institutions.

Concepts of Wellbeing and Quality of Life : Their Indicators

Medical Sociology and Sociology in Medicine.

Unit 2 : Social Epidemiology

Vital and Public Health Concepts

Epidemiology and Resources : Social Components in Therapy and Rehabilitation

Culture and Disease : Attitudes, Beliefs and Values associated with Diseases.

Recent Trends in Diseases with special reference to HIV/AIDS and Communicable

Diseases.

Unit 3 : The Physician in he Changing Indian Society.

The Professionalization and Socialization of the Physician

Doctor – Patient Relationship.

Nursing as an Emerging Para Medical Profession.

Unit 4 : Hospital as a Social Organization

Types of Hospitals, Functions of Hospitals, Coordination and Supervision of Hospitals.

Inter-personal Relationships in Hospitals and Medical Social Service in Hospitals.

Unit 5 : Hospital as a Community Organization

Community Health, Concept of Integrated Health Services.

Functioning of Primary Health Centers in India.

Health Care Delivery and Social Policy

National Health Policy : A Critical Analysis.

GENDER AND SOCIETY

Unit 1 : Social Construction of Gender

The Relevance of Gender Studies to Sociology

Basic concepts in Gender Studies – Sex and Gender, Patriarchy, Gender Bias, Gender

Relations, Gender Equality, Gender Justice, Androgyny and Gender Sensitivity.

Unit 2 : Understanding – Feminism.

Feminism as a Concept and Practice

Theoretical Debates on Feminism – Liberal, Marxist, Radical, Socialist, Existential and

Post – Modern Schools.

Indian Perspectives on Feminism

Unit 3 : Gender and Society in India

The Construction of Gender in Indian Social Institutions – Family, Marriage, Religion

and Caste

Changing Status of Women in India-Pre-Independence, From Independence to the

International Women’s Decade and From Independence to the International Women’s

Decade to Contemporary Times.

Unit 4 : Women and Development Process in India.

Understanding Development from a Gender Angle – WID, WAD and GAD

Women and Development Efforts in India – Review of Five Year Plans and Special

Programmes aimed at Women’s Development – National and State Women’s

Commissions and Women’s Empowerment Year.

Performance of Women in Key Development Sectors – Education, Health, Economy and

Politics.

Unit 5 : Women’s Movement in India

Issues before he Indian Women’s Movement, The Role of Autonomous Women’s Groups

in the Women’s Movement.

Influence of Women’s Movement on State, Law and Civil Society.

Contemporary Challenges before the Women’s Movement – India’s Changing

Demographic Profile – Domestic Violence – Communal Violence and Religions

Fundamentalism.

MARGINALIZED GROUPS

Unit 1 : Introduction

Meaning and Processes of Marginalization.

Scope and Importance of the Study of Marginalization.

Socio-Economic Indices of Marginalization – Poverty, Relative Deprivation,

Exploitation, Discrimination, Backwardness and Inequality.

Unit 2 : Perspectives on Marginalization

Role of Ideology in Marginalization

View of Phule, Periyar, Ambedkar and Lohia

Subaltern Perspectives.

Unit 3 : Marginalized Groups in India.

Scheduled Castes

Scheduled Tribes

Religious Minorities – Muslims, Christians, Parsees and Sikhs

Linguistic Minorities

Women.

Unit 4 : Marginalization and Affirmative Action

Constitutional Provisions

State Policies and Programmes

Role of Voluntary Groups.

Unit 5 : Social Movements and the Marginalized Groups.

Recent Trends in the Movement for Empowerment of Marginalized Groups

Anti-Reservation Agitations.

SOCIOLOGY OF AGEING

Unit 1 : Introduction

Scope and Significance of the Study of Sociology of Ageing

The Emerging Field of Gerontology.

Emergence of Sociology of Ageing as a Sub-discipline.

trends and Patterns of Ageing – Global and Indian Scenario.

Unit 2 : Aspects of Ageing

Factors of Ageing

Problems of Ageing : Physical, Economic, Cultural and Psychological

Changing Family and Ageing.

Unit 3 : Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Ageing.

Structural – Functional and Conflict Perspectives

Symbolic Interactionism.

Phenomenology

Ethno methodology

Unit 4 : Coping with Ageing

Formal and Informal Support Systems

Ageing and Illness

Ageing and Retirement