Sociology MA Syllabus 2018 PDF

 Sociology m.A. Syllabus Under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) University of Calcutta 2018  PREFATORY NOTES 1. This syllabus comes into effect from the 2018-19 academic session. 2. It will be of 80 Credits comprising 18 courses (14...

 Sociology m.A. Syllabus Under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) University of Calcutta 2018  PREFATORY NOTES 1. This syllabus comes into effect from the 2018-19 academic session. 2. It will be of 80 Credits comprising 18 courses (14 Core and 4 Discipline Specific Electives) of 4 credits each and 2 Generic Electives of 4 credits each. The Dissertation will be of 100 marks comprising Dissertation I of 4 credits and Dissertation II of 4 credits. A course of 4 credits shall be of 50 marks in all. 3. It offers 14 - Core Courses and 4 - Discipline Specific Electives courses. i. The Core Courses include the existing compulsory papers that have been modified to suit the contemporary demands of Sociology. ii. Marx has been included in the Sociological Thought paper to keep parity with the UG syllabus. iii. 4 Discipline Specific Electives papers will be from amongst, some of the existing optional papers offered to sociology students along with 2 new Discipline Specific Electives papers namely Sociology of Ageing and Care* and Sociology of Media and Culture*. iv. Discipline Specific Electives will be offered depending on the availability of faculty for the said paper. v. However due to shortage of faculty and infrastructure, we will offer Electives only in the 3rd and 4th Semester. Students of Sociology can choose between the alternatives offered annually. 4. The Dissertation paper (Existing paper-9B) will be offered in the 4th semester and comprises of Dissertation I and Dissertation II of 4 credits each. 5. A Sociology student opting for Generic Elective outside the department shall have to take the permission of the HOD before the commencement of the course. Students of other disciplines may also opt for our Generic Elective under the Choice Based Credit System. 6. To qualify for the MA degree in Sociology, students are required to complete a total of 18 courses, out of which 14 are compulsory (50 marks each) and 4 discipline specific elective (50 marks each) courses from among the optional courses offered in Sociology. Students of Sociology MA course have to opt for 2 Generic elective courses from other subject comprising of 50 marks each. Attendance in Viva Voce of the Term paper and Dissertation is compulsory. The Department may offer more choice based optional courses if faculty strength and infrastructure improves. 7. The Generic Elective Course to be offered to students of other departments in the 3rd and the 4th semesters are titled ‘Rural and Urban Society’ and ‘Practices of Social Research’ of 4 credits each. 8. The syllabus has scope for evaluation through continuous Internal Assessment of 10 marks and End-Semester Test 40 marks in each course. 9. Question pattern and form of examination for both Internal Assessment and End-Term written Examination will be decided by the teacher(s) offering a course. The Term paper and Dissertation viva voce will be conducted in presence of external examiners. 2 10. All other rules including grade points will be at par with the university rules/norms. CBCS SYLLABUS-COURSE OUTLINE Codes Course Names Marks Credits Credit distribution I Semester IA TH CC-101 Sociological Thought 50 4 1 3 CC-102 Social-Anthropological Perspectives 50 4 1 3 CC-103 Sociological Theories 50 4 1 3 CC-104 Theoretical Perspective on Indian Society 50 4 1 3 CC-105 Sociology of Development 50 4 1 3 Total 250 20 5 15 II Semester CC-201 Sociology of India-I 50 4 1 3 CC-202 Social Psychological Perspectives 50 4 1 3 CC-203 Research Method-I 50 4 1 3 CC-204 Sociology of Demography and Development in India 50 4 1 3 CC-205 Term paper 50 4 1 3 Total 250 20 5 15 III Semester Students will opt for 2 DSE Course CC-301 Sociology of India-II 50 4 1 3 CC-302 Research Method-II 50 4 1 3 DSE Optional paper 50 4 1 3 DSE Optional paper 50 4 1 3 GE-1 Rural and Urban Society (for other subjects) 50 4 1 3 Total 250 20 5 15 IV Semester Students will opt for 2 DSE Courses CC-401 Dissertation I(Formulation of Problem &Fieldwork) 50 4 1 3 CC-402 Dissertation II (Report Writing and Viva-Voce) 50 4 1 3 DSE Optional paper 50 4 1 3 DSE Optional paper 50 4 1 3 GE-2 Practices of Social Research (for other subjects) 50 4 1 3 Total 250 20 5 15 TOTAL MARKS AND CREDITS 1000 80 Generic Elective courses of 4 credits each for other subjects GE I Rural and Urban Society 50 4 1 3 GE 2 Practices of Social Research 50 4 1 3 3  Discipline Specific Elective (Optional) Papers Students will opt for any (2+2) out of the following 10 courses in Semester 3 and 4: DSE-1: 403. Marxist Sociology DSE-2: 404. Rural Sociology DSE-3: 405. Sociology of Industry DSE-4: 406. Sociology of Crime, Deviance and Harm-I DSE-5: 407. Sociology of Ageing and Care DSE-6:408.Urban Sociology DSE-7: 409. Sociology of Labour and Industrial Relations DSE-8: 410.Sociology of Organization DSE-9: 411. Sociology of Crime, Deviance and Harm-II DSE-10:412. Sociology of Media and Culture Generic Elective course will be offered in the 3rd and 4thSemester to other disciplines: GE-1: Rural and Urban Society GE-2: Practices of Social Research CORE COURSES Semester-1 CC: 1 Sociological Thought 101.1 Module 1. A brief outline of the emergence of Sociological Thought 2. Karl Marx: Transition from Pre-capitalist to Capitalist Social Formations. Capitalism and Commodity Production: a) Surplus value; b) Commodity Fetishism 4  Class and Class struggle and Alienation; Religion; Contemporary trends in Marxism 3. Durkheim: Rules of Sociological Method; Forms of Solidarity and Social Integration Social Fact; Social Interpretation of Religion; Moral Education 4. Weber: Methodology of Social Sciences; Social Action; Rationality and the Disenchantment of the world; Religion and Economy; Inequality 101.2 Module 5. Pareto: Sociology as logico-experimental science; Logical and Non-Logical action Residue and Derivation; The circulation of Elites 6. Simmel: Forms of Sociation; Dialectical method and functions of conflict; Sociology of Marginality; Critique of Objective culture, Philosophy of Money 7. Veblen: Theory of Leisure Class and Conspicuous consumption 8. Karl Manheim: Sociology of knowledge; Ideology; Utopia Readings: 1. Abraham, J.H. & Morgan, 1985, Sociological Thought from Comte to Sorokin, Wyndham Hall Press 2. Adams, B.N. & Sydie R.A. 2000, Sociological Theory, Pine Forge Press. 3. Aron, Raymond, 1981, Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. I & II, Penguine. 4. Bottomore, T. 1985. Theories of Modern Capitalism. London: Unwin Hyman Ltd. 5. Calhoun, Craig et al. 2002: Contemporary Sociological theory, Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 6. Collins, Randal. Three Sociological Traditions, Oxford University Press. 7. Coser, L.A. 1977, Masters of Sociological Thought, 8. Durkheim, E. 1961, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (5 th edition). Collier Books 9. ------, 1982, The Rules of Sociological Method. Macmillan. 10. ------, 1993, The Division of Labour in Society. The Free Press 11. ------, 1997, Suicide. Routledge and Kegan Paul. 12. Giddens, Anthony 1994, Capitalism and Modern Social Theory, Cambridge University Press. 13. Lukes, Steven. 1973. Durkheim: Life and Works: A Critical Study, 14. Morrison Ken, 1995. Marx, Durkheim, Weber – formation of Modern Social Thought. Sage Publication. 15. Nisbet, R. A. 1976. The Sociological Tradition. London: Heinemann. 16. Ritzer George, 2000, Sociological Theory, Mc.Graw Hill, 5th edition. 17. Tucker, K.N. Classical Social Theory. 2002. Blackwell Publication. 18. Turner, B.S The Blackwell companion to social theory 19. Zetlin Irvin. 1981, Ideology and the Development Sociological Theory 20. Weber, M. 1949, Methodology of the Social Sciences. New York: The Free Press. 21. --------, 2002. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Blackwell Publishers. CC-2 Social-Anthropological Perspectives 102.1 Module 1. Anthropology as the study of culture among tribal community 2. Social & cultural organization in Tribal society; Network of Kinship, Marriage and Family 3. Economic &Political Institutions in Tribal society 4. Religious institutions; myth, ritual and magic in Tribal society 102.2 Module 5. Tribes in India: Conceptualization, classification &distribution 5  6. Issues/Problems of tribalsin India 7. Tribal Movements in India 8. Tribal development; social & cultural change Readings: 1. Aberle, Kathleen Gough. 1978, Dravidian Kinship and Modes of Production, New Delhi: ICSSR. 2. Asad, Talal. (Ed.) 1973, Anthropology & the Colonial Encounter, London: Ithaca Press. 3. Balandier, G. 1970, Political Anthropology, Harmondsworth: Penguin. 4. Banton, M. 1969, The Social Anthropology of Complex Societies, London: Tavistock. 5. Beattie, John. 1966, Other cultures: Aims, methods and achievements in social anthropology, Routledge &Kegan Paul Ltd. 6. Bloch, M. 1975, Marxist Analysis and Social Anthropology, London: Tavistock. 7. Bidney, D. 1967, Theoretical Anthropology, New York: Schocken Books. 8. Bose, N.K. 1963, Cultural Anthropology, Calcutta: IAP. 9. Bose, N.K. 1971, Tribal Life in India, Delhi: NBT. 10. Dalton, G. (Ed.), 1967, Tribal and Peasant Economies, New York: The Natural History Press. 11. Ember, Carol R. & Melvin Ember, 1995, Anthropology, New Delhi: P.H.I. 12. Evans – Pritchard, E.E. 1963, TheNuer, Oxford: Claredon Press. 13. Evans-Prithard, E.E. 1965, Theories of primitive religion, Oxford: Claredon Press. 14. Evans-Pritchard, E.E. 1969, Essays in Social Anthropology. 15. Firth, Raymond. 1971, Elements of Social Organization, London: Tavistock. 16. Firth, Raymond. (Ed.), Themes in Economic Anthropology, London: Tavistock. 17. Ford, D.C. 1963, Habitat, Economy and Society, London: Metheun. 18. Fox, Robin. 1983, Kinship and Marriage, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 19. Gabriano, M.S. 1977, Sociocultural Theory in Anthropology: A Short History, New York: Holt, Renehart and Winston. 20. Gluckman, Max. 1971, Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society, Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 21. Godelier, M. 1977, Perspectives in Marxist Anthropology, Cambridge: University Press. 22. Guha, B.S. 1944, Racial Elements in the Population, Bombay: OUP. 23. Harris, M. 1971, The Rise of Anthropological Theory, London: R.K.P. 24. Hasnain, Nadeem. 2001, Tribal India, New Delhi: PalakaPrakashan. 25. Kuper, A. 1973, Anthropologists and Anthropology, Harmondsworth: Penguin. 26. Kuper, A. (Ed.), 1977, The Social Anthropology of Radcliff-Brown, London: R.K.P. 27. Levi – Strauss, Claude. 1973, Structural Anthropology, Vol.I& II, Harmondsworth: Penguin. 28. Lewis, I.M. 1976, Social Anthropology in Perspective, Harmondsworth: Penguin. 29. Mair, Lucy. 1962, Primitive Government, Harmondsworth: Penguin. 30. Majumdar, D.N. Himalayan Polyandry, Bombay: APH. 31. Malinowski, B. 1948, Magic, science, religion and other essays, Glencoe Illinois: The Free Press. 32. Marwick, Max. (Ed.) 1970, Witchcraft and Sorcery, Harmondsworth: Penguin. 33. Mauss, M. 1970, The Gift, London; Cohen & West. 34. Murdoch, G.P. 1969, Social Structure, New York: Free Press. 35. Needham, R. (Ed.), Rethinking Kinship and Marriage, London: Tavistock. 36. Pocock, D. Understanding Social Anthropology, London: Hodder& Stoughton. 37. Radcliff-Brown, A.R. 1964, Structure and Function of Primitive Society, London: ELBS. 38. Sahhins, Marshall. 1978, Culture and Practical Reason, Chicago: Chicago Univ. Press. 39. Schapiro, H.L. (Ed.) 1971, Culture and Society, New York: OUP. 40. Singh, K.S. (Ed.) 1972, Tribal Situation in India, Shimla: IIAS. 41. Vidyarthi, L.P. &Rai, B.K. The tribal culture of India, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. 42. Von Furer-Haiendorf, C. 1982, Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival, Berkeley: University of California Press 6 43. Xaxa, Virginius. 2008. State, society and tribes: Issues in post-colonial India, Pearson India Education Services Pvt. Ltd. CC-3 Sociological Theories 103.1 Module 1 1. i. Functionalism: Parsons, Merton. ii. Neo Functionalism: J. Alexander. 2. Conflict theory: Dahrendorf and Coser: an overview; R.Collins; Lenski. 3. i. Interactionist Perspective: Mead and Dewey: An overview; Blumer and Kuhn; ii. Symbolic Interactionism and Phenomenology: Husserl, Schultz, Goffman. 4. Ethnomethodology: Introduction-Garfinkel 5. Structuralism: Levi-Strauss: An overview; Althusser. 103.2 Module 2 7  6. Post-Structuralism: Derrida, Foucault. 7. Critical Social Theory: Frankfurt School; C. Wright Mills; Habermas. 8. Reflexive Modernity: Giddens, Beck. 9. Post Modernity: Bauman, P. Bourdieu, Baudrillard 10. Feminist Social Theories: Different Orientations: Liberal, Radical, Socialist & Post- Modernist. Readings: 1. Abrahamson, Mark. 1978. Functionalism. Prentice Hall. 2. Adams, B.N. & Sydie. 2001. R.A. Sociological Theory.Sage. 3. Best, Stevens and Kellner, Douglas. 1991. Post Modern Theory. 4. Bottomore, Tom. 1984. The Frankfurt School. 5. Craig Calhoun, Joseph Gerteis, –James Moody 2012.Contemporary Sociological Theory. Wiley Blackwell 6. Craib, Ian. 2014. Modern Social Theory: From Parsons to Habermas. Routledge. 7. Elliot, Anthony and Ray Larry. 2002. Key Contemporay Social Theorists. Blaclwell Pub. 8. Elliot, Anthony and Lemert, Charles. 2014. Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory. Routledge. 9. Giddens, A. 2013. The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration. 10. Giddens, Anthony and Turner. 1988. J.H. Social Theory Today. 11. Kundu, Abhijit - 2012. Sociological Theory, Pearson 6TU U6T 6TU U6T 12. Lyon, David. 1999. Post Modernity. 13. Monzelis, N. 2003. Sociological Theory: What Went Wrong? Routledge. 14. Rex, John. 1998. Key Problems of Sociological Theory. Routledge. 15. Ritzer, George. 1990. Frontiers of Social Theory: The New Synthesis. Columbia University 16. Ritzer, George and Jeffrey Stepnisky. 2017. Sociological Theory 10th Edition. Sage. 6TU U6T P P 17. Ritzer, George. 2007. Modern Sociological Theory. McGraw-Hill Education 18. Scott Appelrouth and Laura Desfor Edles. 2011. Sociological Theory in Contemporay Era. Sage 19. Smelser ,Neil J. - 2013 Sociological Theory - A Contemporary View: How to Read, Criticize 6TU U6T and Do Theory. Quid Pro Books. 20. Stanley, L (Ed). 2013. Feminist Praxis - Research Theory, Epistemology in Feminist Sociology. Routledge. 21. Swingehood, Alan. 1991. A Short history of Sociological Thought. Macmillan Education. 22. Turner, Bryan.S. (Ed.) 1990. Theories of Modernity and Post Modernity. Sage. 23. Turner, J.H. 1992. The Structure of Sociological theory. 24. Wallace and Wolf: 2005. Sociological Theories. Prentice Hall 25. Worsley, Peter. New Readings in Sociology. CC-4 Theoretical Perspective on Indian Society 104.1 Module 1. Rise of social thinking in India 2. Transition of society from 19th Century to 20th Century, Contact of Indian Intelligentsia and P P P P Western culture. 3. Development of Sociological perspective in India- BhudevMukhopadhyay- Samaj and indigenous roots of nation 4. Bombay school:a) G.S. Ghurye; b) M.N.Srinivas; c) A.R.Desai. 104.2 Module 5. Calcutta School: a). Benoy Kumar Sarkar; b). Ramakrishna Mukherjee 8  6. Lucknow School: a) RadhakamalMukerjee; b)D.P.Mukherji 7. Confluence of Sociology, Anthropology and History in Indian Sociology: N.K.Bose, Ranajit Guha, B.R.Ambedkar, SurajitSinha 8. The Issue of Indigenization of Indian sociology: Debate. Readings: 1. B. Bandyopadhyay : The Political Ideas of Benoy Kumar Sarkar 2. Bhattacharyya S.K. : The Role of Benoy Kumar Sarkar 3. Bhattacharyya S.K: The Making of Sociology in India 4. Dhanagare. D. N. : Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology 5. Madan T, N: Pathways 6. Momin A.R : The Legacy of G.S. Ghurye 7. Mukherjee R.: The Sociology of Indian Sociology 8. Mukhopadhyay A. K. : The Bengali Intellectual Tradition 9. Pramanik S.K: The Sociology of G. S. Ghurye 10. Singh Y. Indian Sociology 11. Related Articles CC-5 Sociology of Development 105.1 Module 1. Conceptual understanding of Development: Human, Social, Ecological; Growth vs Development debate 2. Perspectives of development; Neo classical; Substantive; Marxian; Ecological 3. Theories of Development and Underdevelopment: Modernization; Liberal; Centre- periphery; World system; Unequal exchange 105.2 Module 4. Paths of development: 4.1 Deconstructing development: Escobar & Ferguson 4.2 Alternative development: Rabindranath, Gandhi; 4.3 Gender &development 9  4.4 Participatory development: Role of Civil Society; NGO; CBO 5. Social structure & development 5.1 Culture: facilitator/inhibitor 5.2 Environmental discourse; development & displacement; 6. Post- development debate: AshisNandy, Amatya Sen. Readings: 1. Alkire, Sabina. 2005. Valuing Freedoms: Sen’s Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2. Crush, Jonathan (Ed). 1995, Power of Development. London and New York: Routledge. 3. Escobar, Arturo. 1994, Encountering development: The making and unmaking of the third world, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 4. Ferguson, James. 2006, Global shadows: Africa in the neoliberal world order, Durham & London: Duke University Press 5. Frans J. Schurman (ed) 2001, Globalization and Development Studies, New Delhi: Vistaar Publication. 6. Haq, Mahbubul. 1998. Reflections on Human Development. Dehli: Oxford University Press. 7. Harvey, David. 2005. A Brief History of Neoliberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 8. JoesphStights. 2003, Globalization and its Discontents, New Delhi: Penguin Books (p) Ltd. 9. Muschett, F. Douglas (Ed.) 1997, The principles of sustainable development, Florida: St. Lucie Press. 10. Peet, Richard. 2003. Unholy Trinity: The IMF, World Bank and WTO. London and New York: Zed Books. 11. Preston, P.W. 1996, Development Theory: An introduction to the analysis of complex change, Wiley. 12. Rist, Gilbert. 2002. The History of development: From Western Origins to Global Faith. London and New York: Zed Books. 13. Sen. Amartya. 1999, Development as freedom, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 14. Singha Roy, D.K. (Ed). 2001, Critical issues of grassroots mobilization and collective action. Social development and empowerment of the marginalised groups. New Delhi: Sage publications. 15. Kukuda-Parr, Sakiko and Kumar, A.K. Shiva (eds). 2003, Readings in Human Development, 2nd Edition. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 16. UN. 2007, Indicators of sustainable development: Guidelines and methodologies, Third ed, New York: United Nations. 17. United Nations Development Programme. 2010. Human Development Report 2010: 20 years on: Pushing the frontiers of human development. New York: UNDP and Oxford University Press. 18. UNDP, 2016, Human development report, New York: United Nations. Semester-2 CC -6 Sociology of India I 201.1Module 1. Approaches to the Study of India– different perspectives i) Marxian view, ii) Weberian view; iii) Other Perspectives: Field view and Book View 2. Agrarian Structure and relations in Pre - Colonial India 3. Feudalism: Meaning, nature and debate 4. Economy in Pre - Colonial India – Property, Land Ownership, Market and Exchange 201.2 Module 5. Class and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial India; Emergence of Middle class in pre independent era 6. Orientalists Understanding Caste and jajmani system in pre-independent era. 7. Changing Agrarian Social Structure in India. 10  8. Family and Marriage: Features in Traditional India; Patriarchy and Women. Readings: 1. Beteille, A. 1977. Studies in Agrarian Social Structure, Oxford University Press. 2. Bloch, M. 2013, Feudal Society, Vol I&II, Routledge. 3. Chattopadhyay, B.D. 2009, A Social History of Early India, Pearson Education India. 4. Das, Veena. 2003, The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, Vol I &II, Oxford University Press. 5. Desai, A.R. 1994, Rural Sociology in India, Popular Prakashan. 6. Dirks, Nicholas, B. 2011, Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India, Princeton University Press. 7. Dumont, Louis. 1980. Homo Hierchicus: The Caste System and its Implication, University of Chicago Press. 8. Jha, D.N. (Ed), 2002, The Feudal Order – State, Society and Ideology in Early Medieval India ,Manohar. 9. Kapadia, K.M. 1990, Family and Marriage in India, Oxford University Press. 10. Roychaudhuri, Tapan and IrfanHabib (Ed), 1984, The Cambridge Economic History of India , Orient Longman in association with Cambridge University Press , 11. Shah, A.M 1998, The Family in India: Critical Essays, Orient Blakswan. 12. Sharma, R.S , 2007, Material Culture and Social Formation in Ancient India , Macmillan India Limited 13. --------, 2009, Indian Feudalism , Macmillan India Limited. 14. --------, 1995, Social and Economic History of Early India, MunshiramManoharlal Publishers. 15. Sharma, Urshula, 1999, Caste, Open University Press. 16. Shrinivas, M.N. 1980, India: Social Structure, Transaction Publishers. 17. Uberoi, P. 1994. Family, Kinship and Marriage in India, Oxford University Press. 18. Singer, M and B. S. Cohn (Ed), 1970, Structure and Change in Indian Society, Transaction Publishers 19. Sunar, Lufti, 2014, Marx and Weber on Oriental Societies ,Ashgate. 20. Thapar, Romila, 1978, Ancient Indian Social History: Some Interpretations , Orient Blackswan CC-7 Social-Psychological Perspectives 202.1 Module 1. Social Psychology: Origin, Focus, Methods & Application 2. Perception, Cognition and Cognitive Dissonance inCommunication and Interaction 3. Social Influence in Everyday Life: Role and Implications, 4. Inter-Group Relations and Behaviour: i. Approaches; ii. Impression Management 202.2 Module 5. Social Identity: Components, Identity construction in Social Context 6. Social relationships: Meaning,Types and Factors;Attraction and Intimacy: Sense of belongingness. 7. Challenges of Social Development: i. Stigma and Discrimination; ii. Childhood as a Social construction; iii. Social representation of Ageing; iv. Beggary; v. Aggression; vi. Multiple Genders 8. Counselling – Its Role, Steps, Techniques. Readings: 11  1. Ann O'Hanlon, Peter Coleman - 2018 Aging and Development: Social and Emotional Perspectives. 2. Barrett, Daniel W. 2016. Social Psychology: Core Concepts and Emerging Trends 3. Baron, R. &Bryne, D. 2006, Social Psychology, Prentice Hall/ Pearson Education. 4. Bushman, Brad J. - 2016Aggression and Violence: A Social Psychological Perspective 5. Brenda Major, John F. Dovidio, Bruce G. Link. 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Stigma, Discrimination, and Health 6. Brian Yochim, PhD, ABPP, Erin Woodhead, PhD- 2017 Psychology of Aging: A Bio psychosocial 6TU Perspective. U6T 7. Correll , Shelley Joyce – 2007. Social Psychology of Gender 6TU U6T 8. Datan, N. &Lohman, N. 1980, Transition of Ageing, Academic Press. 9. Dryden, W. 1994, Developing the Practice of Counseling, Sage. 10. Gilbert. Handbook of Social Psychology, Vol. I & II. 11. Handel, Gerald. 2011. Childhood Socialization 6TU U6T 12. Heatherton, Todd F. 2003. The Social Psychology of Stigma 6TU U6T 13. Hollander, Edwin P. & Hunt, Raymond. Current Perspectives in Social Psychology. 14. John B. Pryor, Arjan E. R. –Bos 2016.Social Psychological Perspectives on Stigma: Advances in Theory and Research 15. Jones, A. 1963, Principles of Guidance, McGraw Hill. 16. Klaus Warner Schaie, Jon Hendricks- 2000 The Evolution of the Aging Self: The Societal Impact on the 5T 5T 8T Aging Process. Springer.8T 17. Krahé ,Barbara – 2013. The Social Psychology of Aggression: 2nd Edition 6TU U6T 6TU U6T 18. Meadows ,Sara – 2009. The Child as Social Person 19. Peel, Elizabeth andRosie Harding - 2017 Ageing and Sexualities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 6TU U6T 6TU U6T 20. Rosenthal, H. 1993, Encyclopedia of Counseling, Accelerated Development. 21. Rudman Laurie A. , Peter Glick – 2008. The Social Psychology of Gender: How Power and Intimacy 6TU U6T 6TU U6T Shape Gender Relations. The Guilforg Press 22. Sharp, S. &Cowie, H. 1998, Counseling and Supporting, Sage. 23. Thomas M. Hess, JoNellStrough, –CorinnaLöckenhoff 2015.Aging and Decision Making: Empirical and Applied Perspectives 24. Underwood, Marion K. Lisa H. Rosen- 2013Social Development: Relationships in Infancy, Childhood, 6TU and Adolescence U6T 25. Warters, J. 1964, Techniques of Counseling, McGraw Hill. CC: 8 Research Method-I 203.1 Module 1. Meaning and nature of quantitative social research; the structuring of inquiry: Formulation of a research problem; Conceptualization & Operationalization; Research design & its types; 2. Hypothesis, characteristics of usable hypothesis; Sampling: types, application and significance. 3. Quantitative research: Nature&Types 4. Meaning and Significance of Social Statistics –Foundation of Statistical Analysis 5. Review of Descriptive Statistics –Types of Distribution – Frequency Distribution and Graphical Representation 203.2 Module 6. Different Measures of Central Tendency: Criteria for the Choice of average, Different Measures of Dispersion 7. Normal Curve 8. Inferential Statistics: Statistical Estimation, Probability and Logic of Hypothesis Testing and Type I & Type II Error 12  9. Nominal Level Tests of Significance: One and Two Sample Chi Square Tests, Fisher’s Exact Test and Interval Level Tests of Significance: Z test and T test 10. Correlation: Pearson R & Spearman’s Rho; Regression. Readings: 1. Babbie, Earl. 2008, The basics of social research, USA: Thomson Wadsworth. 2. Bailey, K. 1994, Methods of social research, Simon and Schuster, 4th ed, The Free Press, New York. 3. Bryman, Alan. 2004, Quantity and Quality in Social Research, New York: Routledge. 4. Bryman, Alan. 2012, Social research methods, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 5. Cresswell, John. W. 2009, Research design: Qualitative, quantitative & mixed methods approaches, California: Sage Publications Inc. 6. Elifson, K.W, Runyon. R.P, Haber, A, 1990, Fundamentals of Social Statistics, McGraw Hill. 7. Fielding, J. L, Gilbert, G.N. 2000, Understanding Social Statistics, Sage. 8. Goode, W. E. & P. K. Hatt. 1952, Methods in Social Research, New York: McGraw Hill. 9. Kalof L. and Dietz T., 2009, Introduction to Social Statistics: The Logic of Statistical Reasoning, Wiley Blackwell 10. Leonard W.M., 1996, Basic Social Science , Stipes Publishing Company 11. Lynch M. , 2013, Using Statistics in Social Research, Springer 12. McTavish, D.G. &Loether, H.J. 2015, Social research: An evolving process, Pearson India Education Pvt Ltd. 13. Mueller, J.H., Schuessler K.H, Costner H.L., 1977, Statistical Reasoning in Sociology. 14. Nachmias, D. &Nachmias, C. 1981, Research methods in the social sciences, New York: St. Martin’s Press. 15. Neuman, W.L. 2004. Basics of social research: Qualitative and quantitative approaches, Pearson 16. Salkind, N.J. 2000, Statistics for People Who Hate Statistics, Sage.Seale, Clive (Ed). 2004, Social research methods: A reader, London: Routledge. 17. Singleton, R. & Straits, B.C. 2017, Approaches to social research, Oxford University Press. 18. Sirkin, R.M. 1995, Statistics for Social Statistics, Sage. CC: 9 Sociology of Demography and Development in India 204.1 Module 1. Demography: Scope and significance; Relation of population studies with other Social Sciences; Demographic data. 2. Theories of population: Malthusian, Marxian and Neo-Marxian perspectives,FoucauldianCritique 3. Demographic processes: Fertility: Trends and Determinants; Migration: Demographic process and Approaches. 4. Population growth and Economic development in India: Resource or Constraint; Socio- cultural components of population change. 5. Population policies, programs and initiatives in India: Family, Health, Children and Elderly- Critical Appraisal. 204. 2 Module 6. Development and underdevelopment in Indian economy; Development strategy under the five year plans; India’s New Economic Policy (1991) and its implications. 7. Poverty, Destitution and Unemployment in India; Approaches of Poverty; Unemployment: Features, types, causes and consequences. 13  8. Social Structure and Development: i. Culture as an aid or impediment to development; Religious asceticism and Entrepreneurship in India: Relevance of the Weberian thesis; ii. Inclusive Growth in India: Regional disparity and Gender. 9. Contemporary issues: i. Environment and sanitation; ii. Education and Occupation. 10. Understanding Development through People’s initiative: SHG and CSR Readings: 1. Census of India, Government of India publication, New Delhi 2. NSS reports, Govemment of India publication, New Delhi 3. Aggrawala, B. R, India’s Population Problems, Tata Mc-Graw Hill Publishinh Company. 4. Bardhan, Pranab (2003), Poverty, Agrarian Structure and Political Economy: Selected Essays, OUP, New Delhi. 5. Bhaduri, Amit (2006), Development with Dignity: A Case for Full Employment, National Book Trust India, New Delhi. 6. Bhagwati, Jagdish (1993), India in Transition: Freeing the Economy, Clarendon Press, Oxford. 7. Bhagwati, Jagdish& Arvind Panagariya (2014), Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries, Public Affairs 8. Bhende, A & T. Karithar. 2000. Principles of Population Studies, Himalaya Publication House, Mumbai 9. Bose, Ashish, Patterns of Population Change 10. -------, (1991) Demographic Diversity of India. Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation 11. Castles, Stephen. et. al. (eds.). 1998. The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World. London: Macmillan. 12. Chaplin, Susan, E ( 2011), The Politics of Sanitation in India: Cities, Services and the State, Orient BlackswanPvt Ltd. 13. Das, Gurcharan (2015), India Unbound: From Independence to the Global Information Age, Penguine, UK. 14. ---------, (2002), The Elephant Paradigm: India Wrestles with Change, Penguine, UK. 15. Davis, K., and J.Blake. 1956. Social Structure and Fertility: An Analytical Framework. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 4 : 211 — 35. 16. Donald, Bogue (1969), Demography, John Wiley and Sons, New York. 17. Dreza, Jean &Amartya Sen (2013), An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions, Penguine, UK. 18. -------, 1995. India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity, OUP. 19. Dyson, Tim et. al. (eds). 2004. Twenty-first Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development, and the Environment. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 20. FilippoOsella and Katy Gardner (ed). 2004. Migration, Modernity and Social Transformation in South Asia, Sage. 21. Ghosh, Biswajit. 2011. ‘Population Change and its Consequences: India’s concern in the 21st century’, Man & Development, 33: 1, March, 2011: 1-18. 22. --------, 2012. Interrogating Development: Discourses on Development in India Today. Rawat Publications. 23. Gowariker, Vaan (ed). 1993. The Inevitable Billion Plus. Pune: VicharDhara Publications. 24. Hans Raj, B. 1999. Fundamentals of Demography, Surjeet Publication, Delhi. 25. Jain, Suresh Chandra ( 2005), Education and Socio-Economic Development: Rural-Urban Divide in India and South Asia, Concept Publishing. 26. Jha, Hetukar. 2015. Sanitation in India. Delhi: Gyan Books. 27. Kannan, K.P. (2017), Interrogation Inclusive Growth: Poverty and Inequality in India, Routledge. 28. Kapila, Uma (2015), Indian Economy: Performance and Policies, Academic Foundation. --------, (2009), Indian Economy Since Independence, Academic Foundation. 29. Kalpagam, U (2011), Gender and Development in India: Current Issues, Rawat Publications. 30. Kothari, Rajni. 1988. Rethinking Development: In Search of Humane Alternatives, Delhi: Ajanta. 14 31. Mandelbaum, David, G. 1974. Human Fertility in India : Social Components and Policy Perspectives. Berkeley : University of California Press. 32. Mehrotra, Santosh (2015), Realising the Demographic Dividend: Policies to Achieve Inclusive Growth in India, Cambridge University Press. 33. Nagaraj, R(ed.)(2012), Growth, Inequality and Social Development in India: Is Inclusive Growth Possible? Springer. 34. Nayar, K.R. 1998. Ecology and Health: a system approach. New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation. 35. Nilekani, Nandan (2013), Imagining India: Ideas For The New Century, Penguine, UK. 36. Seth, Mira 2001. Women and Development, Sage. 37. Shah, Baviskar&Ramaswamy. 1997. Social Structure and Change (Vol.4), Sage 38. Singhal, Sushma (1995), Development of Education, Occupation and Employment of Women in India, Mittal Publications. 39. Sinha, V.C & E. Zacharia. 2009. Elements of Demography, Allied Publishers, Mumbai. 40. Srivastava, O.S (1994). Demography and Population Studies. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House 41. S.P.Srivastava (ed) (1998), The Development Debate, Rawat 42. Sury, M.M. &VibhaMathur( 2013), Five Year Plans of India, New Century Publications. 43. United Nations Development Programme. 2004. Human Development Report 2004. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 44. Visvanathan, N et al. (2011). The Women, Gender and Development Reader, Zed Books Ltd. 45. Ysujita, T (2014), Inclusive Growth and Development in India: Challenges for Underdeveloped Regions and the Underclass, Springer. CC-10 205: TERM PAPER 15  Semester-3 CC: 11 Sociology of India-II 301.1 Module 1. Pluralism and Nation-building in India, Nationalism 2. Caste in modern India: i) Economy. Polity, Religion and Other social groups ii) Caste and Locality: Village, Town and Region 3. i) Kinship structure in India ii) Family and marriage: Family-Household debate, Redefining Family, Trends of transformation in Marriage 4. Gender: Changing situation 301.2 Module 5. Social Change in Modern India: i) Westernisation and Modernisation ii) Agents and Factors. 6. Religious Institutions: Re-interpreted. 7. Positive Discrimination: Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and O B C 8. Regionalism: Ethnic and Linguistic Assertions Readings: 1. Beteille, Andre. Caste: Old & New. 2. Beteille, Andre. Inequality and Change in Indian Society. 3. Das V. (ed), 2004, Handbook of Indian Sociology, Oxford University Press 4. Desai, A.R. Essays on State and Society. 5. Desai, A.R. Modernization of Underdeveloped Countries. 6. Desai, A.R. Recent Trends in Indian Nationalism. 7. Desai, N. and V.Patel, Indian Women: Change and Challenge in the International Decade. 8. Dube, L. Hindu Kinship. 9. Dumont, L. Homo Hierarchicus. 10. Fuller, C.J. Caste today. 11. Galanter, Marc. Competing Equalities. 12. Kapadia, K.M. Marriage and Family in India. 16  13. Mandelbaum, David. Society in India. 14. Oommen, T.K. and Partha Mukherjee (Edts.) Indian Sociology. 15. Sharma, K.L. Caste and Class in India. 16. Singh, Yogendra. Essays of Modernization of India. 17. Singh, Yogendra. Indian Sociology. 18. Singh, Yogendra. Modernization of Indian Tradition. 19. Srinivas, M.N. Caste in Modern India and Other Essays. 20. Srinivas, M.N. National Integration in India. 21. Srinivas, M.N. Social Change in Modern India. 22. Thormen, D. The Shaping of Modern India. 23. Uberoi, Patricia. (Ed), Family, Kinship and Marriage in India. 24. Watson, C.W. Multiculturalism. CC 12: Research Method-II 302.1 Module 1. Meaning and Nature of Qualitative Social Research; Research Methodologies and Theoretical perspectives. 2. Quantitative-Qualitative Divide, Paradigm Wars. 3. Field Research: Features; Strength and Weakness. 4. Mixed Method: Nature and Types of Mixed Method designs 5. Methods and Techniques of data collection i. Interview: Unstructured, Semi structured, In-depth ii. Focus Group Discussion iii. Observation and Participant Observation 302.2 Module 6. Qualitative approaches to enquiry: i. Unobtrusive research - Content analysis ii. Case Study iii. Ethnography iv. Discourse Analysis: Texts, Conversational and Narratives v. Visual Methodology vi. Oral Histories, Life Histories and Experiential Methods 7. Intersectionality in Social Research 8. Methods to study Indian society Readings: 1. Alasuutari.P.,Bickman, L. and Brannen, Julia. 2008. The Handbook of Social Research Methods. Sage. 2. Babbie, Earl R., 10th ed., 1990.The Practice of Social Research Methods Wadsworth 3. Bryman Alan. 2016. Quantity and Quality in Social research. Sage. 4. Creswell, John W. 2009.Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 3rd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 5. Dawson, Catherine; 2009.Introduction to Research Methods: A Practical Guide for Anyone Undertaking a Research Project.. 6. Gray, David E. 2004. Doing research in the real world. London, UK: Sage Publications 7. Hesse-Biber, Sharlenenagy, Patricia Leavy ed. 2006.Emergent Methods in Social Research. Sage. 17 8. Krippendorff, Klaus. 2004. Content analysis: An introduction to its methodology. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 9. Molly, Andrews, Squire C. and Tamboukou. Ed. 2009. Doing Narrative Research. Sage. 10. Rose, Gillian. 2007. Visual Methodologies. Sage. 11. Silverman David – 2016. Qualitative Research. 12. Teddlie Charles and Tashakkori, Abbas. 2009. Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioural Sciences. CA: SAGE. 13. Webb, Eugene J. et al., 1966. Unobtrusive Measures Rand McNally. 14. Woofit Robin.2005. Conversation and Discourse analysis. Sage. 15. Yin, Robert K. 2008. Case study research: Design and methods. Applied Social Research Methods Series, 4th ed. City, ST: Sage Publications. [Students will choose any two from Optional papers] DSE-1 DSE-2 DSE-3 DSE-4 DSE-5 GENERIC ELECTIVE: GE-I Rural and Urban Society in India [For other subjects] 18  4thSemester CC: 401- DISSERTATION 1 CC: 402- DISSERTATION 2 (2 Core Courses 13 & 14) 50+50=100 marks and 4+4=8 credits [Students will choose any two from Optional papers] DSE-6 DSE-7 DSE-8 DSE-9 DSE-10 GENERIC ELECTIVE: GE-2 Practices of Social Research [For other subjects] 19  Discipline Specific Elective Courses Discipline Specific Elective DSE-1 Marxist Sociology 403.1 Module 20  1. Marxism and Sociology: Marx’s contribution to Sociology –Contributions of Labriola, Bernstein and Austro-Marxists towards developing Marxism as Sociology. 2. Dialectics as the basis for theory of society; Totality as a methodological precept: contribution of Lukacs; Materialistic Interpretation of History as a perspective of explaining transformation of society: Base-Superstructure analysis; Idea of Praxis as a sociological category. 3. Marx’s theory of capitalism; Surplus Value; Commodity fetishism 403.2. Module 4. Marx’s theory of alienation; Power, Hegemony and Domination: Theory of the Ruling Class vis-a-vis Elite theory. 5. Ideology and sociology of Knowledge 6. General features of Western /Post-classical Marxism; Gramsci on civil society and hegemony; Althusser’s structural Marxism. 7. Marxism and (i) Feminism, (ii) Environmentalism and (iii) Post-modernism Readings: 1. Anderson, Perry. Western Marxism. 2. Appelbaum, Richard.P. Karl Marx. 3. Bottomore, Tom. Karl Mrax 4. ________________ Austro – Marxism. 5. ________________ Dictionary of Marxist thought. 6. ________________ Marxist Sociology. 7. Callinicos, Alex. Marxism and Post Modernism. 8. Eisenstein, Zillah. (Ed.) Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case of Socialist Feminism. 9. Foster, John Ballamy. Marx’s Ecology. 10. Giddens, Anthony. Capitalism and Modern Social Theory. 11. Hayward, Tim. Ecological Thought. 12. Jordan, Z.A. Karl Marx. 13. Kellman,D. 1991, Post Modern Theory: Critical Investigations. 14. Keohana, N.O. et.al. (Edts.) Feminist Theory: A Critique of Ideology. 15. Kolakowski, L. Main Currents of Marxism. 16. McLellan, David. Thought of Karl Marx. 17. ________________ Marxism after Marx. 18. Nash, Kate. 2000, Contemporary Political Sociology. 19. Ritzer, George. Sociological Theory 20. Shaw, Martin. Marxist Sociology Revisited. 21. Slaughter. Marx and Marxism. 22. Sweenzy, Paul.M. The Theory of Capitalist Development. 23. Swingewood, A. Marx and Modern Social Theory. DSE: 2 Rural Sociology 404.1Module 1. Introduction to rural sociology: Origin and Development; Agrarian physical & social structure; agrarian relations & mode of production 2. Village studies; approaches & methods of study; Rural-urban contrast and continuum 3. Jajmani system; land reforms; Changing Land Ownership pattern in India; Change in rural economy: rural cooperatives; role of nationalized banks; microfinance 21  404.2 Module 4. Rural political structure: Rural leadership & factionalism; Emergence & evaluation of Panchayati raj institutions 5. Rural problems: Indebtedness; bonded & migrant labourers; pauperization & depeasantization; Agrarian unrest, farmer crisis and peasant movements in India 6. Rural development and change: Concepts, indicators & approaches; Rural change: agents, processes and trends; Globalization and its impact on agriculture; Rural commons; use & management in rural areas; Evaluation of rural development programmes/schemes Readings: 1. Arora, Ramesh. K. &Hooja, Meenakshi. 2009, Panchayati Raj, participation and decentralisation. Rawat publications. 2. Baker, Christopher J. 1984, 'Frogs and Farmers: The Green Revolution in India, and its Murky Past' from, Tim P. Bayliss-Smith and SudhirWanmali (Ed.) Understanding Green Revolutions: Agrarian Change and Development Planning in South Asia, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 3. Bandopadhyay, D. 'Reflections on Land Reform in India since Independence' from T. V. Satyamurthy (Ed.) Industry and Agriculture in India since Independence, Delhi: Oxford University Press. 4. Beteille, Andre. 2007, The Study of Agrarian Systems: An Anthropological Approach, from Marxism and Class Analysis, New Delhi: Oxford. 5. Bertrand, Alvin. (Ed.) 1958, Rural sociology: An analysis of contemporary rural life, McGraw Hill Book Company Inc. 6. Chitamber, J.B. Introductory Rural Sociology. 7. Datta, Bhupendranath. Dialectics of Land Economics of India. 8. Datta, Prabhat. Rural Development through Panchayats. 9. Desai, A.R. 1969, Rural sociology in India, Bombay: Popular prakashan. 10. Desai, A.R. Peasant Struggles in India. 11. Desai, A.R. Rural Society in Transition. 12. Dhanagare, D.N. Peasant Movements in India, 1920 – 1950. 13. Doshi, S.L. & Jain, P.C. 2010, Rural sociology, Jaipur: Rawat publications. 14. Dreze, Jean, and Amartya Sen. (2002). India: Development and participation. USA: Oxford University Press. 15. Dumont, Rene. 1971, Agriculture as Man's Transformation of the Rural Environment, in Teodor Shanin (ed.) Peasants and Peasant Societies, Hamondsworth: Penguin. 16. Gough, Kathleen. 1989, Rural Change in Southeast India, 1950s to 1980s, Delhi: Oxford University Press. 17. Hobhouse, L.T., 1966, Social Development, London: George Allen &Unwin. 18. Jayaram, N. (Ed.) 2005, On civil society: Issues & Perspectives. New Delhi: Sage publications. 19. Lal, S. K. (Ed) Sociological Perspective of Land Reforms. 20. Madan, G.R. India’s Developing Villages. 21. Maddick, Henry. 2018, Panchayati Raj: A study of rural local governance in India. Rawat Publications. 22. McKim, Marriott. 1961, Village India: Studies in the little community (Indian ed.), Bombay: Asia Publishing House. 23. MoRD, 2012. MGNREGA Sameeksha: An anthology of research studies on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, 2006-2012. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan. 24. Radhakrishnan, P. 1989, Peasant Struggles, Land Reforms and Social Change, Malbar, 1836 – 1982. 25. Sen, Amartya. And SudhirAnand. 1994, ‘‘Sustainable Human Development: Concepts and Priorities.’’ Background Paper for the Human Development Report. New York: Human Development Report Office. 26. Sen, Amartya. 1977, Resources, values, and development, Harvard University Press. 27. Shah, C.H. (Ed.) Agricultural Development of India – Policy & Problems. 22 28. Sharma, K.L. & Gupta, D. (Eds.) Country – Town Nexus: Studies in Social Transformation in Contemporary India. 29. Sharma, R.S. 1965, Indian feudalism, New Delhi: Macmillan Publishers India Ltd. 30. Singh, Katar. (2009), Rural Development: Principles, Policies and Management, New Delhi: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd. 31. Sorokin, P.A., Zimmerman, C. C., &Galpin, C.J., (Eds) 1930, A systematic sourcebook in rural sociology, Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press. 32. Srinivas, M. N. 1976, The Remembered Village, Delhi: OUP. 33. Thakur, Shabnam, (2012). Panchayati Raj, decentralisation and rural development. Abhijeet publications. 34. Thorner, Daniel and Alice Thorner. 1962, The Agrarian Problem in India Today, from, Land and Labour in India, Bombay: Asia Publishing House. DSE-3 Sociology of Industry 405.1 Module 1. Classical Sociological Tradition on Industrial Dimension of society. Division of Labour, Bureaucracy, Production Relation. 2. Work and Work Ethics; The Post-modern view of work 3. Advanced Industrial Society : Theses of Ralf Dahrendorf, Braverman and Daniel Bell 4. Technology and Consciousness: Robert Blauner; Peter Berger 5. New technology at work place. 405.2 Module 23  6. Present Scenario of Industrialization in India , Structural Adjustment Programme 7. Small scale industry & entrepreneurship in India 8. Participation of women in Industry, Wage disparity , Security and Welfare measures 9. Flexible Specialisation; Process of Learning; Industrial cluster; 10. General profile of other industries: Health, Tourism and Film Readings: 1. Bell D.: The Coming of Post Industrial Society 2. Berger P.: The Homeless Mind 3. Blauner R.: Alienation and Freedom 4. Cadene and Holmstrom (ed): Decentralized Production in India 5. Edgell S.: The Sociology of Work, 2012 2nd Edition, Sage. 6. Holmstrom M.: Industry and Inequality 7. Millar. D.C. and Form W.H: Industrial Sociology: An introduction to the Sociology of work relation 8. Rao S.: Do we Care? India’s Health System 9. Schneider E.V. : Industrial Sociology: The Social Relations of Industry and the Community 10. Stranglemen T. and Warren T.: Work and Society, Sociological Approaches, Themes and Methods, , 2008 , Routledge DSE: 4 Sociology of Crime, Deviance & Harm - I 406.1 Module 1. Brief overview of classical and positivist schools of crime- CesareBeccaria; Bentham; Lombroso; Ferri; Garofalo 2. Rejecting individualism: First social theory of Durkheim; structural-functionalist school and its variants; Merton, Cloward and Ohlin-Miller; social disorganization and Chicago School- Park,, Shaw and McKay-Sutherland 3. Social control and neutralization: Hirschi; Reiss; Nye-Reckless; Skyes and Matza 4. From crime to deviance; labeling perspective; deviance as a social status; deviance as a self- concept; primary and secondary deviance; Lemert; Becker; Schur; labeling and social stigma; Goffman-mortification of self 5. Conflict school: Marx; Bonger; Vold; conflict and crime; Turk; Wuinner; political economy of crime; Taylor-crime and left realism; Young 6. Victimology: definition of crime and notion of victim; from victim to agency- Walklate; Fattah; Madriz; Kelly; Stanko 406.2 Module 24 7. Marginalization of gender in mainstream/male-stream criminological theories; feminist theories of criminology with special reference to crime against women and by women- Adler, Simon, Smart, Heidensohn, Naffine, MedaChisney, Burgess & intersectionality 8. Critique of modernist theories of crime causation and law and criminal justice; concept of harm; post-modern/constitutive criminology; reflexive criminology 9. Sexualities, power and harm; Michael Foucault- Surveillance; crime and deviance- limits to visibility; risk and new surveillance; the surveillant assemblage 10. Crimes against women and by women; rime against women at different stages of their life- foeticide, dowry, domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment at workplace, trafficking and prostitution- legalization of prostitution debate; female criminality in India 11. Crimes against children and youth and elderly; child sexual abuse; violation of rights of children; national commission on rights of children; crimes by and against youth; national child; youth old age policies 12. Crimes in cyberspace: types; information technology act; predicaments of utilization of cyberspace; limitations of surveillance Readings: 1. Ian Marsh. 2007. Theories of Crime 2. Jeffery T. Walker.2017. Social, Ecological and Environmental Theories of Crime 3. William J Jenkins. 2017. A General Theory of Crime 4. Larry J. Siegel. 2016. Criminology: Theories, Patterns and Typologies 5. Paddy Hillyard.2004.Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously 6. Rowland Atkinson - 2014. Shades of Deviance: A Primer on Crime, Deviance and Social Harm 7. Steve Hall, Simon Winlow. 2012. New Directions in Criminological Theory 8. Steve Hall – 2012. Theorizing Crime and Deviance: A New Perspective. 9. Steve Hall, Simon Winlow. 2015. Revitalizing Criminological Theory: Towards a new Ultra- Realism DSE: 5 Sociology of Ageing and Care 407.1 Module 1. Emergence of Sociology of Ageing: Scope, Significance and Trends 2. Theoretical Perspectives: Structural-Functional and Conflict perspective; Symbolic Interactionism; Phenomenology, Ethnomethodology; Life-course. 3. Understanding ageing, aged and ageism in different societies; Gender and Ageing: Issues of support 4. Ageing and Society: Family: Living arrangement, Intergenerational relationship, Physical, Social, Economic and Psychological Problems; Work: Social, economic, psychological issues of retirement 407.2 Module 5. Elderly and Caregivers: Elderly and Family care; Formal and Informal care; Quality of life: Changing Dimensions 6. Elderly Abuse: i) Forms of abuse and abusers; ii) Crime against elderly. 7. Emerging Discourses: Ageing and Technology: Support, Health and Care; Ageing Well; Productive ageing; Third Age; Future of ageing. 25  8. Sociology of Care and Care Work Readings: 1. Atechley, R.C. 1972, The Social Forces in Latter life. Belmont California, Wadsworth. 2. Bond John et al. 1993, An Introduction to Social Gerontology. Sage Publications. 3. -----------, 2007. Ageing in Society, Sage. 4. Borgalta. EF. 1980 , Ageing and Society. Sage Publication. 5. Calasanti, T. M. 2001. Gender, Social Inequalities and Aging, Rowman Altamira. 6. Chen, Martha. 1998. Widows in India, New Delhi, Sage. 7. Cohen, Lawrence. 2000. No Ageing in India, University of California Press. 8. Connidis, I. A. 2010. Family Ties and Ageing. Pine Forge Press. 9. Cox, H.G. 1984, Later Life: The Realties of Ageing. Prentice Hall. 10. Dhillon, P. K. 1992. Psycho-Social Aspects of Ageing in India, Concept Publishing Company 11. Kumar S. Vijaya. 1991. Family Life and Socio-Economic Problems of the Aged. Ashish Publishing 12. Kumudini, Dandekar. 1996. The Elderly in India, Sage. 13. Lamb, S. 2000. White Saris and Sweet Mangoes: Aging, Gender and Body in North India, University of California Press. 14. Marshall. V.W. 1986, Later Life: The Social Psychology of Ageing. Sage. 15. Mishra. S. 1987. Social Adjustment in Old Ages. B.R. Publishing Corporations. 16. Modi, Iswar. (ed.), 2001. Ageing and Human Development, Rawat Publications. 17. Peace, W.M.1990. Researching Social Gerontology: Concepts, Methods and Issues, Sage 18. Prakash, Indira Jai. (ed). 1991. Quality Ageing: Collected Papers, Varanasi, Association of Gerontology. 19. Sharma.M.L. and T.M. Dak. 1987. Ageing in India, Ajantha Publications New Delhi. 20. Soodan K. S. 1975. Ageing in India; Calcutta: T. K. Mukherjee Minerva Association. 21. Tattwamasi, P &RenuTyagi. 2015. Caring for the Elderly: Gerontology in the Indian Context. Sage. 22. Rajan, S.I& Gayathri Balagopal. 2017. Elderly Care in India: Societal and State Responses, Springer. 23. Shankardass, M &S.Irudaya Rajan, 2018. Abuse and the Neglect of the Elderly in India, Springer DSE 6: Urban Sociology 408.1Module 1. Understanding Urban Sociology, Origin and Development of Urban Sociology 2. Urban Theory –An overview; Simmel, Louis Wirth; Chicago school, Concentric zone theory, Sector theory and Multiple Nuclei theory. 3. Cities: Origin and the Growth of cities in the west and the third world; Typology of Cities: Pre-modern, Modern and Post-modern; City and Consumerism; Popular culture and Entertainment; City and Globalization; 4. Changing urban space: Some cases 408.2 Module 2 5. Urbanization in India: History and Processes; 6. Urban Trends in India: Culture of the shopping mall, e-governance services, Types of crime. 7. Migration: Causes, Consequences and Reflections 8. Rural-Urban transition: i) Marginalized groups in urban societies; ii) Suburbs and Metropolis; Urban Fringe and Urban Hinterland; iii) Urban Agglomeration 9. Urban Governance and Urban Planning Readings: 26 1. Abrahamson, Mark. 2013. Urban Sociology: A Global Introduction, Cambridge University Press. 2. Chattopadhyay, S. 2005. Representing Calcutta: Modernity, Nationalism and the Colonial Uncanny. Psychology Press. 3. Desai Renu &Romola Desai (eds), 2012, Urbanizing Citizenship: Contested Spaces in Indian Cities, Sage. 4. Flanagan, William. 2010. Urban Sociology. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 5. Gupta, Narayani. 2004. The Indian City. In Veena Das (ed.), Handbook of Indian Sociology, OUP 6. Hutnyk, John. 1996. The rumour of Calcutta, Zed Books. 7. Jayapalan, N 2002. Urban Sociology. Atlantic Publishers. 8. Kosambi, Meera. 1994. Urbanization and Urban Decelopment in India, ICSSR. 9. Lefebvre, Henri et al. 1996. Writings on cities. Wiley. 10. Mann, P. T. 1970. Approach to Urban Sociology. Routledge and Kegan Paul. 11. Morris, R., 2013. Urban Sociology, Routledge. 12. Paddison, Ronnan. (2001). Handbook of Urban Studies, India: Sage. 13. Patel, Sujata and Deb, Kushal. Ed. 2006. Urban Studies. Oxford University Press. 14. Patel S & Jim Masselos. 2005. Bombay and Mumbai: The city in Transition, Oxford University Press. 15. Ramchandran, R. 1988. Urbanization and Urban Systems in India, Oxford University Press. 16. Rao, M.S.A (ed) 1992. Urban Sociology in India, Orient Longman. 17. Saunders Peter. 2007. Social Theory and Urban Question. Routledge. 18. Simmel, Georg. 1961. Metropolis and Mental Life, University of Chicago Press. 19. V. Dupont, E. Tarlow and D. Vidal, 2000. Urban Space and Human Destinies, Manohar Publication. 20. Weiner, Myron. 2003. Migration. In Veena Das (ed.), The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, Vol.I. Delhi: Oxford University Press. 21. Wirth, L. 1991. Urbanism as a Way of Life. Irvington. 22. Zukin, S. 1995. Cultures of Cities, Oxford: Blackwell DSE: 7 Sociology of Labour and Industrial Relations 409.1 Module 1. Evolution of Indian Labour: New Sites of Labour (IT and Service Sector) 2. Contemporary Labour Laws and Reforms 3. Organized and Unorganized Labour ; Child Labour; Social security 4. Circuits of Labour Models (Labour theory in ICT age and Body Politics) 5. Emergence of new knowledge workers, Gender issues, The Future of Industrial Relations. 409.2 Module 6. Historical perspective: Origin, development of Working class movements 7. Labour-Management Relations: Recent trends 8. Responses of Trade Union Movement to Challenges 9. Specific Problems of Labour as revealed through Case Studies 10. Trade Union: Industrialization and social change in post modern.-India Readings: 27  1. Furåker, B. 2005. Sociological Perspectives on Labor Markets 2. Paul Close. 2014. Child Labour in Global Society. Emerald Publishing 3. Poole, M. 1984, Theories of Trade Unionism. 4. PrachiJaiswal - 2000Child labour: a sociological study 5. Prideaux ,Simon - 2005. Not So New Labour: A Sociological Critique of New Labour's Policy and Practice 6. Ramaswamy, E. A. 1988, Industry and Labour. 7. Ramaswamy, E.A. 1997, Labour, Management & Society. 8. Shah, Baviskar&Ors. 1996, Social Structure & Change (Vol.3). 9. Sharma ,R. N. Industrial sociology and labour problems; Surjeet Publications, 2002 DSE: 8 Sociology of Organization 410.1 Module 1. Evolution and emergence of an Organization Theory: Precursors, Classical Sociology of Organization, 2. Dominant Theoretical Models: Inter-organizational Perspectives, Social – Psychological, Structural and Ecological. 3. Modern, and Post Modern Organization; Non-Government Organizations; Organization Space & Time, Organizational Identity. 4. Employee Motivation, Communication and Adaptability; Job satisfaction: Feedback, determinants and effects. 5. Organizational Strategy and Structure – Meaning, bases, typology and contemporary debates 410.2 Module 6. Organization as Social Context: the Rational, Interactionist, and Structural Models, Characteristics, Schools and Debates. The Open System, Contingency Debate. 7. Emerging Trends: Organizational change: Understanding and managing change, 8. Role of Human Resource Development, Innovation, Occupational Stress and Coping, Work-life balance. 28  9. Learning Organization: Models of Learning Capabilities; Learning styles and Disabilities. 10. Organization and Environment, and Team work in Organizations Readings: 1. Adler, N.J. 2008. International Dimensions of Organizational Behaviour. Thompson Learning.. 2. Belasen, Alan T. 2017. Women in Management: A Framework for Sustainable Work–Life Integration. Routledge 3. Cooper Cary L. 2000, Theories of Organization Stress. Oxford. 4. Godwyn, Mary and Hoffer Gittell, Jody. 2011. Sociology of Organizations: Structures and Relationships 5. Greenberg J. & Baron R.A. 1999, Behaviour in Organizations, Prentice Hall (EEE). 6. Grieves Jim, 2010, Organizational Change, UP. 7. Howard Lune - 2010 Understanding Organizations 8. Eldridge, J. E. T. and A. D. Crombie – 2016. A Sociology of Organisations 9. King. Ronald. 2017. The Sociology of School Organization: Contemporary Sociology of the School 10. Kreitnar & Kinicki 2001, Organizational Behaviour, 5th Edition, Irwin McGraw Hill. 11. McShane& Von Glino. 2001, Organization Behaviour, Tata McGraw Hill. 12. Mills & Tancred (ed.) 1992, Gendering Organization Analysis, Sage.. 13. Scott & Mitchell, Organization Theory: A Structural & Behavioural Analysis. 14. Scott, R. 1987, Organization: Rational, Natural, Open System. Prentice Hall. 15. Scott, W. Richard. 2013. Institutions and Organizations: Ideas, Interests, and Identities. 16. Stephen, Robbins. 2005. Organizational Behaviour, Prentice Hall (EEE). 17. Strati, Antonino. 2000, Theory & Methods in Organization Studies, Sage. 18. Varma, M. 2000, Nurturing Change through Human Assets. 19. Watson, Tony. 2017. Sociology, Work and Organisation: Seventh Edition 20. Williamson, O. 1999. Organization Theory: From Chester Banard to the Present and Beyond, Oxford. 21. Yeung.A.K, Ulrich,D.O., Nanson.S.W.& Glinow M.A.V. 1999,Organizational Learning Capability DSE-9 Sociology of Crime, Deviance & Harm - II 411.1 Module 1. Concept, forms, purposes and theories of punishment 2. Concept, forms, purposes and theories of surveillance; globalization and surveillance 3. From punishment to correction- correction: meaning, forms purposes and significance 4. Policing and the police: difference between police and policing; types of policing; concept of police culture: principles, problems and prospects of community policing 5. Concept of capital punishment: arguments for and against capital punishment and recidivism 6. Criminal justice system and judicial activism: retribution to restoration; concept of restorative justice 411.2 Module 7. Criminal investigation; principles of criminal investigation; types of criminal investigation; forensic terminologies 8. Correctional programmes, administration and prison reforms in contemporary India with special reference to probation, parole, open prisons; rehabilitation- government and non-governmental initiatives 29 9. Policing in India: historical beginning, nature of working, police training- origin, changes, problems and prospects; Calcutta and West Bengal police; functioning and regional specificity; police; cybercrime and investigation 10. Economic offences and corruption in public service bureaucrats, politicians and business nexus; scams, redressal with specific reference to the role of judiciary 11. Violent crimes: murder, assassination and lynching; organized crime and trafficking; terrorism- discourses and policies; environmental crime- relevant laws and government policies 12. Human rights: human rights act and national commission on human rights; West Bengal human rights commission; custodial crime and human rights; responses and policies Readings: 1. Lily, J.R. Cullen, F.T. Ball, R.A. 1989. Crimonological Theory. London: Sage 2. Akers, R.L., 1999: Criminological Theories, London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. 3. Maguire, M, Morgan, R & Reiner, R(eds) 1997: The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, OUP. 4. McLaughlin, E.& Muncie, J(eds).2001. The Sage Dictionary of Criminology London: Sage 5. Muncie, J. McLaqughlin, E &langen,M.(eds) 1996 : Criminological Perspectives: A Reader. Sage. 6. Ahuja, R.1996. Sociological Criminology. New Delhi: New Age International Pvt. Ltd. 7. Ahija,R. 2000. Criminology. New Delhi: New Age International Pvt. Ltd. 8. Cote,S.(ed.) 2002. Criminological Theories. London: Sage. DSE- 10 Sociology of Media and Culture 412.1Module 1. Theoretical perspective of media studies: i. Cultural studies, ii. Public sphere iii. Semiotics 2. Popular culture: Film, Music 3. Multiculturalism, Cultural Globalization and issues: i. Youth and values; ii. Consumerism, iii. Food Preferences, iv. Fashions and Entertainments 4. Visual culture 412.2 Module 5. The politics of media 6. Media as an Industry – ownership, profit; Media as business: ownership, profits 7. Post Global Media: a. Globalizing Media; b. Media as technology; c. Alternative identity 8. Media and Identity a.) Construction of subjectivities b.) Audience reception Readings: 1. Appadurai, A. The social life of things: commodities in cultural perspective, Cambridge University Press, 1986. 30 2. Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity at Large: The Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation, Oxford University Press, 1996. 3. Benjamin, W. 1969. The Work of Art in the age of Mechanical Reproduction. Illuminations.New York; Schocken Books 4. Campbell R., 1997, Media and Culture 5. Curran, J. & M. Gurevitch (Eds.). Mass Media and Society. London: Hoddar Arnold, 2005 6. Danesi M., 2009, Dictionary of Media and Communications, Routledge 7. Hall, S. (1980) 'Cultural Studies: two paradigms', Media, Culture and Society 2, 57-72 8. Herman, E.S. (Eds.). Global Media: The New Missionaries of Corporate Capitalism. New Delhi: Madhyam Books, 1998 9. Kohli, V. The Indian Media Business. London: Sage, 2003. 10. Marris, P. and S. Thornham (Eds.). Media Studies: A Reader. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University P, 1999 11. Storey, J (Ed.). What is Cultural Studies: A Reader.London: Arnold, 1996. 12. Thomas, P.N. (Eds.). Who Owns the Media. London: Zed Books, 2004. 13. Uberoi, Patricia. Freedom and destiny: gender, family, and popular culture in India. Oxford University Press, 2006. 14. Williams, R. 1962 Communications. Penguin: Harmondsworth Generic Electives GE-I Rural and Urban Society in India Module-1 1. Introducing Rural Society 1.1 Definition, origin, scope and significance 1.2 Approaches to the study of Rural Society 1.3 Rural Society: Structure and Function 2. Key issues and themes in Rural Society 2.1 Rural social problems 2.2 Rural governance and Democratic Decentralization; Role of Panchayat in Rural Development 2.3 Rural Development Programmes: MGNREGA, SGSY, Indira Awas Yojana, Livelihood Mission, National Rural Health Mission Module -2 3. Perspectives in Urban Society 3.1 Understanding Urban Society 3.2 Urbanization Processes and its Trends 3.3 Rural-urban contrast and continuum 4. Key Issues and Themes in Urban Society 4.1 Urban Social Problems 4.2 Emerging forms of City 31  4.3 Urban Planning and Management in India Readings: 1. A.R.Desai. (1997). Rural Sociology India, Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 2. Ashish Bose. (1989). Trends in India's Urbanization. B.R.Publishing. 3. Balsara J. F. (1964). Problems of Rapid Urbanization in India. Bombay: Manaktala. 4. Beteille, A. (1974), Studies in Agrarian Social Structure, Delhi: Oxford University Press. 5. Brass, Tom. 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The City in History: its origins and transformations and its prospects. Mariner Books: Pp 3‐29, 94‐118 16. Parker, Simon. Urban Theory and Urban Experience: Encountering the City, London: Routledge. Chapter 2. Foundations of Urban Theory Pp. 8 - 26 17. Rao M.S.A. (Ed.) (1984). Urban Sociology in India. New Delhi: Orient Longman. 18. R. Ramchandren. Urbanization and Urban System in India. 19. Saxena D. P. Rural - Urban Migration in India 20. Turner, R.H. (Ed.) (1962). India's Urban Future. University of California Press. 21. Zukin, Sharon. (1996). The Cultures of Cities. Wiley 32  GE- 2 Practice of Social Research Module-1 1. Structuring the Inquiry 1.1 What is Social Research? Steps of Social Research 1.2 Key Issues in Social Research: Concept, Variable, Conceptualization and Operationalization 1.3 Research Design: Exploratory, Explanatory, Descriptive 2. Data and Data Collection 2.1 Primary and Secondary sources of data. 2.2 Sampling: Definition and Types 2.3 Methods of data collection; survey and observation, tools and techniques of data collection: Questionnaire and Interview Module -2 3. Uses of Statistics in Social Research 3.1 Basic Concepts: Statistics, population, parameter, sample, variable 3.2, Frequency Distribution, Graphical Techniques 3.3 Percentage, Proportion and Ratio 4. Measures of Central Tendency 4.1 Mean 4.2 Median 4.3 Mode Readings: 1. Babbie.E. The Practice of Social Research 2. Baily, K.J. Methods of Social Research 3. Baker,T.L. Doing Social Research.Chapters 5 and 6. Pp. 41-73. 4. Das N.G.: Statistics 33 5. Elifson, K.W, Runyon. R.P, Haber, A, 1990, Fundamentals of Social Statistics, McGraw Hill. 6. Goode, W. E. and P. K. Hatt. 1952. Methods in Social Research. New York: McGraw Hill. 7. Goon, A.M. Gupta M.K and Dasgupta- B, Basic Statistics, Kolkata World Press Pvt. Ltd, 1978 8. Mueller, J.H., Schuessler K.H, Costner H.L., 1977, Statistical Reasoning in Sociology. 9. Nachmias and Nachmias Research Methods in the Social Sciences 10. Sarantakos. S Social Research 11. Sharma.R.K. Sociological Methods and Techniques 12. Shipmen, Martin. 1988 The Limitations of Social Research Sage, London. 13. Sirkin, R.M. 1995, Statistics for Social Sciences, Sage. 14. Young, P.V. 1988 Scientific Social Survey and Research Prentice Hall, New Delhi 34