Syllabus for the post of Lecturer 10+2 (Sociology)

I. Introduction to Sociology
1. Sociology: Discipline and Perspectives
 Definition, Nature and scope; Emergence and Development of Sociology as a
Discipline: French and Industrial revolution; Enlightment and its impact
 Understanding Sociological Perspectives
 Relationship of Sociology with other Social Science
2. Sociological Concepts
 Society, Community, Association and Social Group
 Status and Role; Norms and Values
 Culture: Definition, Types and its allied concepts
 Social Stratification, Race and Ethnicity
3. Social Institutions
 Family, Marriage, Kinship, Education and Religion
4. Social Processes
 Socialisation
 Social Change
 Competition and Conflict
 Social Control

II. Sociological Thoughts and Theories

1. Classical Sociological Traditions

 August Comte: Law of three stages, Positivism, Social Statics and Social
Dynamics
 Karl Marx: Historical Materialism, Dialectical materialism, Alienation in the
capitalist society
 Emile Durkheism: Concept of Social Facts, Division of labour; Mechanical
and organic solidarity
 Max Weber: Theory of social action-types of social action and Theory of
authority, Types of authority and bases of their legitimacy
2. Functionalism and Neo-Functionalism
 Talcott Parsons; General Theory of Action and Social System
 R.K. Merton; Critique of functional analysis: Latent and Manifest Functions
 J. Alexander; Neo-Functionalism
3. Interactionist perspectives
 Ineractionism and Dramaturgical Approach: GH. Mead and H. Blumer
  Phenomenological Sociology: A. Schutz, Peter Burger and Thomas
Luckmann
 Ethnomethodology: H. Garfinkel
4. Structuralism and Post-Structuralism
 Anthony Giddens: Structuration
 Jacques Derrida: Deconstruction
 Michael Foucault: Discourse, Knowledge and Power
 Marx critique and dialetics of conflict: R. Dahrendorf
III. Methodoloy of Social Research
1. Nature of Social Reality and its Approaches
 Scientific method in social research
 Theory Building
 Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Research
 Ethical Questions in Social Research
2. Quantitative methods and survey research
 Hypothesis and its types
 Survey techniques
 Operationalization and research design
 Sampling: Probability and Non-Probability
 Scaling and Measurement
 Questionnaire, Interview and interview schedule
3. Qualitative research techniques in social research
 Observation
 Case Study Method
 Content Analysis
 Ethnography
 Validity and Reliability
4. Data Analysis
 Coding, Editing and Tabulation
 Interpretation and Drawing Inferences
 Bibliography and Report Writing.
IV. Sociology of Family Marriage and Kinship
1. Kinship
 Defining Kinship; Incest Taboo; Descent Groups and Descent Theory;
Inheritance and its Rules; Kinship Usages; Kinship Terminology
 2. Family
 Definition; Structure and Function; Theoretical Perspectives on Study of
Family; Changing trends of Family Structure; Changing Care and Support
Systems
3. Marriage
 Marriage; Meaning and Evolution; Alliance Theory; Symmetrical and
Asymmetrical Exchange; Prescriptive and Preferential Marriage Rules of
Residence
V. Sociology of Religion
1 Introduction
 Meaning and Scope of Sociology of Religion
 Ritual, Beliefs and Practices
 Magic, Religion and Science
2. Sociological Interpretation of Religion
 Origin of Religion (Evolutionary)
 Durkheim and Sociological Functionalism
 Max Weber and Phenomenology
 Karl Marx and Dialectical Materialism
3. Religions of India and their Components
 Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, Saints/Sants,
Shrines
VI. Sociology of Change and Development
1. Concepts and approaches to Social Change
 Basic Concepts; Progress, Development and Change
 Social and Cultural Change
 Evolutionary and Functional Approaches
2. Modernisation and Development
 Modernization and Development, Centre-Periphery
 Development of Underdevelopment Thesis- G Grank
 World Modern System Theory- I. Wallerstein
3. Focussed Areas of Development
 Environment and Development
 Population and Development
 Gender and Disadvantaged Groups
VII. Indian Society: Structure and Change
1. Conceptualising Indian Society
 Evolution of Indian Society
 Composition of Indian Society
  Ethnic Identity and Assertion
2. Theoretical Perspectives
 Indological/Textual (GS Ghurye/Louis Dumont)
 Structural-Functional (M.N. Srinivas. S.C. Dube)
 Marxian (D.P. Mukherjee, A.R. Desai)
 Subaltem (Ranjit Guha, B. R. Ambedkar)
3. Caste and Class in India
 Varna and Jati
 Features and Origin of Caste System
 Changes in Caste System
 Agrarian Class Structure
 Urban and Industrial Class Structure
 Emergence and Role of Middle Class
4. Processes of Social Change
 Sanskritization
 Westernisation
 Modernisation
 Secularisation
VIII. Rural Society in India
1. Understanding Rural Sociology
 Origin and Scope of Rural Sociology
 Conceptualizing Peasants
 Rural-Urban Continuum
 Village Studies in India
2. Rural Society and Change
 Rural Development and Planned Change
 Land Reforms and Change
 Panchayati Raj System
 Major Movements in India
 Rural Poverty
IX. Urban Society in India
1. Urban Sociology
 Nature and Scope of Urban Sociology
 Concept: Urban, Urbanization and Urbanism
 Urban Planning and Development
2. Urban Problems in India
 Urban Problems: Environment, Housing, Poverty and Slums
 Migration
  Changing Urban Space and recent trends
X. Social Movements in India
1. Social Movements and Change
 Social Movement: Concept and Typology
 Dynamics of Social Movement
 Theoretical Perspectives: Relative Deprivation, Conflict and structural-
Strain Theory
2. Social Movements in India
 Nationalist Movement
 Tribal Movement
 Environmental Movement
 Dalit Movement
XI. Environment and Sustainable Development
1. Concepts and Issues
 Environmental Sociology, Social Ecology
 Global Issues and Redressal (Earth Summit)
2. Theoretical Approaches
 Classical Sociological Tradation
 Gidden and Beck: Risk Theory
 Ecological Modernisation Theory
3. Sustainable Development
 Sustainable Development and its components
 Environmental Legislations
 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
 Role of Government and Non-Government Organisations
XII. Gender and Society
1. Social Construction of Gender
 Gender Vs Biology
 LGBT: Third Gender
 Masculinity and Femininity
 Gender Role Socialization
 Patriarchy as Ideology and Practice
2. Theoretical Feminist Perspectives
 Liberal
 Radical
 Socialist
 Post Modernist
 3. Women in India
 Status of women in Contemporary India
 Women’s Empowerment; Local Governance;
 Constitutional Provisions and State Initiatives
 Gender Issues in India
XIII. Marginalized Communities in India
 Marginalization: Socio Economic Indices
 Perpectives on Marginalization; Jyotiba Phule, Ambedkar, Gandhi and
Lohiya
 Constitutional Provisons, Implementation and Impact
XIV. Health and Sanitation
 Emergence of Sociology of Health
 Social Aspects of Health and Illness
 Scavenging Caste and Social Deprivation
 Sanitation and Awareness
 Sanitation Policies in India; Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Sulabh Sanitation
Movement
 Sanitation and Law