Sociology (Honours) Syllabus 2012 (18 modules: 1800 marks)

Sociology (Honours) Syllabus 2012
(18 modules: 1800 marks)
SEMESTER I
Module 1: Introducing Sociology
Module 2: Introducing India
SEMESTER II
Module 3: Sociological Thinkers I
Module 4: Social Interactions and Social Relationships
SEMESTER III
Module 5: Sociological Thinkers II
Module 6: Body, Culture and Society
SEMESTER IV
Module 7: Research Methods I
Module 8: Sociological Theory I
Module 9: Social Institutions I
Module 10: Sociology of Everyday Life
SEMESTER V
Module 11: Research Methods II
Module 12: Sociological Theory II
Module 13: Social Institutions II
Module 14: Social Stratification
SEMESTER VI
Module 15: Sociology of Development
Module 16: Social Movements and Social Problems
Module 17: Indian Thinkers
Module 18: Dissertation
Semester I, Module 1: INTRODUCING SOCIOLOGY
The Sociological Perspective
Perspectives in Sociology
Sociological Imagination and Sociological Consciousness
Sociology and Common Sense
Sociology and Social Sciences
Sociology and Literature
Sociology and Ethics
Sociology as a Science
Sociology as an Art form
Conceptual Toolkits: Structure and Processes
Sociology in Context: Modernity and Late modernity
Contemporary Challenges to Sociology
Prospects for Sociology
Human Requirements for Sociologists
References:
1. Sociology: A very short introduction- Steve Bruce
2. Sociology- Anthony Giddens
3. Thinking Sociologically-Zygmunt Bauman
4. Freedom- Zygmunt Bauman
5. Liquid Modernity- Zygmunt Bauman
6. The Sociological Imagination- C.W Mills
7. Invitation to Sociology- Peter Berger
8. Sociology: A Biographical approach- Peter Berger and Brigitte Berger
9. Sociology Reinterpreted -Peter Berger and Hansfried Kellner
10. The Social Construction of Reality- Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann
11. De- traditionalization- Paul Hulas et al (ed)
12. The Cosmopolitan Vision- Ulrich Beck
13. Sociology: The Key concepts- John Scott (ed)
14. The Interpretation of Culture- Clifford Geertz
15. Sociology through Literature- Lewis Coser
16. Sociology as an Art form- Robert Nisbet
17. Science: The Very Idea- Steve Woolgar
18. Philosophy of Science: a very short introduction- Samir Okasha
19. Sociology beyond Societies- John Urry
20. Sociology- Andre Beteille
Semester I, Module 2: INTRODUCING INDIA
Continuity and Change through
Tradition and Modernity
Structural Elements : Caste, Class, Kinship, Family, Power
Gender
Diversity and Integration through
Cultural Elements : Gender, Language, Religion, Ethnicity
Self-fashioning Identities
Composite Culture
References:
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Beteille, A: Social Inequality, Part I Chps: 1,2,7,9
Beteille, A: Backward Classes in Contemporary India
Beteille, A: Society and Politics in Contemporary India
Beteille, A: Six Essays in Comparative Sociology
Beteille,A: Sociology and Social Anthropology in Das (ed) The Oxford India Companion
to Sociology and Social Anthropology pp 37-61
6. Sathyamurthy, TV: Region, Religion, Caste, Gender and Culture in Contemporary India
7. Marriott, M (ed): Village India
8. Niranjana, S: Gender in India
9. D’Souza, P: Contemporary India
10. Brass, P: Political Change in Independent India
11. Khilnani, S: The Idea of India
12. Kolenda, P: Caste in Contemporary India
13. Das, AN: India Invented
14. Dumont: Homo Hierarchichus
15. Ghurye, GS: Caste and Race in India Chps: 1-5, 8-10
16. Inden, R: Orientalist Construction of India (MAS, Vol 20, No 3 pp 401-446
17. Mukherjee, DP: Diversities
18. Desai, AR: Relevance of Marxist Approach (article)
19. Oommen, TK: Indian Sociology
20. Srinivas, MN: Indian Village
21. Srinivas, MN: The Dominant Caste and Other Essays
22. Dube, SC: Indian Society
23. Guha, R: Subaltern Studies, Chp1
24. Madan TN: Pathways – Approaches to the Study of Society in India
25. Rao, MSA: Urban Sociology
26. Singh, Y: Modernisation of Indian Tadition
27. Singer, M: When A Great Tradition Modernises
28. Oommen, TK: The Relevance of the Perspective from Below in Dahiwale (ed)
Understanding Indian Society -- The Non-Brahmanic Perspective
29. Khan, Rasheeduddin (ed): Composite Culture of India and National Integration
30. Cohn, B: India – Social Anthropology of Civilization
31. Uberoi, P (ed): Family, Kinship and Marriage in India
32. Deshpande, S: Contemporary India – A Sociological View
33. Stern, R: Changing India
34. Seidman, S & Alexander, J.C: The New Social Theory Reader ( Selected Chapters)
Semester II, Module 3: SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS I
Crystallisation of the idea of the ‘social’
Enlightenment, Industrial and French Revolutions
Theorising modern society: Methodology and narratives
Positivism, organicism, functionalism
Development of society; statics and dynamics (Comte)
Social Darwinism (Spencer)
Materialist interpretation of history (Marx)
Surplus value; commodity fetishism; alienation; class and class Struggle; ideology; base
and superstructure
References:
1. Ray, L.J: Theorizing Classical Sociology. (Chapters 1 & 2)
2. Swingewood, A: A Short History of Sociological Thought
3. Zeitlin, I: Ideology and Development of Sociological Theory (Preface, Chapters on
Enlightenment and Marx)
4. Coser, L: Masters of Sociological Thought (Chapters on Comte and Marx)
5. Giddens, A: Capitalism and Modern Social Theory (Chapter on Marx)
6. Bottomore, T. et al : A Dictionary of Marxist Thought
7. Hall S. et al (ed): Modernity (Introduction & Chp 1)
8. Nisbet, R: The Sociological Tradition
9. Ray, L.J: Theorizing Classical Sociology.
10. Hall S. et al (ed): Modernity (Section on Formations of Modernity)
11. Collins, R. & Makowsky: The Discovery of Society
Semester II, Module 4: SOCIAL INTERACTION & SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS
Interaction, Relationships and Sociology
Interpersonal Communications
Understanding- Misunderstanding
Forms of Togetherness
Types of Interpersonal Relationships
Relations with Strangers
Blood Relationship
Friendship
Love
Intimate Labours
Online Intimacy
For a Relational Sociology
References:
1. David A Kar and William C Yoels: Sociology in Everyday Life
2. Roger E Axtell: Gestures
3. Robert Young: Understanding-Misunderstanding
4. Laura K Guerrero, Peter A Anderson, Walid A Afifi: Close Encounters
5. Anthony Giddens- The Transformation of Intimacy
6. Zygmunt Bauman: Life in Fragments
7. Zygmunt Bauman: Liquid Love
8. Ulrich Beck, Elisabeth Beck Gernsheim: The Normal Chaos of Love
9. Ray Pahl: On Friendship
10. Sandra Bell, Simon Coleman: The Anthropology of Friendship
11. Daniel J Hruschka: Friendship
12. Eileen Boris, Rachael Salazar Parrenhas: Intimate Labours
13. Ben-Zeev: Love Online
14. Pierpalo Danati: Relational Sociology
15. Anthony Giddens: Sociology
Semester III, Module 5: SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS II
Theorising modern society: Methodology and narratives
Positivism: Social facts (Durkheim)
Solidarity; sacred and profane; suicide and the social
Positivism (Pareto)
Circulation of elites
Challenging Positivism: Interpretative Sociology (Weber)
Verstehen; social action; authority; rationalisation, disenchantment, bureaucracy;
rationalisation and religion (Protestant Ethic); ideal types
Challenging Positivism: Simmel
Sociology of forms and types; philosophy of money
References:
1. Coser, L: Masters of Sociological Thought (Chapters on Durkheim, Weber and Simmel)
2. Fenton, S: Durkheim and Modern Sociology
3. Freund, J: The Sociology of Max Weber
4. Giddens, A: Capitalism and Modern Social Theory
5. Ritzer, G: Sociological Theory (Chapter on Simmel)
6. Swingewood, A: A Short History of Sociological Thought
7. Gerth H.H & Mills, C.W: From Max Weber (Introduction)
8. Bendix, R: Max Weber – An Intellectual Portrait pp 49—69; 298—328
9. Cladis, M: Emile Durkheim – A Communitarian Defence of Liberalism OR
10. Lukes, S: Emile Durkheim – His Life and Works
11. Aron, R: Main Currents in Sociological Thought (Chapter on Pareto)
12. Frisby, D: Georg Simmel
13. Runciman, WG: Sociology of Max Weber
14. Tiryakian, E: Emile Durkheim in Bottomore and Nisbet (ed): A History of Sociological
Analysis
Semester III, Module 6: Body, Culture and Society
Culture- Meaning and Types:
I. Body and Culture
Socialization – significance, principles, agents, individual personality
II. Production and Reproduction of Culture
Social Control
Conformity and Non-conformity
III. Cultural Contestations
Deviance and Crime
Role of the State
Reading List:
Giddens, A.: Sociology
Bilton, T. et al: Introductory Sociology
Henslin, J.M: Essentials of Sociology – A Down-to-Earth Approach
Turner, J: Sociology
Du Gay, P (ed): Production of Culture/Cultures of Production
Turner, B.S: The Body and Society
Shilling, C.: The Body and Social Theory
Woodward, K. (ed): Identity and Difference
Bauman, Z: Thinking Sociologically
Bauman, Z: Freedom
Bauman, Z: Intimations of Post-modernity
Bauman, Z: Globalisation
Agarwal Bina, A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia
Semester IV, Module 7: RESEARCH METHODS I
What is Social Research? Stages of Social Research, Types of Research, Rationale of
Social Research.
Paradigms of Social Research: Positivist, Interpretative, Critical and Mixed methodology.
Research Process: Concepts, Variables, Propositions and Hypothesis; Hypothesis
construction and verification; Conceptualization, Operationalization, MeasurementNominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio; Validity and Reliability- meaning and types; Research
Design- definition, purpose of research, units of analysis- ecological fallacy and fallacy
of reductionism, factors affecting research design.
Sampling- Definition, Probability and Non-probability sampling.
Theory construction: creation of theory; Inductive and Deductive theory construction;
link between theory and research.
Statistical Method: definition of statistical analysis; types of statistics- inferential and
descriptive; Measures of Central Tendencies; Measures of Dispersion; Graphic
representation of data (bar graph, histogram, pie chart, ogives); application of statistics in
survey method; place of statistics in social science research.
References:
1. T.Baker: Doing Social Research
2. Earl Babbie: The Practice of Social Research
3. Kenneth Bailey: Methods of Social Research
4. Matt Henn, Nickford, Weinstein: A Short Introduction to Social Research
5. Alan Bryman: Social Research Methods
6. Norman Blaikie: Approaches to Social Enquiry; Designing Social Research
7. Lawrence Neuman: Social Research Methods
8. Gideon, Sjoberg, Roger Nett: Methodology for Social Research
9. Goode and Hatt: Methods in Social Research
10. Blaxter, Hughes and Tight: How to Research
11. Max Weber: The Methodology of Social Science
12. Shipman: The Limitations of Social Research
13. Elifson: Fundamentals of Social Statistics
Semester IV, Module 8: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY I
FUNCTIONALISM
Major Proposition
The intellectual roots: The influence of Durkheim, Malinowski, Radcliff-Brown.
Talcott Parsons: Context: Action Theory, Social Systems, and Social Change. Criticism.
R.K. Merton Codification, Critique and Reformulation of functional analysis; Criticisms.
CONFLICT THEORY
Major Proposition
The intellectual roots: The influence of Marx, Weber. The two traditions of Conflict
theory
Ralph Dahrendorf – ICA’s and Cyclical Conflict
Lewis Coser: Functional analysis of Conflict
FRANKFURT SCHOOL
Major Proposition
Historical Context
Critical Theory and the Nature of Social Science
Criticism of Marxian Theory, Positivism, Sociology, Modern Society, Culture, Social
Change.
Critical ideas of Subjectivity, Dialectics.
Ideas of Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse and Habermas
Criticism of Critical Theory.
NEW CONFLICT THEORY
Pierre Bourdieu: Forms of Social Capital; Social and cultural reproduction.
References:
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Adam, B.N. & Sydie, R.A.: Sociological Theory
Wallace, R.A., Wolf,A. : Contemporary Sociological Theory
Turner, J. : The Structure of Sociological Theory
Coser, L.: Masters of Sociological Thought
Collins,R. : Four Sociological Traditions, Selected Readings
Bottomore, T.: Frankfurt School and its Critics
Semester IV, Module 9: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS I
KINSHIP
Structural Principles: Systems of Descent and Affinity
Kinship in India
MARRIAGE
Affinal Prestations and the Stability of Marriage
Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Exchange
Marriage Practices in India
FAMILY
Nature of Family: Essential Functions
Family and Household
Family Structure and Composition
Elementary and Extended Family
Domestic Cycle of the Family
Family System in India; Indian family in transition
EDUCATION
Sociology of Education: Theoretical Perspectives
Education and Inequality : General and with specific reference to India
RELIGION
Sociology of Religion : Theoretical Perspectives
Magic, Belief, Secularisation, Revivalism
References:
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International Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences, 1968
Fox, R: Kinship and Marriage – An Anthropological Perspective
Radcliffe-Brown, AR: Structure and Function in Primitive Society
Levi-Strauss, C: The Elementary Structure of Kinship
Goody, J: Kinship
Keesing, RM: Kinship and Social Structure
Bohannan, P: Social Anthropology
Dube, L: Women and Kinship – Comparative Perspective on Gender in South and
i. South East Asia.
9. Majumder D.N & Madan, T.N: An Introduction to Social Anthropology
10. Inden, R:
11. Shah, AM: The Family in India – Critical Studies
12. Uberoi, P (ed): Family, Kinship and Marriage in India
13. Parkin, R & Stone, L: Kinship and Family – An Anthropological Reader
II.
14. Brookever, : Sociology of Education
15. Musgrave, PW: Sociology of Education
16. Brown, : Educational Sociology
17. Charles, P: Foundations of Educational Sociology
18. Banks, O: Sociology of Education
19. Russell, B: Education, Culture and Social Order
20. Robinson, P: Perspectives in Sociology of Education – An Introduction
21. Illich, I: De-schooling Society
22. Blackledge, D & Hunt, B: Sociological Interpretations of Education
23. Chanana, K: Socialisation, Education and Women – Explorations in Gender Identity
24. Dreze, J & Sen, A: Indian Economic Development and Social Opportunity
25. Giddens, A: Sociology
26. Bilton, T et al: Introductory Sociology
27. Haralambos, H: Sociology – Themes and Perspectives
III.
28. Malinowski, B: Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays
29. Mazumder: India’s Religious Heritage
30. Madan T.N (ed): Religion in India
31. Baird, R: Religion in Modern India
32. Keith, AR: Religion in Sociological Perspective
33. O’dea, T: Sociology of Religion
34. Giddens, A: Sociology
35. Bilton, T et al: Introductory Sociology
36. Haralambos, H: Sociology – Themes and Perspectives
37. Taylor, S (ed): Sociology – Issues and Debates
38. Mahajan, G: Secularism in Das (ed): The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and
Social Anthropology
39. Thapan Meenakshi: Life at School An Ethnographic Study,. Oxford University Press
2006
Semester IV, Module 10: Sociology of Everyday Life
Sociology and Everyday Life
Everyday Life as a core of Sociology
Conceptualizing Everyday Life
Questioning Everyday Life
Agency, Structure, Practice
Private and Public
Space and Time
Life course and the Rhythm of Life
Body
Objects
Emotions
Eating, Sexing, Sleeping
Shopping, Loitering and Conversations
Fashion
Enchantment and Disenchantment
Small Politics
Knowledge, Ethics and Aesthetics
How to study Everyday Life: Theories and beyond
Sociology of Everyday Life
References:
1. Prasant Ray, Pratyaha- Everyday Lifeworld
2. Ben Highmore (ed)- The Everyday Life Reader
3. Nicole Anderson and Katrina Schlunke- Cultural Theory in Everyday Practice
4. Michel Hviid Jacobsen- Encountering the Everyday
5. Andrew J Weigart- Sociology of Everyday Life
6. Henry Lefevre- Critique of Everyday Life
7. Michel de Certeau- The Practice of Everyday Life
8. Joanne Hollows- Domestic Cultures
9. Peter Corrigan- The Sociology of Consumption
10. Anthony Synott- The Body Social
11. Herve Juvin- The Coming of the Body
12. Mark J Penn- Microtrends
13. Renata Salecl- Anxiety
14. Renata Salecl- Choice
15. Rebecca Arnold- Fashion- A very short introduction
16. Elizabeth Wilson- Adorned In Dreams
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Lars Svendsen- Fashion
Lars Svendsen- A Philosophy of Boredom
Lars Svendsen- A Philosophy of Fear
Eva Hoffman- Time
Zygmunt Bauman- Life in Fragments
Zygmunt Bauman- Liquid Modernity
Zygmunt Bauman- In Search of Politics
Zygmunt Bauman- Liquid Fear
Zygmunt Bauman- Postmodern Ethics
Zygmunt Bauman- Post-modernity and its Discontents
Zygmunt Bauman- The Art of Life
Semester V, Module 11: RESEARCH METHODS II
Sources and Techniques of Data Collection : Quantitative and Qualitative Data -
a) Survey : Definition, Art and Science of Survey; general components of a survey, types of
survey- questionnaire, interview schedule, validity and reliability of field research
b) Field Research : definition, art and science of field research, the design of field studies,
validity and reliability of field studies
c) Humanist Method : variety of life documents, substantive and research contribution of life
documents
d) Ethnography
e) Case Study
f) Conversational Analysis
g) Discourse Analysis
h) Mixed Method research
Data Analysis and Concluding Processes : Secondary and Content Analysis and their
components, Testing validity and reliability
Ethics in research
References:
1. Fielding, Gilbert: Understanding Social Statistics.
2. Mueller, Schuessler, Costner: Statistical Reasoning in Sociology.
3. Salkind, N.J: Statistics For People Who Hate Statistics.
4. Sirkin, R.M.: Statistics For Social Sciences.
5. Alan Agresti, Barbara Finlay: Statistical Methods For The Social Sciences.
6. Derek Rowntree: Statistics Without Tears.
7. Elifson: Fundamentals Of Social Statistics.
8. Blalock: Social Statistics.
9. Garrett: Statistics in Psychology & Education.
10. Goon & Aich: Statistics for the Social Science (Revised Edition).
Semester V, Module 12: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY II
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
General Argument
Intellectual Roots: The influence of Max Weber, George Simmel, Cooley and Mead.
Historical Roots: Pragmatism, Behaviourism, Reductionism and Sociologism.
Symbolic Interaction of H. Blumer and M. Kuhn
Social Psychology of Erving Goffman, Criticism
Criticism
PHENOMENOLOGICAL SOCIOLOGY
General Argument
Husserl & Alfred Schutz
ETHNOMETHODOLOGY
General Argument
Harold Garfinkle
POST MODERN
Characteristics of post modernity (Post modern- a phase, a condition congruent with late
modernity)
Features of post modern society
FEMINISM
Emergence of Gender as a central concern of Sociology.
Historical overview of the waves in feminism
Varieties of Feminist theories: Liberal, Radical, Marxist, Socialist, Post modern
Feminist Identity Theories: Black, Dalit Feminism
References:
1. Adams, B.N. & Sydie, R.A.: Sociological theory
2. Browning, G. et al (ed) : Understanding Contemporary Society
3. Powell, J. : Post modernism for beginners
4. Lash, S. : Sociology for post modernism
5. Bilton, T. et al.: Introductory Sociology
6. Ritzer, George.: Sociological Theory
7. Wallace, R.A., Wolf, A. : Contemporary Sociological Theory
8. Turner, J.: The Structure of Sociological Theory
9. Jones, P.: Introducing Social Theory
10. Scott and Jackson (ed): Gender: A sociological reader
11. Smith, D.E.: A woman-centred perspective
12. Hill-Collins, P. : The outsider within
13. Pilcher, J.: 50 key concepts in gender studies
14. Rege, S.: Dalit Feminist Standpoint
15. Guru, G.: Dalit Women Talk Differently
16. Walby, S.: Theorizing Patriarchy.
17. Scott: Post Modernism
18. Held, Modernity
19. Chakravarty Uma
20. V Geetha
21. Chaudhuri Maitrayee
Semester V, Module 13: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS II
WORK & ORGANIZATION
Conceptual Definition
Significance of Work in Terms of Capitalist Transformation
Emergence of Organization
Influence of Technology on Work and Organization
Women, work and organizations
MARKET
Market as an Institution
Emergence of Markets
Processes of Global Exchange and Consumption
Impact of the Market
STATE & other agencies of Power
State as an Institution
Dimensions of Power
Legitimacy and the State
Challenges to the State
MEDIA
Meaning and Role of Mass Media
Theories of Media
Media and Culture
Media and Representation
News
Audience
References:
1. Wolf, N: Work
2. Salaman, G: Working
3. Worsley, P” Introducing Sociology
4. Taylor, S: Sociology – Issues and Debates
5. Etzioni, A: Modern Organization
6. Giddens, A: Sociology
7. Bilton, T et al: Introductory Sociology
8. Fincham & Rhodes: Individual, Work, Organization
9. Dant, T: Critical Social Theory
10. Miller Eric , Rice, AK ------ Gauranga Chattopadhay
11. Economic Sociology
12. Smelser, N: The Sociology of Economic Life
13. Berthoud, G: Market in Sachs (ed) Development Dictionary
14. Buberman Leo: Man’ sWorldly Goods
15. Polanyi : Market Transformation
Semester V, Module 14: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
Theories of Stratification.: Functionalist, Weberian, Marxist, Feminist.
Social Class: Types, Social Closure, Social Reproduction, Significance of class in
contemporary society
Caste and Ethnicity: Intertwining of caste and class in India
Caste inequality and social reproduction in contemporary India, Caste as Ethnic
formation, Ethnicity in terms of tribes.
Gender & Sexuality: Sex and Gender,l Gender division of labour, Theories of gender
inequality – functionalist and feminist, Problematizing masculinity: Connell’s Gender
Hierarchy; Sexuality, Inequality and Violence.
Race : Concepts; Racism today: From ‘Old Racism’ to ‘New Racism’, Intersections of
race, class , gender and sexuality.
Social Mobility: Types; Mobility through Miscegenation; Cross-cultural studies of social
mobility
References:
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Beteille A. Inequality among Men
Bilton, T et al: Introductory Sociology
Giddens: Sociology (4th edn.)
Gilroy, P: There Aint No Black in the Union Jack in Giddens (ed) Human Societies
Sharma, U: Caste
Sharma, KL: Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Gupta, D: Social Stratification, Hierarchy, Difference and Social Mobility
Chakravarti, A: Some Aspects of caste in Rural India in Beteille (ed) Equality and
Inequality
9. Chakravarti, U: Gendering Caste Through a Feminist Lens
10. Deshpande, S: Contemporary India – A Sociological View (Chapters on Caste Inequality
and the Middle Classes)
11. Fuller, CJ: Caste in Das (ed) Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social
Anthropology
12. Fletcher and Gapasin – The Politics of Labour and Race in the USA in Socialist Register
2003
13. Scott and Jackson (ed): Gender – A Sociological Reader (Selected Readings)
14. Kemp and Squires (ed): Feminisms (Selected Readings)
Semester VI, Module 15: SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT
Change and Development
Meaning, Forms and Theories of Change:
Meaning in terms of both Continuity and Change
Form – Change in Structure and Change of Structure (in terms of Underdevelopment,
World Systems, Post development)
Critique of Development (as evolving mode) : Evolutionary, Modernisation,
Sanskritisation, Westernization (in terms of transformation through Progress,
Secularization, Individual, Market, Mixed Economy and Reform)
Globalization
Characteristics of Globalisation (ethos of globalisation as reflected in freedom,
individualism and consumerism)
Agencies of Globalisation
Impact of Globalisation
References:
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Etzioni, HE: Social Change
Smith, AD: The Concept of Social Change
Nisbet, RA: Social Change and History
Srinivas, MN: Social Change in Modern India
Singh, Y: Modernisation of Indian Tradition
Moore, W & Cook, R: Social Change
Kiely, R & Marflees P (ed): Globalisation and the Third World
Hoogvelt, A: The Socilogy of Development
Escobar, A: Encounterin g Development – The Making and Unmaking of the Third
World
10. Dreze, J & Sen, A: Indian Economic Development and Social Opportunity
11. Appadurai, A: Modernity at large – Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation
12. Giddens, A: Global Problems and Ecological Crisis in Introduction to Sociology
13. Giddens, A: Sociology
14. Bilton T et al: Introductory Sociology
15. Alavi, H & Shamin T: Introduction to the Sociology of Developing Societies
16. Black, CE: Comparative Modernization pp 320-348 (Articles by DC Tipps)
17. Tachau, F (ed): Developing Nations – What Path to Modernisation
18. Harrison, D: The Sociology of Modernisation and Development
19. Webster, A: Sociology of Development
20. Walters, M: Globalisation and Culture
21. Steger, M: Globalisation – A Very Short Introduction
22. Barnett, T: Sociology and Development
23. Seidman, S & Alexander, JC: The New Social Theory Reader (Ch 23)
24. Sklair, Leslie: 'Transnational Practices And The Analysis Of The Global System.' In
Globalization in the Twenty-First Century. Edited by Hulsemeyer, A. Palgrave
Macmillan, 2003, pp. 15-32
Semester VI, Module 16: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
Population: Fertility, Mortality, Migration, Population Policy, HIV/AIDS
Violence: Women, Children, Dalit, Terrorism
Social Movements: Old Social Movements: Peasant and Working Class Movements.
New Social Movement : Gender mobilisation, Lesbian/Gay Rights movement, SexWorker movement, Dalit Movement, Environmental Movement
References:
1. Gulati : Fertility in India
2. Mahadevan, K: Fertility Policies of Asian Countries
3. Sharma, R: Demography and Population Problems
4. Srivastava, OS: Demography and Population Studies
5. Bose, A: Demographic Diversity in India
6. Thonpson & Lewis: Population Problems
7. Wignaraja, P: New Social Movements in South
8. Krishna, S: Environmental Politics – People’s Lives & Development Choices
9. Shiva, V: Ecology and the Politics of Survival – Conflict Over natural Resources in India
10. Guha, R: Social Ecology
11. Burra, N: Born to Work
12. Weiner, M: The Child and the State in India
13. Sahoo, UC: Child Labour in Agrarian Society
14. Baruah, A: Child Abuse
15. Rudolph & Rudolph: In the Pursuit of Lakshmi
16. Oommen, TK: State and Society in India
17. Sharma & Dak (ed): Ageing in India – Challenges for Society
18. Bagchi & Sengupta: Loved and Unloved
19. Forbes, G: Women in Modern India
20. Kumar, R: History of Doing.
21. Umar, M: Bride-Burning in India – A Socio-Legal Study
22. Athrea & Chunkath: Literacy and Empowerment
23. Nayek: Alternatives in Development Education – Some Perspectives on Non-formal
Education.
24. Kohli, A: The State and Poverty in India – The Politics of Reform
25. Sen,a: Poverty and Famines
26. Shah, G: Poverty Alleviation Programmes in India
27. Waxman: The Stigma of Poverty – A Critique of Poverty Theories and Policies.
28. Shah, G: Social Movements in India
29. Shah, G (ed): Dalit Identity and Politics
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D P Mukherjee
N. K. Bose
Radha Kamal Mukherjee
G S Ghurye
M N Srinivas
B R Ambedkar
Rabindranath Tagore
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