ugc net sociology syllabus

Subject: SOCIOLOGY

Code No. : 05

Unit -1 : Sociological Theory

1. Classical Sociological Traditions

  • Emile Durkheim

  • Max Weber

  • Karl Marx

2. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism

  • Bronislaw Malinowski

  • A.R. Radcliffe- Brown

  • Talcott Parsons

  • Robert K. Merton

  • Claude Levi Strauss

3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions

  • G.H. Mead

  • Karl Manheim

  • Alfred Schutz

  • Harold Garfinkel

  • Erving Goffman

  • Clifford Geertz

4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism and Post Colonialism

  • Edward Said

  • Pierre Bourdieu

  • Michel Foucault

  • Jurgen Habermas

  • Anthony Giddens

  • Manuel Castells

5. Indian Thinkers

  • M.K. Gandhi

  • B.R. Ambedkar

  • Radha Kamal Mukherjee

  • G. S. Ghurye

  • M.N. Srinivas

  • Irawati Karve

Unit - 2 : Research Methodology and Methods

1. Conceptualizing Social Reality

  • Philosophy of Science

  • Scientific Method and Epistemology in Social Science

  • Hermeneutic Traditions

  • Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science

  • Ethics and Politics

2. Formulating Research Design

  • Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents

  • Induction and Deduction

  • Fact, Concept and Theory

  • Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives

3. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

  • Ethnography

  • Survey Method

  • Historical Method

  • Comparative Method

4. Techniques

  • Sampling

  • Questionnaire and Schedule

  • Statistical Analysis

  • Observation, Interview and Case study

  • Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing

Unit -3 : Basic Concepts and Institutions

1. Sociological Concepts

  • Social Structure

  • Culture

  • Network

  • Status and Role

  • Identity

  • Community

  • Diaspora

  • Values, Norms and Rules

  • Personhood, Habitus and Agency

  • Bureaucracy, Power and Authority

2. Social Institutions

  • Marriage, Family and Kinship

  • Economy

  • Polity

  • Religion

  • Education

  • Law and Customs

3. Social Stratification

  • Social Difference, Hierarchy, Inequality and Marginalization

  • Caste and Class

  • Gender, Sexuality and Disability

  • Race, Tribe and Ethnicity

4. Social Change and Processes

  • Evolution and Diffusion

  • Modernization and Development

  • Social Transformations and Globalization

  • Social Mobility

Unit – 4 : Rural and Urban Transformations

1. Rural and Peasant Society

  • Caste-Tribe Settlements

  • Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations

  • Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations

  • Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration

  • Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements

  • Changing Inter-Community Relations and Violence

2. Urban Society

  • Urbanism, Urbanity and Urbanization

  • Towns, Cities and Mega-Cities

  • Industry, Service and Business

  • Neighbourhood, Slums and Ethnic Enclaves

  • Middle Class and Gated Communities

  • Urban Movements and Violence

Unit – 5 : State, Politics and Development

1. Political Processes in India

  • Tribe, Nation State and Border

  • Bureaucracy

  • Governance and Development

  • Public Policy: Health, Education and Livelihoods

  • Political Culture

  • Grass-root Democracy

  • Law and Society

  • Gender and Development

  • Corruption

  • Role of International Development Organizations

2. Social Movements and Protests

  • Political Factions, Pressure Groups

  • Movements based on Caste, Ethnicity, Ideology, Gender, Disability, Religion and Region

  • Civil Society and Citizenship

  • NGOs, Activism and Leadership

  • Reservations and Politics

Unit – 6 : Economy and Society

  • Exchange, Gift , Capital, Labour and Market

  • Mode of Production Debates

  • Property and Property Relations

  • State and Market: Welfarism and Neoliberalism

  • Models of Economic Development

  • Poverty and Exclusion

  • Factory and Industry Systems

  • Changing Nature of Labour Relations

  • Gender and Labour Process

  • Business and Family

  • Digital Economy, E-Commerce

  • Global Business and Corporates

  • Tourism

  • Consumption

Unit - 7: Environment and Society

  • Social and Cultural Ecology: Diverse Forms

  • Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity

  • Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ethno-Medicine

  • Gender and Environment

  • Forest Policies, Adivasis and Exclusion

  • Ecological Degradation and Migration

  • Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation

  • Water and Social Exclusion

  • Disasters and Community Responses

  • Environmental Pollution, Public Health and Disability

  • Climate Change and International Policies

  • Environmental Movements

Unit - 8: Family, Marriage and Kinship

  • Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural

  • Gender Relations and Power Dynamics

  • Inheritance, Succession and Authority

  • Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction

  • Children, Youth and Elderly

  • Emotions and Family

  • Emergent Forms of Family

  • Changing Marriage Practices

  • Changing Care and Support Systems

  • Family Laws

  • Domestic Violence and Crime against Women

  • Honour Killing

Unit - 9 : Science, Technology and Society

  • History of Technological Development

  • Changing notions of Time and Space

  • Flows and Boundaries

  • Virtual Community

  • Media: Print and Electronic, Visual and Social Media

  • E-Governance and Surveillance Society

  • Technology and Emerging Political Processes

  • State Policy, Digital Divide and Inclusion

  • Technology and Changing Family Relations

  • Technology and Changing Health Systems

  • Food and Technology

  • Cyber Crime

Unit - 10 : Culture and Symbolic Transformations

  • Signs and Symbols

  • Rituals, Beliefs and Practices

  • Changing Material Culture

  • Moral Economy

  • Education: Formal and Informal

  • Religious Organizations, Piety and Spirituality

  • Commodification of Rituals

  • Communalism and Secularism

  • Cultural Identity and Mobilization

  • Culture and Politics

  • Gender, Body and Culture

  • Art and Aesthetics

  • Ethics and Morality

  • Sports and Culture

  • Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism

  • Religion and Economy

  • Culture and Environment

  • New Religious Movements

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