Alexander, J. (Ed.). 1988. Durkheimian Sociology: Cultural Studies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Aron, R. 1970. Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. II, Harmondsworth: Penguin. Beaud, Michel. 1970. A History of Capitalism, 15001980, New York: Monthly Review Press. Department of Sociology Ravenshaw University
Benton, T. 1977. Philosophical Foundation of the Three Sociologies, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
POST GRADUATE SYLLABUS
Coser, L. A. 1977. Masters of Sociological Thought, New York: Harcourt Brace. Durkheim, E. 1938. The Rules of Sociological Method, New York: The Free Press.
The following papers of M. A. Sociology Semester I, II, III and IV will be in operation from the session 2012-13 onwards. There are five course papers each in I and II semesters and three course papers each in III and IV semesters. Each course paper consists of four credits carrying 50 marks including 10marks for internal assessment. There shall be a four-credit paper consisting of two term papers and another fourcredit seminar paper in the III semester. There shall be two multidisciplinary optional papers in III semester. There shall be a dissertation carrying 100 marks/ 8 credits (Dssertation-50 marks & Presentation-cum-vivavoce-50 marks) in the IV semester. Each course paper will carry four hours of teaching per week. The objective of the course content is to get a ‘text view’ as well as ‘field view’ on topical sociological issues and policy interventions.
-------1947. The Division of Labour in Society, New York: The Free Press. -------1952. Suicide – A Study in Sociology, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. -------1961. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, New York: Collier Books. Fletcher, Ronald. 1971. The Making of Sociology: Developments, Vol. II, London: Nelson. Giddens, A. 1994. Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An analysis of Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, London: Cambridge University Press. Godlove, T. F. 2005. Teaching Durkheim, Oxford: Oxford University Press. -------- 1978. Durkheim, London: Fontana. Hughes, J. A., Martin, P. J. and Sharrock, W. W. 1995. Understanding Classical Sociology – Marx, Weber and Durkheim, London : Sage Publications.
M.A. Semester I SOC 1.1:
Sociological Tradition - I
Unit-I: Emergence of Sociology: Industrial and French Revolution; Contributions of Charles Montesquieu, Saint Simon, Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer. Unit-II: Karl Marx: Materialistic Interpretation of History; Dialectical Materialism, Capitalism, Surplus Value; Class and Class Conflict; Alienation, Theory of Religion.
Lukes, S. 1972. Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work, New York: Harper & Row. McIntosh, I. 1997. Classical Sociological Theory: A Reader, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Nisbet, Robert A. 1966. The Sociological Tradition, New York: Basic Books. Pareto, V. 1935. The Mind and Society, New York: Pall Mall Press.
Unit-III: Emile Durkheim: Rules of Sociological Method; Division of Labour; Suicide; Theory of Religion.
--------1966. Vilfredo Pareto: Sociological Writings, (Selected and introduced by S. E. Finer), New York: Pall Mall Press.
READINGS:
Parsons, Talcott. 1937. The Structure of Social Action, New York: McGraw-Hill. 1
Stedman Jones, S. 2001. Durkheim Reconsidered, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Punch, Kieth. 1996. Introduction to Social Research, London: Sage.
Ritzer, George. 1996. Classical Sociological Theory. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Shipman, M. 1988: The Limitation Social Research, London: Sage.
Zeitlin, Irvin. 1981. Ideology and the Development Sociological Theory. New York: Prentice Hall.
Somekh, B. and Lewin, C. 2002. Research Methods in Social Sciences, London: Sage.
SOC 1.2: Methodology of Sociological Research
Srivastava, V. K. (Ed.). 2005. Methodology and Fieldwork, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Unit-I: Epistemological Issues: Forms and Types of Knowledge; Common Sense, Reason and Science; Logic of Inquiry in Social Science Research Induction and Deduction; Theory Building.
SOC 1.3: Theoretical Perspectives on Development
Unit-I: Modernization Debate: Economic (Rostow), Psychological (Lerner & McClelland), Political (Lipset & Apter) and Sociological (Parsons & Smelser).
Unit-II: Methodological Perspectives: Positivism and its Critiques: Popper, Kuhn, and Feyerabend. Unit-III: Nature of Social Reality and Approaches to it: Verstehen; Hermeneutics; Ethno-methodology; Phenomenology; Ethical Issues in Social Research.
Unit-II: Theories of Underdevelopment: A. G. Frank, I. Wallerstein, Samir Amin.
READINGS: Bryman, Alan. 1988. Quality and Quantity in Social Research, London: Unwin.
Unit-III: Critical Perspectives on Development: Liberal, Gandhian, Ecological, Post-Development.
----------- 2005. Social Research Methods, London: Oxford University Press.
READINGS:
Corbetta, P. 2003. Social Research: Theory, Methods and Techniques, London: Sage.
Amin, Samir. 1974. Accumulation on a World Scale: A Critique of the Theory of Development, New York: Monthly Review Press.
Feyeraband, P. K. 1975. Against Method, London: New Left Books. Giddens, A. (Ed.). 1974. Positivism and Sociology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Amin, Samir. 1976. Unequal development: An Essay on the Social Formations of Peripheral Capitalism, Hassocks: Harvester Press.
Gorman, R. A. 1977. The Dual Vision: Alfred Schutz and the Myth of Phenomenological Social Science, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Baran, Paul. 1957. The Political Economy of Growth, New York: Monthly Review Press.
Goode, W.J. and Hatt, P. K. 1952. Methods in Social Research, New York: McGraw-Hill.
Brewer, Anthony. 1980. Marxist Theories of Imperialism: A Critical Survey, Routledge and Kegan Paul
Kuhn, T. S. 1970. The Structure of Scientific Revolution, Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Escobar, Arturo,1995, Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Mukherji, P.N. 2000. Methodology of Social Research: Dilemmas and Perspectives, New Delhi: Sage.
Escobar, Arturo, 1988, “Power and Visibility: Development and the Invention and Management of the Third World” , Cultural Anthropology, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Nov., 1988), pp. 428-443
Myrdal, G. 1970. Objectivity in Social Research, London: Gerald Duckworth. Newton-Smith, W. H. 1981. The Rationality of Science, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Frank, A.G.1969. Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America, New York: Monthly Review Press.
Popper, K. 1972. Objective Knowledge, London: Oxford University Press. 2
Bottomore, T.B. 1966. Elites and Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
Frank, A.G.1966. “The Development of Underdevelopment”, Monthly Review, September XVIII.
Society,
Chandoke, Neera (edt) 1994, Understanding the Post-colonial World,New Delhi: Sage
Frank, A.G.1979. Development Accumulation and Underdevelopment, London: Macmillan.
Dahl, R.A. 1961. Who Governs? , New Heaven: Yale University Press.
Harrison, David.1988. The Sociology of Modernisation and Development, Unwin Hyman Ltd.
Dahl, R.A. 1963. Modern Political Analysis, EngleWoods: Prentice-Hall.
Hoselitz. Social Aspects of Economic Development
Dowse, R.E. and J.A. Hughes. 1972. Political Sociology, London: John Wiley & Sons.
Lenin, V.I. 1915. Imperialism, as the Highest Stage of Capitalism, Moscow: Progress Publishers.
Easton, David. . TA System Analysis of Political Life,
Myrdal, Gunnar. 1968. The Asian Drama, New York: Pantheon Books.
Easton, David. 1956. “A Framework for Political Analysis and a System Analysis of a Political Life”,
Pieterse, Jan Nederveen, 2000, After PostDevelopment , Third World Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 175-191 Schumpeter, J.A.1950. The Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, London: Allen and unwin.
Easton, David. 1957. “Analysis of Political System” Gupta, Dipankar. Political Sociology of India, Haralambos, M. and R. Heald.2000. Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, London: Collins. (Chapter-9).
Schumpeter, J.A.1951. Imperialism and Social Classes, New York: Kelley. Wallerstein, E. 1974. The Modern World System, New York: Academic Press.
Held, David. 1989. Political Thought and the Modern State, Stanford: Stanford University Press.
SOC 1.4: Political Sociology
Key, V.O. 1950. Politics, Parties and Pressure Groups,
Unit-I: Politics, state and nation-state; Relationship between Society and Polity. Theoretical approaches to State: Marxian, Weberian, Elite and Pluralist.
Lipset, S.M. ET AL. 1956. The Union Democracy, Glencoe: The Free Press. Lipset, S.M. 1963. “Political Sociology”, Sociology Today, Ed. R.K. Merton et al. London: Mercury Books.
Unit-II: Totalitarian and Democratic Systems; Power & Authority; Political Elites; Citizenship; Contemporary challenges: Globalization, neo-liberal state, civil society-state relationship.
Lipset, S.M. and S. Rokkan (Eds.).1967. Party Systems and Voter Alignments, New York: Free Press.
Unit-III: Political Culture; Political Socialization; Political Mobilization; Voting Behaviour; Pressure Group and Political Party.
Marshall, T.H. 1950. Citizenship and Social Class and Other Essays, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
READINGS:
Michels, R.1959. Political Parties, Glencoe: The Free Press.
Almond, G. and J. Coleman. . Politics of Developing Areas, Aron, Raymond. 1968. Totalitarianism, London
Democracy
Milbrath, L. 1965. Political Participation, Chicago: Rand McNally.
and
Miliband, R. 1977. Marxism and Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bhargava, Rajeev & Ashok Acharya, 2008, Political Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi: Pearson (Longman)
Miller, David, 1995, On Nationality, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Bottomore, T.B. Political Sociology
Mills, C.W. 1956. The Power Elite, New York: Oxford University Press. 3
Somjee, A.H. 1959. Voting Behavior in an Indian Village, Baroda
Quinn, J. A. 1955. Urban Sociology, New Delhi: S. Chand & Co.
Uberoi, J.B.S. 2003. “Civil Society”, The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, Ed. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Park, R. E. Burgess, E. W. McKenzie, 1925. The City, Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Weber, Max. 1948. “Politics as Vocations”, From Max Weber, Essays in Sociology, Eds. H.H. Gerth and C.W. Mills, New York: Harcourt Brace.
Pickvance, C. J. Urban Sociology, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Patel, S. and Deb, K. 2006. Urban Studies, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
SOC 1.5: Urban Sociology
Ramchandran, R. 1988. Urbanization and Urban Systems in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Unit-I: Basic Concepts: Urban, Urbanism, Urbanization, Urban Culture, City, Metropolis, Megalopolis and Global Cities.
Rao, M.S.A. 1974. Urban Sociology: A Reader, New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill. Sassen, S. 1991. The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Unit-II: Urbanism as a Way of Life; Chicago School, Concentric Zone Theory, Sector Theory, and Multiple Nuclei Theory, Neo-Marxist TheoryCastells and Harvey.
Saunders, Peter, 1981,Social Theory and the Urban Question, London: Hutchinson Sivramakrishnan, K. C., Kundu, A. and Singh B. N. 2005. Handbook of Urbanization in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Unit-III: Urban Growth in India: Trends and Critiques, Urban Poverty, Slums and Informal Sector. Urban Governance & Planning.
Thomlinson. Ralph. 1969. Urban Structure: The Social and Spatial Character of Cities, New York: Random House.
READINGS:
Weber, M. 1966. The City, London: Free Press.
Chauhan, B. R. 1990. Rural Urban Articulations, Udaipur: A. C. Brothers.
Zukin, S. 1995. Cultures of Cities, Oxford: Blackwell
Anderson, N. and Lindeman, E. C. 1928. Urban Sociology, New York: Free Press. Bose, A. 1973. Studies in Indian Urbanization 19011971, Bombay: Tata McGraw-Hill. Burgess, E. W. 1926. The Urban Community, Chicago: Chicago University Press. Dear Michelson and Scott, Allan (eds), 1976 Urbanisation and Planning in capitalist Society, New York: Methuen Desai Renu & Romola Desai (eds) ,2012, Urbanizing Citizenship: Contested Spaces in Indian Cities, New Delhi:Sage Gugler, J. 2004. World Cities beyond the West: Globalization, Development and Inequality, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Hansen, T. B. 2001. Urban Violence in India: Identity, Politics, Delhi: Permanent Black. Mumford, L. 1938. The Culture of Cities, New York: Free Press. 4
Nisbet, Robert A. 1966. The Sociological Tradition, New York: Basic Books.
M.A. Semester II SOC 2.1: Sociological Tradition - II
Parsons, Talcott. 1937. The Structure of Social Action, New York: McGraw-Hill.
Unit-I: Vilfredo Pareto: Logico-experimental Method, Logical and Non-logical Actions; Residues and Derivations; Theory of Elites. Unit-II: Max Weber: Social Action; Verstehen; Ideal Type; Class, Status and Party; Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism; Power and Authority, Bureaucracy.
Ritzer, George. 1996. Classical Sociological Theory. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Unit-III: G.Simmel: Forms of Interaction & Individuality; Social Types; Modern Culture.
-------. 1949. The Methodology of Social Sciences, Toronto: Collier-Macmillan.
READINGS: Aron, R. 1970. Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. II, Harmondsworth: Penguin.
-------. 1958. The Protestant Ethics and the Sprit of Capitalism, New York: Charles Scribner’s sons.
Weber, Max. 1946. From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology, New York: Oxford University Press. -------. 1947. The Theory of Social and Economic Organization, New York: The Free Press.
-------. 1978. Economy and Society, Vol. I & II, Berkeley: University of California Press.
Bendix, R. 1962. Max Weber: An Intellectual Portrait, New York: Anchor Books.
Zeitlin, Irvin. 1981. Ideology and the Development Sociological Theory. New York: Prentice Hall.
Benton, T. 1977. Philosophical Foundation of the Three Sociologies, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
SOC 2.2: Methods and Techniques of Research
Coser, L. A. 1977. Masters of Sociological Thought, New York: Harcourt Brace.
Unit-I: Research Design: Descriptive, Exploratory, Experimental and Diagnostic; Sampling: Probability and Non-probability Sampling Designs, Sampling Error; Interview Schedule & Questionnaire, Census and Sample Survey.
Fletcher, Ronald. 1971. The Making of Sociology: Developments, Vol. II, London: Nelson. Giddens, A. 1973. Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An analysis of Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, London: Cambridge University Press.
Unit-II: Qualitative Research Techniques: Observation & Participant Observation, Interview, Case Study, life History, Oral History, Content Analysis, Genealogy, Narratives, Field Work.
Marx, Karl. 1964. Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy, (T. Bottomore and M. Rubel, Eds.), London: McGraw Hill.
Unit-III: Scaling & Quantitative Techniques: Scaling in Social Sciences: Sociometry, the Social Distance Scale, Likert Scale; Statistical Analysis in Sociology: Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion, Correlation; Problems of Quantification & Measurement; Reliability & Validity.
Marx, Karl. 1970. Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, Moscow: Foreign Publishing House. -----. 1970. Capital, Vol. I, II & III, Moscow: Progress Publication.
READINGS: Bryman, Alan. 1988. Quality and Quantity in Social Research, London: Unwin.
Marx, Karl. & Engels, F. 1950. Manifesto of the Communist Party, Moscow: Foreign Publishing House.
----------- 2005. Social Research Methods, London: Oxford University Press.
Marx, Karl. & Engels, F. 1952. The German Ideology, (Ist & the last chapter) Moscow: Foreign Publishing House.
Corbetta, P. 2003. Social Research: Theory, Methods and Techniques, London: Sage.
McIntosh, I. 1997. Classical Sociological Theory: A Reader, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Goode, W.J. and Hatt, P. K. 1952. Methods in Social Research, New York: McGraw-Hill.
McLellan, David. 1977. Karl Marx: Selected Writings, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 5
Mukherji, P.N. 2000. Methodology of Social Research: Dilemmas and Perspectives, New Delhi: Sage.
Midgley, J. 1994. Social Development: The Development Perspective in Social Welfare, London: Sage.
Myrdal, G. 1970. Objectivity in Social Research, London: Gerald Duckworth.
Seers, D. 1970. The Meaning of Development, Series No. 4, Sussex: Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
Punch, Kieth. 1996. Introduction to Social Research, London: Sage.
Sen, Amrtya. 1999. Development as Freedom, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Shipman, M. 1988: The Limitation Social Research, London: Sage.
Singh, Y. 1973. Modernization of Indian Tradition, New Delhi: Thomson Press.
Somekh, B. and Lewin, C. 2002. Research Methods in Social Sciences, London: Sage.
Srinivas, M. N. 1966. Social Change in Modern India, Berkeley: University of California Press.
Srivastava, V. K. (Ed.). 2005. Methodology and Fieldwork, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
United Nations Development Programme. 2001. Human Development Report, New York: Oxford University Press. United Nations Development Programme. 1995. Sustainable Human Development: From Concept to Operation, New York: UNO.
SOC 2.3: Development and Change in India Unit-I: Concepts of Development: Human, Social and Sustainable Development; World Institutions.
Weiner, M. (Ed.). 1966. Modernization: The Dynamics of Growth, New York: Basic Books.
Unit-II: Planning – Democratic and Regional; Welfare State, India through Five Year Plans. Unit-III: Role of State, Market and Civil Society. Displacement, Rehabilitation and Re-settlement: Issues and Debates; Neo-liberalism.
SOC 2.4: Comparative Sociology
READINGS: Bardhan, P. 1984. The Political Economy of Development, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Unit-II: Themes: Cultural Relativism; Pluralism; Multiculturalism; Gender; Ethnicity; Ecology.
Unit-I: Methods of Study Diffusionistic, and Comparative.
–
Evolutionary,
Unit-III: Structure and Function: B. Malinowski, A. R. Radcliffe-Brown & Levi-Strauss.
Beteille, Andre. 1992. Society and Politics in India: Essays in Comparative Perspective, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
READINGS: Durkheim, E. 1912. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, London: Allen and Unwin.
Dak, T. M. and Josef, 2001. Social Development, Udaipur: Institute of Development Studies.
Frazer, J.C.1922. The Golden Bough, London: Macmillan.
Dreze, J. and Sen. 2002. India: Development and Participation, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Linton, R.1936. The Study of Man, New York: Appelton Century.
Dube, S.C. 1988. Modernization and Development: the Search for Alternative Paradigm, New Delhi: Vistar.
Levi-Strauss, C .1949. Elementary Structure of Kinship, Paris Levi-Strauss, C .1963. Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books.
Goven,M. P. 1996. Doctrines of Development, London: Routledge.
Lowie, R.H. 1921. Primitive Society, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Kiely, R. and Phil Marfleet, (Eds.). 1998. Globalization and the Third World, London: Routledge.
Madan, T.N and D.N. Majumdar. 1991. An Introduction to Social Anthropology, Noida: Mayoor Paperbacks.
Kothari, Rajni. 1988. Rethinking Development: In Search of Humane Alternatives, Delhi: Ajanta. 6
Mahajan, Gurpreet, 2002, The Multicultural Path, New Delhi: Sage
Dhanagare, D. N. 1988. Peasant Movements in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Malinowski, B. 1913. The Families Among the Australian Aborgines: A Sociological Study, London: University of London Press.
Joshi, P. C. 1976. Land Reforms in India: Trends and Perspectives, Bombay: Allied Publishers. Majumdar, D. N. 1955. Rural Profiles, Lucknow: Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society.
Malinowski, B.1948. Magic Science and Religion and Other Essays, Glencoe: Free Press.
Marriott, M. (Ed.). 1955. Village India, Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Mclennan, J.F. 1865. Primitive Marriage, Edinburg: Adem and Charles Black.
Mencher J.P. 1983. Social Anthropology of Peasantry, Part III, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Murdock, G.P. 1949. Social Structure, Bombay: popular Book Depot. Petras, James and Henry Globalization Unmasked,
Voltameyer.
2004.
Oommen, T. K. 1971. “Green Revolution and Agrarian Conflict”, Economic and Political Weekly, 6(26): 99-103.
Singh, Y. 2000. Culture Change in India: Identity and Globalization, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.
Radhakrishnan, P. 1989. Peasant Struggles: Land Reforms and Social Change in Malabar 1836 – 1982, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Singh, Y. 2004. Ideology and Theory in Indian Sociology, Jaipur: Rawat Publications. (chapter7).
Redfield, R. 1956. The Little Community, Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Taylor, E.B. 1871. Primitive Culture, London: JMurray.
Srinivas, M. N. (Ed.). 1955. India’s Villages, Calcutta: Government of West Bengal Press.
Westermark, E. 1891. The History of Human Marriage, New York: Macmillan.
--------- 1996. Village, Caste, Gender and Method: Essays in Indian Anthropology, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
SOC 2.5: Rural Sociology
Thorner, Daniel and Thorner, Alice. 1962. Land and Labour in India, Bombay: Asia Publications.
Unit-I: Rural Sociology: Origin and Development; Nature, Subject Matter, Significance; Key Concepts: Regional and Community Approach; Rural Society; Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Village Community; Village Studies.
Wiser, W. H. 1936. The Hindu Jajmani System, Lucknow: Lucknow Publishing House.
Unit-II: Rural-Urban Continuum; Agrarian Social Structure: Caste and Jajmani, Class and Power Structure. Unit-II: Rural Poverty and Migration, Peasant Movements; Land Reforms, Rural Development Programmes: Green Revolution, PRIs, Self and Wage Employment Programmes, PURA.
READINGS: Desai, A. R. 1977. Rural Sociology in India, Bombay: Popular Prakashan. -------- 1979. Rural India in Transition, Bombay: Popular Prakashan. Dube, S. C. 1955. India’s Changing Villages, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. 7
Merton, R.K. 1968. Social Theory and Social Structure, New York: Free Press.
M.A. Semester III SOC 3.1: Sociological Theories
Parsons, T. 1951. Social System, New York: The Free Press.
Unit-I: T. Parsons – Voluntaristic Theory of Action, Social System, and Pattern Variables; R. K. Merton – Paradigm of Functional Analysis, Theory of Middle Range, Anomie; Neo-Functionalism - J. Alexander.
Parsons, T. and Shils, E. A. & others (Eds.).1951. Toward a General Theory of Action, Cambridge (Mass.): Harward University Press.
Unit-II: L. Coser – The Functions of Social Conflict; R. Dahrendorf – Theory of Class Conflict; R. Collins – Interaction Ritual Chains & Theory of Conflict.
Ritzer, George. 1992. Modern Sociological Theory, New York: McGraw-Hill. Schutz, A. 1967. The Phenomenology of the Social World, Evanston: Northwestern University Press.
Unit-III: G. H. Mead and H. Blumer – Symbolic Interactionism; K. Mannheim – The Sociology of Knowledge; P. Berger & T. Luckmann – The Social Construction of Reality.
Schutz, A. and Luckmann, T. 1973. The Structure of the Life World, Evanston: Northwestern University Press.
READINGS:
Stark, W. 1958. The Sociology of Knowledge: An Essay in Aid of Deeper Understanding of the History of Ideas, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Berger, P. and T. Luckmann. 1967. The Social Construction of Reality, New York Anchor. Black, Max (Ed.). 1961. The Social Theories of Talcott Parsons: A Critical Examination, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Blumer, H. 1969. Prentice Hall.
Turner, Jonathan H. 1995. The Structure of Sociological Theory, (4th edition), Jaipur and New Delhi: Rawat.
Symbolic Interactionism, N.J.:
Blau. P. M. 1964. Exchange and Power in Social Life: New York: Wiley.
SOC 3.2: Approaches to the Study of Indian Society
Collins, R. 1975. Conflict Sociology: Toward an Explanatory Science, New York: Academic Press.
Unit-I: Indological & Structural-functional – G. S. Ghurye and Louis Dumont; M. N. Srinivas and S.C. Dube.
Coser, L. 1956. The Functions of Social Conflict, New York: The Free Press.
Unit-II: Marxian & Subaltern Perspectives – D. P. Mukerji and A. R. Desai; B. R. Ambedkar and David Hardiman.
Coser, Lewis, A. 1979. Masters of Sociological Thought, New York: Harcourt Brace
Unit-III: Civilizational View – N. K. Bose and Surjit Sinha.
Dahrendorf, R. 1959. Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Homans, G. H. 1961. Social Behavior: It’s Elementary Forms, New York: Harcourt Brace.
READINGS: Bose, N. K. 1972. “An Anthropological View of Indian Civilization”, Man in India, 52 (2).
Mannheim, K. 1936. Ideology and Utopia, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
---------- 1975. The Structure of the Hindu Society, New Delhi: Orient and Longman
-------- 1952. Essays in the Sociology of Knowledge, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Desai, A.R. 1966. Social Background of Indian Nationalism, Bombay: Popular Prakashan.
Mead, G. H. 1962. Mind, Self and Society: From the Standpoint of a Behaviorist, Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Dhanagre, D. N. 1993. Themes and Perspective in Indian Sociology, Jaipur: Rawat. Dube, S.C. 1955. Indian Village, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. 8
---------1955. India’s Changing Villages, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Srinivas, M.N. 1952. Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Dumont, L. 1970. Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and Its Implications, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
----------- 1963. Social Change in Modern India, Berkeley: University of California Press.
Ghurye, G.S. 1969. Caste and Race, Bombay: Popular Prakashan,
----------- 1976. The Remembered Village, Oxford (Delhi): Oxford University Press.
Gore, M.S. 1993. The Social Context of an Ideology: The Social and Political Thoughts of Babasaheb Ambedkar, New Delhi: Sage.
Srinivas, M. N. and M.N. Paninini, 1973. “The Development of Sociology and Social Anthropology in India", Sociological Bulletin. 22, 2: 179-215.
Hardiman, D. 1987. The Coming of the Devi: Adivasi Assertion in Western India, London: Oxford University Press.
SOC 3.3: Multidisciplinary Optionals: (One of the following two papers). SOC 3.3 (A): Sociology of Gender
Karve, Irawati. 1953. Kinship Organization in India, Poona: Deccan College.
Unit-I: Social Construction of Gender: Gender and Biology, Women in Family, Socialization and Gender, Gender and Culture, Gender Roles, Sexual Division of Labour, Masculinity vs. Femininity.
---------- 1961. Hindu Society: An Interpretation, Poona: Deccan College. Madan, T.N. 1994. Pathways: Approaches to Study of Society in India, Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Unit-II: Perspectives on Women in Society: Liberal, Radical, Marxian, Socialist, and the Third Wave; Women’s Movements.
Momin, A.R. 1996. The Legacy of G.S. Ghurye : A Centennial Festschrift, Bombay: Popular Prakashan.
Unit-III: Approaches to Feminist Methodology: Criticism of ‘Malestream’ Research, Masculine vs. Feminine Models of Interviewing, and Feminist Sociology of Knowledge.
Mukerji, D. P. 1958. Diversities, Delhi: Peoples Publishing House. -------- 2002. (1948). Indian Culture: A Sociological Study, Delhi: Rupa & Company.
READINGS:
Mukherjee, Ramkrishna. 1957. The Dynamics of a Rural Society, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.
Abbot, P. and C. Wallace. 1990. An Introduction to Sociology: Feminist Perspectives, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
-------- 1979. Sociology of Indian Sociology, Bombay: Allied. Oommen, T.K. and P.N. Mukherjee. (eds.) 1986. Indian Sociology: Reflections and Introspective, Bombay : Popular Prakashan.
D. H. J. 1986. “Gender” in R. Burgess (ed.) Key Variables in Social Investigation, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Singh, Y. 1986. Indian Sociology: Social Conditioning and Emerging Concerns, Delhi : Vistar.
Eichler, M. 1991. Nonsexist Research Methods: A Practical Guide, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Sinha, S. 1958. “Tribal Culture of Peninsular India as a Dimension of Little Tradition in the Indian Civilization –A Preliminary Statement”, Journal of American Folklore. 71(July-September).
Engels, F. 1972. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the state, London: Lawrence & Wishart.Morgan. Harding, S. (Ed.). 1987. Feminism and Methodology, Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
--------- 1967. “Tribe-Caste and Tribe-Peasant Continua in Central India”, Man in India. 45(1): 35-80.
Haralambos, M. and Holborn, M. 2000. Sociology: Themes and Perspectives,(5th ed.), London: Collins.
---------- 1980. “Tribes and Indian Civilization: A Perspective”, Man in India, 60 (1-2). 9
Oakley, Ann. 1972. Sex, Gender and Society, London, Temple Smith.
Singh, K.S. 1995. The Scheduled Tribes, Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Oakley, Ann. 1974. Sociology of Housework, Oxford: Martin Roberson.
----- 1998. The Scheduled Anthropological Survey of India.
Pawson, R. 1992. “Feminist Methodology” in M. Haralambos (ed.) Developments in Sociology, vol. 8, Ormskirk: CausewawayPress.
SOC 3.4: Two Term Papers
Castes,
Delhi:
SOC 3.5: Seminar The Seminar Presentation-cum-Open Viva-Voce will be conducted and evaluated by an external examiner in the presence of all faculty members.
SOC 3.3 (B): Sociology of Marginalized Communities Unit-I: Marginalization: Issues and Perspectives, Bases of Marginalization: Caste, Class, Ethnicity and Gender Unit-II: Status of SC & ST; Affirmative Action; Constitutional Provisions; Social Mobility, Mobilization and Identity; Social Exclusion and Inclusion Debate. Unit-III: Social Movements among Marginalized Communities: Views of Gandhi, Phule, Periyar, and Ambedkar; Issues of Minorities. READINGS: Beteille, Andre. 1992. The Backward Classes in Contemporary India, Delhi: Oxford University Press. Charsley, S.R. and Karanth, G.K. (Eds.). 1998. Challenging Untouchability, Delhi: Sage. Clarke, S. 1999. Dalit and Christianity: Subaltern Religion and Liberation Theology in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Gore, M.S. 1993. The Social Context of an Ideology: The Social and Political Thoughts of Babasaheb Ambedkar, New Delhi: Sage. Mahajan, Gurpreet. 1998. Democracy, Difference and Social Justice, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Mayaram, S. 2004. Against History, Against State: Counter-perspectives from the Margins. New Delhi: Orient Longman. Omvedt, G. 1995. Dalit Visions: the Anti-caste Movement and the Construction of an Indian Identity, New Delhi: Orient Longman. …1999. Dalits and the Democratic Revolution, Delhi: Sage. Oommen, T.K. 1990. Protest and Change: Studies in Social Movements, Delhi: Sage. 10
Habermas, J. 1976. Legitimation Crisis, London: Heinemann.
M.A. Semester IV
Habermas, J. 1984. The Theory of Communicative Action, (volume 1and2), Boston: Beacon Press.
SOC 4.1: Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives
Lyotard, Jeans-Francois. 1984. The Postmodern Condition, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Unit-I: Structural Marxism: L. Althusser; Critical Theory: J. Habermas; Theory of Superstructure: A. Gramsci.
Prakash, Anand. (Ed.). 2002. Marxism, Delhi: Worldview Publications.
Unit-II: Dramaturgy: E. Goffman; Agency and Structure: A. Giddens and P. Bourdieu.
Ritzer, George. 1992. Modern Sociological Theory, New York: Mc-Graw Hill.
Unit-III: Post-structuralism and Post-modernism: J. Derrida, M. Foucault and J. Lyotard.
Turner, J. 1986. The Structure of Sociological Theory, Chicago: Dorsey.
READINGS: SOC 4.2: Contemporary Society in India
Alexander, J (Ed.). 1985. New Functionalism, California: Sage Publications.
Unit-I: Features of Contemporary Indian society and Culture; Influence of the West and Islam on Indian Society; Continuity and Change.
Althusser, Louis. 1969. For Marx, London: Penguin. Bourdieu, P. 1990. The Logic Cambridge: Polity Press.
of
Practice,
Unit-II: Current Debates: Contextualization; Indigenization; Use of Native Categories in the Analysis of Indian Society.
Bourdieu, P.1990. An Outline of the Theory of Practice, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Unit-III: Caste and Politics; Dalit Consciousness; Communalism; Religious Revivalism, Secularism, Problems of Minorities; Identity & Ethnic Assertions.
Cassel, Phillip. (Ed.). 1993. The Giddens Reader, California: Stanford University Press. Derrida, J. 1978. Writing and Difference, Chicago: Chicago University Press.
READINGS:
Foucault, M. 1965. Madness and Civilization, New York: Vintage.
Atal, Yogesh. 2003. Indian Sociology from Where to Where, Jaipur: Rawat Publications. (Chapter 5 & 6)
Foucault, M. 1970. The Order of Things, New York: Random House.
Bailey, F.G. 1953. “For a Sociology of India”, Contributions to Indian Sociology, No.3, pg. 88101.
Foucault, M. 1972. The Archaeology of Knowledge, London: Tavistock Publications. Foucault, M. 1979. Discipline and Punish, New York: Vintage.
Bhargava, Rajeev, 1999, Secularism and its Critique, OUP, Delhi
Garfinkel, H. 1967. Studies in Ethnomethodology, Engle-Wood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Bhargava, Rajeev & Ashok Acharya, 2008, Political Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi: Pearson (Longman)
Giddens, A. 1984. The Constitution of Society, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Bottomore, T.B. 1965.”Modern Elites”, Unithan et al (eds.), Towards a Sociology of Culture in India, New Delhi: Prentice-Hall.
Giddens, A. and Christopher Pierson. 1998. Conversation with Anthony Giddens, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Chandra, Bipin. 1984. Communalism in Modern India, New Delhi: Vikas.
Goffman, E.1959. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, New York: Doubleday Anchor Books.
Das, Veena. (Ed.). 1990. Mirrors of Violence: Communities, Riots and Survivors in South Asia, Delhi: Oxford University Press. 11
Desai, A.R. 1966. The Social Background of Indian Nationalism, Bombay: Popular Prakashan.
Singh, Yogendra. 1993. Social Change in India: Crisis and Resilience, New Delhi: Har-Anand Publications.
Desai, A.R. 1969. “The New Indian Elite”, Unithan et al (Eds.). Towards a Sociology of Culture in India, Delhi: Prentice Hall.
Singh, Yogendra. 1997. Social Stratification and Change in India, New Delhi: Manohar.
Dumont, Louis. and D.F. Pocock. 1968. “For a Sociology in India: Rejoinder to Dr. Bailey”, Contributions to Indian Sociology, vol.4.
Singh, Yogendra. 2004. Ideology and Theory in Indian Sociology, Jaipur: Rawat Publications. Srinivas, M.N. 1972. Social Change in Modern India, New Delhi: Orient Longman Ltd.
Gadgil, D.R. (Ed.). 1959. Origin of Modern Indian Business Class- An Interim Report, New Delhi: Institute of Pacific Relations.
Srinivas, M.N. . Caste: Its Twentieth Century Avatar,
Kothari, Rajni. . Caste and Politics in India,
Unnithan, T.K.N et al. 1967. Sociology for India, New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India.
Kumar, Krishna. (Ed.). 1979. “Indigenization and Transnational Cooperation in Social Sciences”, The Bonds Without Bondage, Honolulu: EastWest Cultural Learning Institute.
. SOC 4.3: papers)
Madan, T.N. 1965. “For a Sociology of India: Some Classification”, Contributions to Indian Sociology.
Optional: (One of the following three
SOC 4.3 (A): Globalization and Society Unit-I: Globalization; Concept & Characteristics; Global vs. local; Modernization and Globalization; Theoretical Perspectives: Robertson and Giddens,Manuel Castells: Idea of Network Society, Arjun Appadurai:Five dimensions of Global Flow; Political Economy of Globalization.
Madan, T.N. . Sociology of Religion in India, Mahajan, Gurpreet, 2002, The Multicultural Path: Issues of Diversity and discrimination in Society, New Delhi: Sage Misra, B.B. 1961. The Indian Middle Classes, London: Oxford University Press.
Unit-II: Agencies of Globalization: MNCs, Nationstate, Media, Market, NGOs, International Agencies (IMF & WB).
Mukherji, Ramkrishna. 1979. Sociology of Indian Sociology, Bombay: Allied Publications.
Saberwal, Satish. . Roots of Crisis,
Unit-III: Socio-economic Impact of Globalization; The Ethos of Globalization – Unbridled Freedom, Individualism, Consumerism, Cultural Homogenization, Resistance to Globalization.
Saran, A.K. 1962. “For a Sociology of India”, Eastern Anthropologists, vol. 15 (1).
READINGS:
Pavlov, V.I. 1964. The Indian Capitalist Class, Delhi: People’s Publishing House.
Singer, M. 1972. When a Great Tradition Modernizes, New York: Praeger Publishers.
Appadurai,Arjun, 1997, Modernity at large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation, New Delhi: OUP.
Mukherji, Ramkrishna. 1979. Sociology of Indian Sociology, Bombay: Allied Publications. Pavlov, V.I. 1964. The Indian Capitalist Class, Delhi: People’s Publishing House.
Castells, Manuel, 1996, The rise of Network Society, Oxford:Blackwell
Saberwal, Satish. . Roots of Crisis,
Giddens, A. 1985. The Nation State and Violence, Berkeley: University of California Press.
Saran, A.K. 1962. “For a Sociology of India”, Eastern Anthropologists, vol. 15 (1).
Giddens, A. 1990. The Consequences of Modernity, Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Singer, M. 1972. When a Great Tradition Modernizes, New York: Praeger Publishers.
Jameson, F. 1991. The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Durham: Duke University Press.
Singh, Yogendra. 1988. Modernization of Indian Tradition, Jaipur: Rawat Publications. 12
James H. Mittelman, 1998, Globalisation and Environmental Resistance Politics ,Third World Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 5 (Dec., 1998), pp. 847-872
Heberle, Rudolf. 1968. “Types and Functions Of Social Movements”, The International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, Vol. 14, London: Macmillan.
Petras, James and Henry Globalization Unmasked,
Martin, F. and A. Linkenbach. 2003. “Social Movements”, The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, Ed. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Voltmeyer.
2004.
Robertson, R. 1992. Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture,
Mukherji, P. N. 1977. “Social Movement and Social Change: Towards A Conceptual Clarification and Theoretical Framework”, Sociological Bulletin, Vol. 26, no. 1, March.
Robertson, R. 1994. “Globalization or Glocalization”, Journal of International Communication, vol. 1(1) Singh, Yogendra. 2000. Culture Change in India: Identity and Globalization, Jaipur: Rawat Publications
Oommen, T. K. 1990. Protest and Change: Studies in Social Movements, New Delhi: Sage. Radhakrishnan, P. 1989. Peasant Struggles: Land reforms and Social Change in Malabar 1836 – 1982, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Singh, Yogendra. 2004. Ideology and Theory in Sociology, Jaipur: Rawat Publications (Chapter7).
Rao, M. S. A. (Ed.). 1978. Social Movements in India, New Delhi: Manohar Books. Shah, G. 1990. Social Movements in India: A Review of Literature, New Delhi: Sage.
SOC 4.3 (B): Sociology of Social Movements
Smelser, N. 1963. Theory of Collective Behavior, New York: Macmillan.
Unit-I: Concept and Types of Social Movements; Methods and Techniques in Movement Studies; Theoretical Approaches: Marxian, Relative Deprivation, Collective Behaviour, Resource Mobilization and Identity Oriented Perspectives.
SOC 4.3 (C)
Sociology of Industrial Relations
Unit-II: Peasant Movement; Labour and Trade Union Movement; Tribal Movement; Nationalist Movement.
Unit-I: Industrial Revolution; Industrial Society; Post-industrial Society; Industrial Division of Labour; Relations of Production; Factory System; Industrial Democracy; Industrial Policy 1991 Onwards; Globalization and Industry.
Unit-III:, Dalit Movement, Women’s Movement, Ecological & Environmental Movement, Ethnic Movements; Development-Induced Protest Movements.
Unit-II: Industrial Relations: Changing Profile of Labour; Human Resource Management; Personnel Management; Trade Unions; Workers’ Participation in Management; Quality Circles.
READINGS:
Unit-III: Industrial Conflicts and Disputes; Strikes; Conciliation, Adjudication and Arbitration; Collective Bargaining; Automation; Alienation.
Desai, A. R. (Ed.). 1979. Peasant struggles in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. Desai, A.R. 1966. Social Background of Indian Nationalism, Bombay: Popular Prakashan.
READINGS:
--------. 1986. Agrarian struggles in India after Independence. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Blauner, R. 1964. Alienation and Freedom, Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Dhanagare, D. N. 1988. Peasant Movements in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Ivar, E Berg. 1979. Industrial Sociology, New York: Prentice-Hall.
Guha, R. 1989. The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in Himalaya. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Kerr, C. et.al. 1973 Industrialism and Industrial Man, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 13
Laxamanna, C. et.al. 1990. Workers, Participation and Industrial Democracy, Delhi: Ajanta Publication. Ramaswamy, E.A.1978. Industrial Relations in India, Delhi: Macmillan. Ramaswamy, E.A. & U. Ramaswamy, 1973. Industry and Labour: An Introduction, Delhi: Oxford University Press. Schneider, E.V. 1957. Industrial Sociology, New York: McGraw Hill. Smelser, N. J. 19 Social Change in Industrial Revolution, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Wilensky, Lebeaux, C. N. 1958. Industry, Society and Social Welfare, New York: The Free Press. SOC 4.4: Dissertation Dissertations based on empirical/ conceptual research to be submitted by students. SOC 4.5: Presentation and Viva-voce. The Presentation-cum-Open Viva Voce will be conducted and evaluated by an external examiner in the presence of all faculty members.
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