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Sociology Syallbus
Sociology Syallbus
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5. Marriage, Family And Kinship : Type and forms of marriage, impact of social legislation. Family;
Structure and functions; Changing patterns of family; Family decent and kinship: Mariage and sex
roles in modern society.
6. Social Change and Development : Concept,Theories and Factors of Social Change, Social
moment and change. State inter-vention. Social policy and development, Strategies of rural
transformation; Community developement programme.I.R.D.P., TRYSEM and Jawahar Rojgar
Yojana.
7. Economic and Political System : Concept of property. Social dimensions of division of labour.
Types of exchange. Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Social Development, Nature of Power. Per-
sonal, Community Elite. Class. Modes of political participation-Democratic and Authoritarian.
8. Religion, Science and Technology : Concept, Role and religious belief in traditional and modern
societies. Ethos of science, Social responsi-bility and control of science; Social consequences of
science and technology.
9. Population and Society : Population size, Trends, Composition, Migration Growth, population
Problems in India, Population, education.
1. Bases of Indian Society : Traditional Indian Social Organisation : Dharma, Doctrine of Karma.
Ashram Vyavastha Purushartha and Samskars; Socio-Cultural Dynamics impact if Buddhism,
Islam and the west. Factors responsible for contisnuity and change.
2. Social Stratification : Caste system:Origin, Structural Cultural views. Changing patterns of
caste: Caste and class: Issues of equality and social justice: Class structure in India-Agrarian and
industrial: Emergence of middle class. Classes among the tribes; Emergence of Dalits
consiousness.
3. Marriage Family and Kinship : Marriage among different ethic groups. its changing trends and
future; Family-its structural and functional aspects Changing pattern, Impact of legislations and
socio-economic changes of marriage and family, Regional varia-tions in kinship system and its
changing aspect.
4.Economic and Political System : Jaimani System, Land tenure system. Social consequences of
land reforms and liberalisation, Social Determianats of economic development, Green revoluation,
Functioning of demorcraitic politicial system. Political parties and their compostion, Structural
change and orientation among political elities. Decentrailisation of power and political participation,
Politiacal implications to devel-opment.
5. Education and Socity : Dimension of education in traditional and modem socities, Educational
equality and change; Education and social mobility. Problems of education among the weaker
sections of the society.
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6. Tribal, Rural and Urban Social Organisation : Distinctive features of tribal communities and
their distribution; Tribe and caste, Process Acculturation. Assimilation and integration. Problems
of tribal’s social identity: Socio-cultural dimensions of village community; traditional power
structure, Democratisation and leadership. Community development programme leadership.
Community development programme and Panchayti Raj, New strategies for rural transformation,
community and change of traditional development in urban areas (Kinship, caste, occupation etc.)
Class structure and mobility in urban commnuity; Ethinic diversity and community intergration.
Urban neighbourhood. Rural urban differ-ences. Demographic and socio-cultural practics.
7. Religion and Society : Size Growth and Regional distribution of different religoius groups; inter
religious interaction and its manifecstaiton- Problems of conversion. Commnity ten-sions.
Secularism, Minority status and religious fundamentalism.
8. Population Dynamics : Socio-cultrual aspects of sex, Age, Marital status. Feritility and mortality.
The problem of population explosion, Socio-psychological,cultural and Economic. Population
policy and family welfare programme; Determinants and consequences of population growth.
9. Women and Society : Demographic profile of women Changes in their status; Special problems-
dowry, atrocity, discrimi-nation; welfare programmes for women & children.