FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY FYBA PAPER 1 OBJECTIIVES 1. To introduce the students to the basic concepts in Sociology. 2. To familiarize the students with the theoretical aspects of different concepts Chapter 1: Sociology as a discipline 13 Lectures Perspectives in Sociology: Functionalist, Conflict, Interpretive and Critical. Sociological Imagination - Developing a sociological outlook Significance of sociology Chapter 2: Culture 13 Lectures Understanding culture Characteristics of culture Types of culture-subculture, counterculture Ethnocentrism, Xenocentrism, Cultural relativism Components of culture Towards a global culture Chapter 3: Society and Groups 13 Lectures Evolution of society: Hunting, Food gathering, Feudal, Industrial, Post Industrial Types of social groups In group, Out group Primary group, Secondary group Electronic community (networking) Chapter 4: Social Institutions: Concept and Significance 13 Lectures Social Stratification: Bases of Stratification: Caste, Class, Gender, Age Religion: Church, Sect, Cult Political Institution: State and Government, Types of States Economic Institution: Capitalism, Socialism, Informal Economics Chapter 5: Socialization Socialization as a process Agencies of socialization Development of self: C H Cooley, G H Mead Gender socialization Political socialization Resocialization 13 Lectures
Chapter 6: Social Change Theories of Change Evolutionary, Functionalist, Conflict Factors of Social change Resistance to change Environment, Sustainable development and Social change 13 Lectures Note: Topics I to III will be done in the first term and topics IV to VI in the second term SYBA SOCIOLOGY PAPER-II INDIAN SOCIETY: CONCEPTS STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES Objectives To provide students with an insight into the development of Indian Sociology To acquaint students with some important aspects of Indian Society To develop analytical ski lls among students through the use of case studies I Development of Sociology in India: An Overview Early contributions to the study of Indian Society. Development of Sociology in India: Schools, Approaches Teaching of Sociology and Research Specializations in Sociology II Contributions of Indian Sociologists (G.S Ghurye, Irawati Karve, M.N Srinivas and A.R Desai) Life and works Approaches to Sociology Selected readings of each sociologist III Caste and Class Varna and Jati, Characteristics of caste Perspectives on Caste : Brahmanical and Dalit Caste in contemporary India - caste and politics Emergence of classes within caste IV Family, Kinship and Ethnicity
Family and Kinship: Concept and Types Family and Kinship: Issues of Structure and Change Ethnicity: Definition, Ethnic groups and Identity Ethnic Identity and Conflict V. Social Change in India Modernisation and Development Concepts and Issues Development: A Case Study Secularism and Secularisation Concepts and Issues VI Globalisation Concept and brief history Dimensions Effects of globalisation Globalisation: A Case Study Note Topics I to III will be done in the first semester and topics IV to VI in the second semester Objectives SYBA SOCIOLOGY Paper III EMERGING ISSUES IN INDIAN SOCIETY To introduce students to emerging issues in modern Indian Society. To enthuse students and to introduce them to the relevance and varied possibilities for future studies in Sociology. To enable students to develop a critical outlook towards contemporary issues in Indian society. I. Education Role of Education: Functionalist and Critical Perspectives. Inequalities in Education - region, gender and caste. Education and Globalization: Privatization. II. Health Current state of health in India: Issues of Access Environmental risk and Health hazards.
Health: Globalization and Privatization III. Crime and Law Understanding Crime: Approaches - Positivist, Critical. Criminal Justice System in India: An Overview Marginalised groups and the administration of Justice IV. Mass Media Introduction: Overview. Approaches to the role of the media: Functionalist & Critical. Impact of media: Print and Visual. V. Tourism Tourism & Sociology. Tourism and Development: A Critique Tourism, Environment & Culture: Impact, Alternatives. VI. Ageing Ageing: An Overview Ageing as a contemporary global issue across socio cultural contexts. Initiatives and Interventions: State and Civil society Note Topics I to III will be done in the first semester and topics IV to VI in the second semester. TYBA SOCIOLOGY PAPER IV SOCIAL THEORY (COMPULSORY) Objectives: a) To provide the students of Sociology with the understanding of Sociological Theory. b) To train students in the application of these theories to social situations. 1. Historical Content of Sociological Theory Enlightenment and French Revolution 10 lectures
Ideals of St.Simon Auguste Comte Law of Three Stages, Positivism Herbert Spencer Organismic model 2. Karl Marx Dialectical and Historical Materialism Modes of Production and Theory of Class Class Conflict Marx s concept of Alienation 10 lectures 3. Emile Durkheim Social Facts Division of Labour Theory of Suicide Elementary Forms of Religious Life 4. Max Weber Social Action, Power and Authority Methodology Verstehen approach, Ideal Types The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism Sociology of Religion (India, China) 5. Social System Theory Parsons Theory of Social Action and Pattern Variables Theory of Social System Merton s Middle Range Theory Theory of Function 10 lectures 10 lectures 10 lectures 6. Ethnomethodology Dramaturgy of Erving Goffman The ideas of Alfred Schutz Examples of Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology 7. Frankfurt School Origin of the Frankfurt School Main tenets of Critical Theory Habermas critique of Science and Rationality 8. Giddens Critique of Social Theory Naturism and Positivism The Theory of Structuration, Agency and Actions 08 lectures 08 lectures 10 lectures
Reconceptualizing Structure and System Reconceptualizing Institutions 9. What is Postmodernism 09 lectures Postmodernism An Introduction. Michel Foucault s Central Theories and Methods Foucault Theory of Discourse Madness and Civilization Reading List TYBA SOCIOLOGY PAPER V SOCIOLOGY OF WORK 1. Nature and scope of sociology of work 18 Lectures A. Important concepts: Work: Definition, Types of work, Work environment, Work behaviour. Industry: Definition, Characteristics of Indian industry, Types: large scale and small scale, Problems, Industrial policy (brief). Entrepreneurship: Definition and meaning, Importance, Individual entrepreneur behaviour and attributes. B. Process: characteristics and critique 1. Rise of industry Background, Feudalism, Guild system, Domestic + putting out system, Rise of factories. 2. Industrialisation: What is industrialisation? Pre-conditions of industrialisation, Logic of industrialisation, Consequences of industrialisation both positive and negative with reference to India. 3. Industrialism: What is industrialism? Pluralistic industrialism, Industrialism reconsidered, Critique of industrialism. 4. Post industrialism & Knowledge Society: Information revolution, Contribution by Daniel Bell. 2. Perspective on motivation and management 17 Lectures A. Motivation: 1. What is motivation: Definition and meaning, Theories of motivation: Theory X and Theory Y (Douglas McGregor), Hertzberg s contribution, Mc Cleland and Vroom, Maslow s Theory of self actualisation (important characteristics / features of the above mentioned and also a critique of these theories) B. Theories of Management: 1. Theories of management and a critique: Scientific management, Human relations approach (characteristic features and critique).
3. Organisation of Work 10 Lectures 1. Workers in the formal sector: What is the formal sector? Public, private, small, medium, large, cottage industries, Characteristics / Features, Types of workers in the formal sector, Problems of the workers in the formal sector (among private, public and small scale industries, any one can come as short note). 2. Workers in the informal sector (can come as a 20 marks question): Understanding the informal sector, who comprises the informal sector, its features / characteristics, rise of the informal sector, Problems of the workers in the informal sector, Social security for the informal sector. 4. Rural workers Issues 10 Lectures 1. Agricultural labour and the present position of agricultural labour in India: important characteristics of agriculture and agricultural labour, problems of agricultural labour, patents 2. Indebtedness and farmers suicides: nature of indebtedness, farmers suicide - (reasons, extent of the problem and possible solutions). 5. Children at Work 10 Lectures Issues, Causes, Extent, Interventions. 6. Management Employee Relations 10 Lectures 1. Characteristics of industrial relations: Important features, Actors in industrial relations, Impact of technology and machinery on industrial relations. 2. Managing Industrial Relations: Traditional methods: 1) Collective Bargaining, 2) Trade Unions, Meaning of Collective Bargaining and Trade Unions: Function and features, Issues, Problems. Modern Methods: Human Resource Management: Definition, Meaning, Characteristics and importance. 7. Libéralisation, Privatisation, Globalisation 10 Lectures 1. Emergence of these processes (include brief background): Important characteristics (new economic policy 1991), Merits and Demerits of these processes, Its impact on industry: exit policy (VRS), culture, society.
2. Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO): Meaning, Role and Functions, Impact with reference to India. Objectives TYBA SOCIOLIGY Paper - VI GENDER & SOCIETY (APPLIED COMPONENT) To trace the evolution of Gender as category of social analysis. To trace the emergence of women s movement in India and abroad. To sensitise the students on gender issues 1. Introduction (12 Lectures) Basic concepts: Sex and Gender, Masculinity & femininity, Patriarchy, Sexual division of labour, Public private dichotomy, Identity politics 2. Feminisms (10 Lectures) Liberal, Socialist, Radical, Post modernism 3. History of Women s Struggles (10 Lectures) Reform and Nationalist Movements in the context of women rights, Campaigns within the contemporary women s movement 4. Violence Against Women (10 Lectures) Violence within the home: girl child abuse, wife beating and battering, mental abuse, female, foeticide and infanticide. Violence Within and between communities: communal conflict, witch hunting. Violence in Public places: Rape, molestation and eve-teasing 5. Women s Labour (10 Lectures) Gendered definition of work, Types of women s and men s work, Wage differentials, Sexual harassment at work place. 6. Gender and Citizenship (10 Lectures) Constitutional Guarantees: a) 33% reservation for women in Parliament, b) Reservation in panchayats
Family Laws: a) Rights within marriage, b) Property rights, c) Children custody and guardianship 7. Feminist Critique of Laws (10 Lectures) 1. Sameness Vs difference debate 2. Substantive equality 3. Legislature: Rape law, laws on domestic violence, dowry laws, property rights, PNDT Act 4. Judiciary: Sexist Court rulings TYBA SOCIOLOGY Paper VII HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 1. Overview of HRD (15 Lectures) Meaning, Need, Scope individual, Organisational, Social and National, Functions, Goals and Role of the Human Resource Manager 2. Introduction to Human Relations (10 Lectures) Nature and Philosophy Evolution: Scientific Management and Hawthorne Studies Consequences of Hawthorne Studies 3. Groups, Teams and Leadership (10 Lectures) Group Dynamics: Types of Groups, Why people join groups? Group development, usefulness of groups in organisations, determinants of group behaviour and group structuring. Team Dynamics: Teams vs. Groups, impact, types of teams, team building in organisations, contemporary issues in managing teams. Leadership: meaning, effectiveness, qualities and skills of leaders, functions 4. Organisational Structure (10 Lectures) Formal Organisations: Meaning and relevance, types of structures, line and staff organisation and functional organisation Informal organisation: meaning, significance and impact on formal organisations. 5. Organisational Culture (10 Lectures) Meaning and role of Organisational culture and climate Different types of Organisational culture Managing multiculturalism
6. Organisational Development (10 Lectures) Meaning and characteristics Managing organizational change: Types of change, reasons for change, response and resistance to change, planning and implementing change. Organisation Development Intervention techniques Training, learning and development 7. Human Resource Planning (10 Lectures) Meaning and Importance Demand Forecasting Supply Forecasting 8. Current Issues in HRD (10 Lectures) Education: Role of education in HRD TQM Global Mindset Health TYBA SOCIOLOGY PAPER VIII SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Chapter 1. Introduction and concepts 9 lectures Civil Society; Social Movements (definition, distinction from agitation, protest, struggle and other forms of collective action like riot, rebellion etc). Social movements and Social change. Civil society o Distinguish between state and civil society o State is an independent public authority that has monopoly over institutionalized force and encapsulates parliamentary institutions, courts, bureaucracies and armies. o Civil society is the terrain on which people s movements are fought o Space for non state actors like movements, voluntary associations, political parties, caste and linguistic associations etc. o When the state fails to deliver the focus shifts to the civil society as a site where interests can be articulated and civil society actors can become agents of transformation Conceptualising social movements Characteristics of social movements o Universalism of social movements o Relativism in social movements o The idea of social optimism in social movements
o Social renewal, self actualization and social movements Distinguishing movements from agitation, protest, struggle and other forms of collective action like riot, revolt, rebellion and revolution. Social movements and social change Chapter 2. Classical Theories A. Collective Behaviour Theories (8 lectures) Introduction: overall perspective Movements arise due to dissatisfaction, irrational collective behaviour. Image of the emotional crowd. a. Revitalisation Anthony Wallace s study. 5 Stages. Critique. b. Strain theory Introduction. Smelser s 6 conditions. Critique. c. Relative Deprivation Introduction. Gurr s theory Value discrepancy, categorisation of values, three patterns of value deprivation. Critique. Overall critique (functionalist perspective). B. Resource Mobilisation Theory (4 lectures) Shift to emphasize rational, calculative, opportunistic political action. Organizational aspects of movements theorised upon. Mobilization of resources (spell out kinds of resources: Edwards and McCarthy (2004) propose a five-fold typology of resources: moral (legitimacy, solidary support), cultural (artefacts and cultural products), social-organisational (infrastructures, social networks), human (labour, experience, skills) and material resources (financial and physical capital).). Free rider problem. Two important variants: McCarthy and Zald's (1973) "professional organizer" model and McAdam's (1982) "political process" model.' Differences with respect to understanding of Resources, Motivation, Political Environment, Possible Resolution. Overall critique.
Pichardo, Nelson A. 1988. Resource Mobilization: An Analysis of Conflicting Theoretical Variations. Sociological Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 1. (Spring, 1988), pp. 97-110. Chapter 3. Challenges to Classical Theories Intro: Rejection of the rationalist basis of movements. Resources stressed like leadership, organization, ideology are also questioned. What is new is the insistence on the cultural aspects of movements. The insurrection of subjugated knowledges or the creation of new identities. These were explicit attempts at reworking the traditional Marxist explanatory frameworks. A. Subaltern Studies (6 lectures) Introduction (1970s Guha, 11 volume series). Intellectual background. Main line of development (two variants- empirical and cultural). One case study- Guha s elementary forms. Critique. Dhanagare, D. N. 1988. Subaltern Consciousness and Populism: Two Approaches in the Study of Social Movements in India. Social Scientist, Vol. 16, No. 11. (Nov., 1988), pp. 18-35. Ludden, David. 2001. A Brief History of Subalternity in Reading Subaltern Studies: Critical History, Contested Meaning, and the Globalisation of South Asia, David Ludden (ed.). Delhi: Permanent Black. pp. 1-39. Roy, Tirthankar. 2002 Subaltern Studies: Questioning the Basics. EPW, June 8, pp. 2223-8. B. New Social Movements (6 lectures) Newness of Contemporary Movements (ideology & goals, tactics, structure, participants). Post industrial and post material era. Basic variants: Habermas, Touraine, Melucci. NSM in India. Critique. Martin, Greg. 2000. New Social Movements, Welfare and Social Policy: A Critical Assessment. E-paper. Pichardo, Nelson A. 1997 New Social Movements: A Critical Review, Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 23. (1997), pp. 411-430. Sangvai, Sanjay 2007 The New People s Movements in India. EPW, Dec. 15, pp. 111-7. Sheth, D. L. 2004 Globalisation and New Politics of Micro-Movements. EPW, Jan. 3, pp. 45-58. Chapter 4 Older Themes of Movement Studies (16 lectures)
Peasant movements and agrarian struggles Attempts have been made by some scholars to provide an all India picture for both the British and post-independence periods. Peasant struggles have taken place al over India and by no means have they been the same. Peasant movements have been classified by several scholars. These classifications need to be examined. The peasant movements can be analysed looking at their structure, organization, ideology and achievement. Tribal movements India has a large tribal population spread all over the country. Several tribal movements have taken place. The Anthropological Survey of india identified thirty six ongoing tribal movements in India in 1976. These revolts have taken place for various reasons. Tribal movements have also been classified. Different typologies have been evolved depending on the issues involved. In order to understand these movements they must be analysed in respect to the issues involved, their organisation and leadership eg movements of self determination amongst the north east tribals. The sanskritisation movements or Bhagat movements. Workers movements Like other sections of society workers of both the organized and unorganized sectors have also resorted to collective action to secure their demands. This was largely confined to trade Union and working class activities and movements for salary, employment, bonus, job security, etc. This class stood in opposition to the bourgeois capitalist class. Understanding of working class movements must look at their modes of agitation, the issues involved as also their organization and leadership and change in nthe nature of these movements. SOCIOLOGY PAPER IX RESEARCH METHODOLOGY OBECTIVES To introduce students to the nature of scientific method in social science research To provide students an understanding of research process in social sciences. To familiarize students and acquaint them with knowledge of quantitative and qualitative techniques and methods commonly used in sociological research. To enable students to apply theoretical knowledge of social research to field study. Students are required to prepare a project based on field study 1. Social Research Introduction (7 Lectures)
a) Historical Context of Research b) Scope of Social Research Knowledge Building, Study of Social Problems, Theory Making and Policy Making 2. Research Methodology (9 Lectures) a) Survey Approach, Historical Approach b) Objectivity and Ethical Neutrality 3. Study of Research Designs (9 Lectures) a) Exploratory Design b) Descriptive design c) Action Research d) Experimental Research 4. Quantitative Research (9 Lectures) a) Questionnaire b) Interview Schedule c) Scaling Techniques- Social Distance, Sociometry d) Use of SPSS 5. Qualitative Research (9 Lectures) a) Participant Observation (Ethnography) b) Case Study c) Focused Group d) Content Analysis 6. Sampling (9 Lectures) Meaning, Significance, Probability and Non Probability Sampling 7. Presentation Of Data (9 Lectures) a) Graphic Presentation of Data Pie Chart, Bar Diagram, Histogram, Frequency Polygon Ogive b) Measures of Central Tendency- Mean, Mode, Median 8. Measures of Dispersion (9 Lectures) Range, Quartile Deviation, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation, Normal Curve 9. Project Work