Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
EVALUATION :
ATTENDANCE: 05 MARKS
SUBJECT- SOCIOLOGY
Objectives:
1. To know the subject of Sociology and to make understand basic concepts and
subject matter of sociology.
2. To be able to apply sociological concepts, terms to the processes of every day life
3. To help students broaden their view of society beyond their own immediate
experience and understand how and why their own experience may be similar or
different to the experience of other.
Module-1
Reference
1- C.N. Shankar Rao : Sociology Principles of Sociology with an introduction to
Social thought, by S. Chand & Co. Ltd., New Delhi
6- Aron, Reymond (1965 – 67): Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. I and
II,Penguin.
7- Giddens, Anthony (1971): Capitalism and Modern Social Theory – An analysis of the
writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, Cambridge University Press.
9- Coser, Lewis A. (1977): Masters of Sociological Thought, Harcourt Base, New York
Important Links
1-www.polity.co.uk/giddens5
Course Instructor
Module-2
Reference
1-Bottomore, T.B., 1962 ‘sociology in India’. British journal of Sociology 13(June): 98-
105.
2- 1989, Folk culture and Peasant society in India, Jaipur: Rawat
3- Dumont, Louis and D.F.Pocock, 1957’ For a Sociology of India’. Contributions to
Indian Sociology.
4- Robert .K. Merton, “ Manifest and Latent Function”, Social theory and Social
Structure, New York, The Free Press, 1968, p.78
5- Muller, MAX, Vedanta Philosophy, Calcutta,1955
6- Majumdar, D.N, The fortunes of Primitive Tribes, Bombay,1944
7- Radhakrishnan,S., The Hindus View of Life, George Allen& Unwin,1949.
8- Bettellie, Andre, Casre, class and Power, University of California press, Berkely
,1965.
9- Ghurya,G.S., Caste and class in India, Popular book depot, Bombay,1957
10- Conell, James, A Concept of modernization, south Atlantic quaterly, vol.64,1965
11- Desai, A.R., Essays on modernization of Underdeveloped societies, thackers,
Bombay,1971.
12- Hunt, Chestler, Social Aspects of Economic Development, Randour house, New
York,1962.
Course Instructor-
Dr. Ayan Hazra
Module-3 (MAJOR)
Tribal Studies
Objectives
The tribal people constitute a significant segment of Indian society. By and large,
students have a partial and superficial knowledge about them. The objective of this
course is to provide a comprehensive profile of tribal people in terms of their distribution
and concentration, demographic features, social structure and cultural patterns and the
problems affecting them. With the incoming of Globalization.
1- Introduction (8)
The concept of tribe, Demographic profile: Habitat, Distribution and concentration of
tribal people; Tribal zones, Sex ratio; Status of women, Classification of tribal people:
food gatherers and hunters, Shifting cultivators, Nomads, Pastoralists, Peasants and
settled agriculturists, artisans
Important Links:
1- www.laslg.org/local-aid-system-on-local goverance_2.asp?
2- www.cgnet.in/ft/pesaact.
3- www.rural.nic.in
4- www.tribalnic.in/fifthschedule.html
5- www.fra.org
6- www.forestright.nic.in
7- www. forestrightact.com
Course Instructor