To orient the students about basic sociological concepts.
• To understand the complex networking of social relationships, the role of norms, values and belief systems in influencing social behaviours.
• To sensitize the students about the emergence of various social problems, policy frame work and to help them learn to apply professional skills to deal with them.
Meaning & features of Elements of Society : Community, Associations and institutions.
• Social Groups : Primary, secondary, reference, In Groups and out Groups.
Concept of social deviance and Social Problems : Crime and Delinquency
• Sociological Theories of Crime
• Problems of Crime and Delinquency in India.
• Social Problems in India: Old age, Destitution, Beggary, Suicide, Prostitution
Structure and change in Indian Social institutions : Family and Marriage.
• Problems of family and marriage in India : Divorce, desertion, widowhood, dowry, family conflicts.
• Women’s status and Feminism in India : Patriarchy & Gender
Concepts of social structure and sub structure.
• Social structure and social stratification
• Study of Casteism, Communalism, Regionalism and Youth Unrest with reference to applications in social work
Social Processes: Socialization, Co-operation, conflict and social control.
• Socialization and the development of social self.
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· Dube, S.C. 1995: Indian Village (London : Routledge)
· Dube, S.C. 1958: India’s Changing Villages (London :Routledge and Kegan Paul)
· Karve, Irawati, 1961: Hindu Society : An Interpretation (Poona Deccan College)
· Lannoy, Richad, 1971: The Speaking Tree : A Study of Indian Society and Culture (Delhi : Oxford University Press)
· Mandelbaum, D.G., 1970 Society in India Bombay: Popular Prakashan
· Srinivas, M.N., 1980 India: Social Structure New Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corp.
· Karve, Irawati, 1961 Hindu Society : An Interpretation Poona Deccan College
· Dumont, L 1970. Homo Hierarchus: Caste System and Its Implications, Chicago.
· Ghurye, G.S., Caste and Class in India, Bombay, 1957, Indina Sadus, Bombay, 1958.
· Verma, Pawan K. 1998, The Great Indian Middle Class, Delhi: Penguin Books.
· Sharma, K.L.; 2007; Indian Social Structure and Change, Rawat Publications.
· Gore, M.S.; 2002, Unity in Diversity, Rawat Publications.
· Sharma, K.L. Social Stratification and Mobility.
· Sharma, K.L. Social Inequality in India (2nd Edition)
· Ahuja, Ram, 1999, Indian Social System, Rawat Publications.
· Bose, N.K. 1967. Culture and Society in India. Bombay: Asia Publishing House
· Kothari, Rajni 1995. Caste in Indian Politics. New Delhi: Orient Longman
· Prabhu, P.N. Hindu Social Organization
· Ahuja Ram, 1997, Social Problems in India, Rawat Publications.
· Mowrer, E.R. Disorganization: Personal and Social
· Elliott and Merrill. Social Disorganization
· Madan, G.R. Social Change and Social Problems in Indian Society
· Gill, S.S. 1998. The Pathology of Corruption. New Delhi: Harper Collins Publishers
· Thio Alex 1955. Deviant Behaviour. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers
· Dinitz, Simon et al 1975. Deviance. New York : OUP
· Gillin, J.L. 1969. Social Problems. Bombay: The Times of India Press
Kelly, Delos H. 1984.Deviant Behaviour
Links:
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[2] https://www.sociology.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-session/2016-17