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SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS - Sociology
Subject Subject
Code No.
14 Sociology
UNIVERSITY OF PUNE
Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007
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[14] : SOCIOLOGY
SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS
NOTE : STRUCTURE OF PAPER II AND REVISED STRUCTURE OF PAPER III PLEASE
SEE PAGE NUMBER ONE.
PAPER
A : SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS
1. Nature of Sociologys
—II Definition
Sociological Perspective
2. Basic Concepts
Community
Institution
Association
Culture
Norms and Values
3. Social Structure
Status and role, their interrelationship
Multiple roles, Role set, Status set, Status sequence
Role conflict
4. Social Group
Meaning
Types : Primary-Secondary, Formal-Informal, Ingroup-Outgroup, Reference group.
5. Social Institutions
Marriage
Family
Education
Economy
Polity
Religion
6. Socialization
Socialization, Resocialization, Anticipatory socialization, Adult socialization
Agencies of socialization
Theories of socialization
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7. Social Stratification
Social differentiation, Hieravchy and Inequality
Forms of stratification : Caste, Class, Gender, Ethnic
Theories of social stratification
Social mobility
8. Social change
Concepts and Types : Evolution, Diffusion, progress, Revolsution, Transformation, Change in
structure and Change of structure
Theories : Dialectical and Cyclical
B : SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
9. Structural
Nadel
Radcliffe Brown
Levi-Strauss
10. Functional
Malinowski
Durkheim
Parsons
Merton
11. Interactionist
Social action : Max Weber, Pareto
Symbolic interactionism : G. H. Mead, Blumer
12. Conflict
Karl Marx
Dahrendorf
Coser
Collins
C : METHODOLOGY
13. Meaning and Nature of Social Research
Nature of social phenomena
The scientific method
The problems in the study of social phenomena : Objectivity and subjectivity. fact and value
14. Quantitative Methods
Survey
Research Design and its types
Hypothesis
Sampling
Techniques of data collection : Observation, Questionnaire, Schedule, Interview
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15. Qualitative Methods
Participant observation
Case study
Content analysis
Oral history
Life history
16. Statistics in Social Research
Measures of Central Tendency : Mean, Medician, Mode
Measures of dispersion
Correlational analysis
Test of significance
Reliability and Validity
PAPER
[CORE GROUP]
Unit
—III (A)—I : Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology Alfred Shultz, Peter Berger and Luckmann
Garfinkel and Goffman
Unit
—II : Neo-functionalism and Neo-Marxism J. Alexander
Habermass, Althusser
Unit—III : Structuration and Post-Modernism
Giddens
Derrida
Foucault
Unit—IV : Conceptualising Indian Society
Peoples of India : Groups and Communities
Unity in diversity
Cultural diversity : Regional, linguistic, religions and tribal
Unit—V : Theoretical Perspectives
Indological/Textual Perspective : G. S. Ghurye, Louis Dumont,
Structural-Functional Perspective : M. N. Srinivas, S. C. Dube
Marxian Perspective : D. P. Mukherjee, A. R. Desai
Civilisational Perspective : N. K. Bose, Surajit Sinha
Subaltern Perspective : B. R. Ambedkar, David Hardiman
Unit—VI : Contemporary Issues : Socio-cultural
Poverty
Inequality of caste and gender
Regional, ethnic and religious disharmonics
Family disharmony : (a) Domestic violence (b) Dowry (c) Divorce (d) Intergenerational conflict.
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Unit—VII : Contemporary Issues : Developmental
Population
Regional disparity
Slums
Displacement
Ecological degradation and environmental pollution
Health problems
Unit—VIII : Issues Pertaining to Deviance
Deviance and its forms
Crime and delinquency
White collar crime and corruption
Changing profile of crime and criminals
Drug addiction
Suicide
Unit—IX : Current Debates
Tradition and Modernity in India
Problems of Nation Building : Secularism, Pluralism and Nation building
Unit—X : The Challenges of Globalisation
Indigenisation of Sociology
Privatisation of Education
Science and Technology Policy in India
PAPER—III (B)
(ELECTIVE/OPTIONAL)
Elective—I : Rural Sociology
Approaches to the study of Rural Society :
Rural-Urban differences
Rurbanism
Peasant studies
Agrarian Institutions :
Land ownership and its types
Agrarian relations and Mode of production debate
Jajmani system and Jaimani relations
Agrarian class structure
Panchayati Raj Institution :
Panchayat before and after 73rd amendment
Rural Leadership and Factionalism
Empowerment of people
Social Issues and Strategies for Rural Development :
Bonded and Migrant labourers
Pauperization and Depeasantisation
Agrarian unrest and Peasant movements
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Rural Development and Change :
Trends of changes in rural society
Processes of change : Migration-Rural to Urban and Rural to Rural Mobility : Social/
Economic
Factors of change
Elective—II : Industry and Society
Industrial Society in the Classical Sociological Tradition :
Division of labour
Bureaucracy
Rationality
Production relations
Surplus value
Alienation
Industry and Society :
Factory as a social system
Formal and informal organization
Impact of social structure on industry
Impact of industry on society
Industrial Relations :
Changing profile of labour
Changing labour-management relations
Conciliation, adjudication, arbitration
Collective bargaining
Trade unions
Worker’s participation in management (Joint Management Councils)
Quality circles
Industrialisation and Social Change in India :
Impact of industrialization on family,, education and stratificaiton
Class and class conflict in industrial society
Obstacles to and limitations of industrialization
Industrial Planning :
Industrial Policy
Labour legislation
Human relations in industry
Elective—III : Sociology of Development
Conceptual Perspectives on Development :
Economic growth
Human development
Social development
Sustainable development : Ecological and Social
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Theories of Underdevelopment :
Liberal : Max Weber, Gunnar Myrdal
Dependency : Centre-periphery (Frank), Uneven development (Samir Amin),
World-system (Wallerstein)
Paths of Development :
Modernisation, Globalisation
Socialist
Mixed
Gandhian
Social Structure and Development :
Social structure as a facilitator/inhibitor
Development and Socio-economic disparities
Gender and development
Culture and Development :
Culture as an aid/impedment
Development and displacement of tradition
Dedvelopment and upsurge of ethnic movements
Elective-IV Population and Society
Theories of Population Growth :
Malthusian
Demographic transition
Population Growth and Distribution in India :
Growth of Indian population since 1901
Determinants of population
Concepts of Fertility, Mortality, Morbidity and Migration :
Age and Sex composition and its consequences
Daterminants of fertility
Determinants of mortality, infant, child and maternal mortality
Morbidity rates
Determinants and consequences of migration
Population and Development :
Population as a constraint on and a resource for development
Socio-cultrual factors affecting population growth
Population Control :
Population policy : Problems and perspectives
Population education
Measures taken for population control
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Elective—V : Gender and Society
Gender as a Social Construct :
Models of Gendered socialisation
Cultural symbolism and general roles
Social Structure and Gender Inequality :
Patriarchy and Matriarchy
Division of labour-Production and reproduction
Theories of Gender Relations :
Liberalist
Radical
Socialist
Post-modernist
Gender and Development :
Effect of development policies on gender relations
Perspectives on gender and development-Welfarist, developmentalist Empowerment
Women and Development in India :
Indicators of women’s status : Demographic, social, economic and cultural
Special schemes and strategies for women’s development
Voluntary sector and women’s development
Globalisation and women’s development
Eco-feminism
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
PAPER—II
1. Which of the following criterion was not used by Durkheim for defining social fact?
(A) Externality
(B) Values
(C) Constraints
(D) Generality
2. When the size of the population being studied is small and illiterate which of the following
tools of data collection cannot be used?
(A) Interview schedule
(B) Questionnaire
(C) Observation
(D) Case study
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3. Match the following Statements with the Authors :
Statements Authors
(a) Sociology provides a clear or more adequate 1. A. Johnson
understanding of a social situation
(b) Sociology attempts an interpretative under 2. R. Bierstadt
standing of social action
(c) Sociology is concerned with the nature of 3. Max Weber
groups
(d) Sociology is the study of social groups 4. D. Giddens
(A) a b c d (B) a b c d
4 3 2 1 2 3 1 4
(C) a b c d (D) a b c d
4 2 1 3 1 3 4 2
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