FDI issues and challenges in India

F.Y.B.A. Revised Syllabus (2008-2009)
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY G-1
Section-I (First Term)
Chapter-1 : Sociology as a Science
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b)
c)
d)
e)

Lecture hours per chapter

Definition, Subject matter and Scope of Sociology
Nature of Sociology as a Science,
Perspectives in Sociology,
Development of Sociology as a discipline in India : A brief historical Outline
Importance and Application of Sociology – Public Sociology – Information Society and Social Problems, Policy Making and Action Programme.
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Chapter-2 : Some Basic Concepts
a) Society – Definition and Characteristics
b) Social Structure – Definition and Elements of Social Structure,
c) Social Groups – Definition, Characteristics and Types (Primary Secondary and In group – Out group)
d) Social Institutions : Meaning and Characteristics, illustration of family and religion as social institutions.
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Chapter-3 : Individual and Society
a)
b)
c)
d)

Culture – Definition, Types elements and Characteristics
Socialization – Definition, Aims, Agencies, Re-socialization
Social Control – Definition and types of Social control
Conformity and Deviance – Definition of ‘Conformity’ and ‘Deviance’
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Section-II (Second Term)

Chapter-4 : Social Satisfaction and Mobility
a) Definition of Inequality and Social Stratification
b) Definition and Characteristics of Caste, Class, Ethnicity and Gender
c) Social Mobility : Meaning and Types
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Chapter-5 : Social Movements
a) Definition and Nature of Social Movements
b) Structural Preconditions of Social Movements
c) Major Types of Social Movements – (Dalit Movement, Tribal Movement, Women’s
Movement) – Emergence and Phases of These Movements
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Chapter-6 : Social Change
a) Definition and forms
b) Factors of Social Change : Cultural, Demographic, Technical and Geographical
c) Development, Modernisation and Globalisation (Definitions and Characteristics)
(17)

Reference Books
1. Haralambos, M.and R.M. Heald : Sociology : Themes and Perspectives, OUP, New
Delhi, 1994
2. Tischler, Whitten and Hunter, Introduction to Sociology, Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
1983.
3. Horton and Hunt, Sociology, Mac Graw Hill, Tokyo, 1976
4. Rawat H.K. Sociology, Rawat Publications, Jaipur 2007
5. Vidyabhushan and Sachdeva – Introduction to Sociology
6. Matson Ron, The Spirit of Sociology : A Reader
7. Haralambos, Heald, Sociology : Themes and Perspectives
8. Rao, M S A, Social Movements in India – Vol.-1 (Ed)
9. Doshi S L, Modernity, Post – Modernity and Neo-Social Theories
10. Bhasin Kamala, What is Gender?
11. Salunkhe Serjerao, “Samajshastratil Moolbhoot Sankalpana” Narendra Prakashan, Pune,
2006.
12. Lote R. J., “Samajshastrachi Olakh”
13. Gagangras, Yevle, “Samajshastrachi Olakh”
14. Ahuja Ram, Society in India, Rawat Publication.
15. Deshpande Satish, Contemporary India : Sociological Perspectives, Penguin, 2000
16. Handbook of Sociology – Oxford Publication.
17. Prof. Jogdand P. G., Dalit Movement Maharashtra, Kanak Publication, New Delhi 1991
18. Prof. Jogdand P. G., Dalit Chalval : Siddhant Ani Vyavahar, Pratishabda Prakashan,
Mumbai, 2006.