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SOCIOLOGY (HONS./PG) [ CODE -31]]
The five broad areas are: Sociological Thought, Sociological Theory, General Sociology,
Research Methods and Indian Society
Sociological Thought
Comte
:
Positivism, Sob cila Statics & Social Dynamics, Hierarchy of
Sciences, Law of Three Stages.
Spencer
:
Organicism, Social Evolution, Typology of Societies.
Durkheim :
Methodology, Division of Labour, Suicide, Religion, Social Fact.
Weber
:
Methodology, Social Action, Authority, Rationality, Protestant ethic and capitalism
Marx
:
Methodology, Class, Class struggle & Revolution, Alienation, Stages of Social Development, State.
Pareto
:
Logical and non-logical action, Residues and Derivations. Circulation of Elite.
Sociological Theory
Nature and task of theory, Macro and Micro-Sociology, Research and Theory
Functional Theory
General Proposition, parsons’ Social System theory, Merton’s Middle Range theory,
General criticisms.
Conflict Theory
General Propositons, Dahrendorh’s Dahrendorf’s Dialectical Analysis, Coser’s
Functionalisst Analysis, General Criticisms.
Exchange Theory
General Propostions, Homans’ Principle of Exchange, Blau’s Structuralism, General criticisms. Symbolic Interactionism
General Propositions, Mead’s analysis of Self & Society, Blumer’s theory.
General Sociology
Issues & Concepts, Sociology’s distinctive perspective and methodologies.
Some general concepts: Society, Community, Association, Institution, Role & Status,
Socialization, Conformity and Deviance, Ethnicity and Race.
Culture
Concept of Culture, Components of Culture, Functions of Culture. Cultural diversity,
Cultural identity and ethnocentrism
Social Control
Nature and Types, Agencies.
Social Stratification
Meaning & Forms, Mobility, Principal Theories, Gender and Stratification.
Social change
Meaning and Types, Factors, Principal Theories.
Globalization, Revolution and Social change.

Trans-national Corporation &

Indian Society
Family: Structure,