K-Set Sociology Syllabus

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KARNATAKA STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST (K-SET) FOR LECTUERSHIP - 2013
(Accredited by UGC, New Delhi)

Conducted by University of Mysore
(as the SET agency)

Syllabus, Question Paper Pattern and Sample Questions

Subject code: 07 Subject: SOCIOLOGY

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Subject: SOCIOLOGY Syllabus and Sample Questions Note:

Subject Code: 07

There will be two question papers, Paper-II and Paper-III. Paper II will have 50 objective Type Questions (Multiple choice, Matching type; True/False, Assertion-Reasoning type) carrying 100 marks. All the 50 questions are compulsory and have to be marked in OMR sheet. Paper III contains seventy five (75) objective type questions (Multiple choice, Matching type; True/False, Assertion-Reasoning type) of two (2) marks each. All the 75 questions are compulsory and have to be marked in OMR sheet

A. SYLLABUS
PAPER—II A : SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS 1. Nature of Sociologys 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

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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 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

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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 15. Qualitative Methods Participant observation Case study ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------University K-SET Center, Pareeksha Bhavan, University of Mysore, Mysore 4

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—III Unit—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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------University K-SET Center, Pareeksha Bhavan, University of Mysore, Mysore 5

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. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------University K-SET Center, Pareeksha Bhavan, University of Mysore, Mysore 6

PAPER—III (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 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------University K-SET Center, Pareeksha Bhavan, University of Mysore, Mysore 7

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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------University K-SET Center, Pareeksha Bhavan, University of Mysore, Mysore 8

Human development Social development Sustainable development : Ecological and Social 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------University K-SET Center, Pareeksha Bhavan, University of Mysore, Mysore 9

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 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------University K-SET Center, Pareeksha Bhavan, University of Mysore, Mysore 10

Voluntary sector and women’s development Globalisation and women’s development Eco-feminism

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
PAPER—II Note: This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions each question carrying two (2) Marks. All questions are compulsory. 1. When two people interact with each other, they form (A) a society (B) an institution (C) an association (D) a dyadic group 2. Match the following : List – I List – II (Thinker) (Concept) a. Max Weber b. R.K. Merton c. B.Malinowski d. V. Pareto Codes : A b c d (A) iii ii iv i (B) I iv ii iii (C) ii I iii iv (D) iv iii I ii i. Circulation of Elites ii. Self fulfilling prophesy iii. Ideal types iv. Kula exchange

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PAPER—III Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory. 1. Who has considered that ‘most often action is routine and relatively unreflexive’ ? (A) Alfred Schultz (B) H. Garfinkel (C) Max Weber (D) John Heritage 2.Which of the following is/are related to Demographic processes ? I. Fertility II. Mortality III. Migration IV. Morbidity Answer the correct combination: (A) I and IV are correct. (B) IV and II are correct. (C) II and III are correct. (D) III and IV are correct.

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