SOCIOLOGY UGC NET Syllabus 2023

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Unit -1 :- Sociological Theory

(1) Classical Sociological Traditions

:- Emile Durkheim

:- Max Weber

:- Karl Marx

(2) Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism

:- Bronislaw Malinowski

:- A.R. Radcliffe- Brown

:- Talcott Parsons

:- Robert K. Merton

:- Claude Levi Strauss

(3) Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions

:- G.H. Mead

:- Karl Manheim

:- Alfred Schutz

:- Harold Garfinkel

:- Erving Goffman

:- Clifford Geertz

(4) Post Modernism, Post Structuralism and Post Colonialism

:- Edward Said

:- Pierre Bourdieu

:- Michel Foucault

:- Jurgen Habermas

:- Anthony Giddens

:- Manuel Castells

(5) Indian Thinkers

:- M.K. Gandhi

:- B.R. Ambedkar

:- Radha Kamal Mukherjee

:- G. S. Ghurye

:- M.N. Srinivas

:- Irawati Karve

Unit - 2 :- Research Methodology and Methods

(1) Conceptualizing Social Reality

:- Philosophy of Science

:- Scientific Method and Epistemology in Social Science

:- Hermeneutic Traditions

:- Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science

:- Ethics and Politics

(2) Formulating Research Design

:- Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents

:- Induction and Deduction

:- Fact, Concept and Theory

:- Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives

(3) Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

:- Ethnography

:- Survey Method

:- Historical Method

:- Comparative Method 

(4) Techniques

:- Sampling

:- Questionnaire and Schedule

:- Statistical Analysis

:- Observation, Interview and Case study

:- Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing

Unit -3 :- Basic Concepts and Institutions

(1) Sociological Concepts

:- Social Structure

:- Culture

:- Network

:- Status and Role

:- Identity

:- Community

:- Diaspora

:- Values, Norms and Rules

:- Personhood, Habitus and Agency

:- Bureaucracy, Power and Authority

(2) Social Institutions

:- Marriage, Family and Kinship

:- Economy

:- Polity

:- Religion

:- Education

:- Law and Customs

(3) Social Stratification

:- Social Difference, Hierarchy, Inequality and Marginalization

:- Caste and Class

:- Gender, Sexuality and Disability

:- Race, Tribe and Ethnicity

(5) Social Change and Processes

:- Evolution and Diffusion

:- Modernization and Development

:- Social Transformations and Globalization

;- Social Mobility

Unit – 4 :- Rural and Urban Transformations

(1) Rural and Peasant Society

:- Caste-Tribe Settlements

:- Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations

:- Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations

:- Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration

:- Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements

:- Changing Inter-Community Relations and Violence

(2) Urban Society

:- Urbanism, Urbanity and Urbanization

:- Towns, Cities and Mega-Cities

:- Industry, Service and Business

:- Neighbourhood, Slums and Ethnic Enclaves

:- Middle Class and Gated Communities

:- Urban Movements and Violence

Unit – 5 :- State, Politics and Development

(1) Political Processes in India

:- Tribe, Nation State and Border

:- Bureaucracy

:- Governance and Development

:- Public Policy: Health, Education and Livelihoods

:- Political Culture

:- Grass-root Democracy

:- Law and Society

:- Gender and Development

:- Corruption

:- Role of International Development Organizations

(2) Social Movements and Protests

:- Political Factions, Pressure Groups

:- Movements based on Caste, Ethnicity, Ideology, Gender, Disability, Religion and Region

:- Civil Society and Citizenship

:- NGOs, Activism and Leadership

:- Reservations and Politics

Unit – 6 :- Economy and Society

:- Exchange, Gift , Capital, Labour and Market

:- Mode of Production Debates

:- Property and Property Relations

:- State and Market: Welfarism and Neoliberalism

:- Models of Economic Development

:- Poverty and Exclusion

:- Factory and Industry Systems

:- Changing Nature of Labour Relations

:- Gender and Labour Process

:- Business and Family

:- Digital Economy, E-Commerce

:- Global Business and Corporates

:- Tourism

:- Consumption

Unit - 7 :- Environment and Society

:- Social and Cultural Ecology: Diverse Forms

:- Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity

:- Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ethno-Medicine

:- Gender and Environment

:- Forest Policies, Adivasis and Exclusion

:- Ecological Degradation and Migration

:- Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation

:- Water and Social Exclusion

:- Disasters and Community Responses

:- Environmental Pollution, Public Health and Disability

:- Climate Change and International Policies

:- Environmental Movements

Unit - 8 :- Family, Marriage and Kinship

:- Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural

:- Gender Relations and Power Dynamics

:- Inheritance, Succession and Authority

:- Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction

:- Children, Youth and Elderly

:- Emotions and Family

:- Emergent Forms of Family

:- Changing Marriage Practices

:- Changing Care and Support Systems

:- Family Laws

:- Domestic Violence and Crime against Women

:- Honour Killing

Unit - 9 :- Science, Technology and Society

:- History of Technological Development

:- Changing notions of Time and Space

:- Flows and Boundaries

:- Virtual Community

:- Media: Print and Electronic, Visual and Social Media

:- E-Governance and Surveillance Society

:- Technology and Emerging Political Processes

:- State Policy, Digital Divide and Inclusion

:- Technology and Changing Family Relations

:- Technology and Changing Health Systems

:- Food and Technology

:- Cyber Crime

Unit - 10 :- Culture and Symbolic Transformations

:- Signs and Symbols

:- Rituals, Beliefs and Practices

:- Changing Material Culture

:- Moral Economy

:- Education: Formal and Informal

:- Religious Organizations, Piety and Spirituality

:- Commodification of Rituals

:- Communalism and Secularism

:- Cultural Identity and Mobilization

:- Culture and Politics

:- Gender, Body and Culture

:- Art and Aesthetics

:- Ethics and Morality

:- Sports and Culture

:- Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism

:- Religion and Economy

:- Culture and Environment

:- New Religious Movements

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