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    SUBJECT : PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY AND INDIAN CULTURE

    SUBJECT CODE : HBBA

    Objective of the Course :


    The focus of this course is primarily to introduce students to diversity and
    universality of ways of life of man as a social being. This paper is intended to
    familiarize the students with the context in which sociology emerged as a distinctive
    discipline. It also helps the students gain an understanding of the society through
    various concepts and its relevance to its contemporary concerns.

    UNIT – I: The Emergence of Sociology and Structure of Indian Society


    Definition of Sociology – origin, development and scope of
    Sociology – a brief historical sketch of Indian civilization – nature
    of diversity in India– unity and national integration.

    UNIT – II: Social Stratification and Caste System in India


    Social Stratification : Meaning and definition – characteristics and
    functions – forms of social stratification
    Caste System : Meaning and definition – characteristics - theories –
    changing trends – caste system in contemporary India.

    UNIT – III: Social Groups and Social Institutions


    Social Groups: Definition - types of groups – characteristics –
    functions – differences – reference group.
    Social Institutions: Marriage – family – kinship – types – importance
    and its functions – social significance of institutions in
    contemporary India.

    UNIT – IV: Empowerment of Women in India


    Social status of women - ascribed to achieved status – development
    and changing status of women – role of women - SHG’s, - NGO’s
    – feminist – programmes related to empowerment of women –
    hurdles faced by women in modern India.
    .
    UNIT – V: Social control and Social Deviance

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    Social Control: Definition - nature of social control – types of social
    control – agencies of social control.
    Social Deviance: Definition and types of deviance – factors facilitating
    deviance – social significance of deviant behaviour – contemporary
    development in deviance – mass media and social deviance.

    Books for Study :

    1. Shankar Roa, C.N. 2011. Sociology, S.Chand and Co., Ltd. New Delhi.

    2. Vidhya Bhushan and Sachdeva, D.R. 2006. An Introduction to Sociology.


    Kitabi Mahal.

    3. Oomen, T.K and Venugopal C. N. 1988. Sociology for Law Students. Eastern
    Book Company.

    4. Shankar Roa, C.N. 2010. Sociology of Indian Society, S.Chand and Co., Ltd.
    New Delhi.

    Books for Reference:

    1. Kuppuswamy, B. Social Change in India.

    2. Gisbert Pasual, 1978. Fundamentals of Sociology. Orient Longman Ltd., Third


    Edition.

    3. Davis Kinsley, 1990. Human Society. The Macmillan Company.

    4. Bottomore , T.B.1986. Introduction to Sociology (Revised Edition), London:


    Alien and Unwin.

    5. Giddens, A.1996. Sociology, Cambridge, Polity Press.

    6. Uberoi, Patricia, 1993. Family, Kinship and Marriage in India. Oxford


    University Press, New Delhi.
    7. Merton, R. K., 1968. Social Theory and Social Structure, Glencoe, III Free
    Press and New Delhi, American Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.,

    8. Ginsberg, Morris, 1982. Studies in Sociology, London, Methuen.

    9. Francis Abraham, M.2006. Studies in Sociology, An Introduction to Concepts


    and Theories., Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

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