PROGRAMME PROJECT REPORT (PPR)

(MA Sociology)

1. Programme's mission and objectives:

• Sociology is a science based on study of human and the culture. It refers to the
social behavior, society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and
culture that surround everyday life.
• The subject paves the way for the social scientists, thinkers and activists in
understanding the society. It helps them in improving the quality of life of the
people living in the society.
• Studying it is beneficial both for the individual and for the society. By studying
the subject, people learn how to think critically about social issues and problems
that confront our day-to-day society.
• The study also enriches students’ lives and prepares them for careers in an
increasingly diverse world.
2. Relevance of the program with HEI's Mission and Goals:
Introducing post-graduate programme in Sociology in Institute of Distance Education
(IDE), Rajiv Gandhi University would enable imparting higher educational opportunities to
those who were unable to continue their higher studies due to financial, remoteness and for
those who are in-service. Arunachal being one of the tribal states of India, Sociology is one of
the very relevant and important subjects and the demand for its introduction in Master’s
degree is gaining among the students. Therefore, the courses in Sociology will help fulfilling
the demand of those distance learners in providing quality education at the doorstep of the
learners. Its objective is also to improve gross enrollment ratio in higher education and to
promote research and innovative ideas among the students. Hence, the programme is relevant
to the HEI’s mission and goal.
Rajiv Gandhi University aspires to be India’s most vibrant, energetic, responsive and
acclaimed university, to be recognized for excellence in teaching, research and providing the
highest quality educational opportunities for the learners’ of all communities. The University
aim sat nurturing their talent by promoting intellectual growth to shape their personality and
serve humanity as multi-skilled, socially responsible, creative, adaptable, and contributing
and morally sound global citizens.
3. Nature of prospective target group of learners:
 The programme intends to cater to those learners and dropout students who are desirous
and aspire to obtain a Higher Education in Sociology as a major subject, but could not access
due to various socio-economic conditions, inaccessibility of the geographical location and
other unavoidable circumstances. The program also will be helpful for unemployed youth,
promotion for in-service learners (such as police personnel and Group C and D Employee,
etc.). The subject also targets those working in NGOs sector particularly those working for
the society. The aspirants for the APPSCE and other competitive examinations also choose
Sociology as one of the optional papers for their exam. So the above are the target groups of
the program.
4. Appropriateness of programme to be conducted in Open and Learning and/or
Online mode to acquire specific skills and competence:
Open and Distance Learning mode provides quality higher education to the interested
learners who left regular mode because of various reasons. The Open and Distance Learning
mode helps them to acquire competencies and skills in the concerned discipline by providing
instruction through counseling, study materials, advice and support. Hence, it is the
appropriate mode for acquiring competencies and skills. Sociology course in IDE is prepared
in such a manner to make self- sufficient for the learners besides providing other relevant
materials. Since there are many affiliating colleges in the state, the IDE also ensures and
made self-sufficient the provision of conducting counseling classes at different study centers.
It also imparts in areas such as skill development programmers, vocational and continuing
education, etc. After graduating a masters’ program in Sociology, the learners become
eligible to appear NET exam leading to becoming Assistant Professor. They also can become
eligible to get themselves enrolled and undergo research for their Doctoral Program. Since
the subject is related to studying about the various aspects society and their role (specifically
topic related to gender, Medicinal and various sociological Theories, etc.).
5. Instructional Design:
The duration of programme for post-graduate is a 2 (Two) years program with 4 semesters
(having 16 papers). The Passing Marks for each paper is 40%. The faculty support is
provided by the Department of Sociology, Rajiv Gandhi University while other staff support
are provided by the IDE. The institute also receives supporting staff from the University. The
programme is imparted with the help of suitably designed syllabus which is at par the regular
mode. The syllabi are developed and framed by the members of the BPGS for the post-
graduate course. It is worth mentioning that the instructions to the learners are generally
provided by conducting counseling for 10 days taking eight hours daily for each semester.
The counseling to the learners is usually provided by the invited experts in the concerned
discipline. Identification of media and student support service systems are done through
counseling, discussion, Interactions with the experts through Video Conferencing and
WhatsAap.

SYLLABUS

FOR MASTER OF ARTS IN SOCIOLOGY

(DISTANCE EDUCATION)

RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY

RONO HILLS, DOIMUKH
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
FIRST SEMESTER
Paper Code Course Title Marks
Term- Assignment Total
End
MASOC-401 Classical Sociological Thinkers (Part I) 70 30 100
MASOC-402 Perspectives on Indian Society (Part I) 70 30 100
MASOC-403 Methodology of Social Research (Part I) 70 30 100
MASOC-404 Rural Sociology (Part I) 70 30 100

SECOND SEMESTER
Marks
Paper Code Course Title Term- Assignment Total
End
MASOC-405 Classical Sociological Thinkers (Part II) 70 30 100
MASOC-406 Methodology of Social Research (Part II) 70 30 100
MASOC-407 Perspectives on Indian Society (Part II) 70 30 100
MASOC-408 Rural Sociology (Part II) 70 30 100
THIRD SEMESTER
Paper Code Course Title Marks
End Term Assignment Total
MASOC 501 Modern Classical Thinkers 70 30 100
MASOC 502 Sociology of Northeast India 70 30 100
MASOC 503 Urban Sociology 70 30 100
MASOC 504 Sociology of Development 70 30 100

FORTH SEMESTER
Paper Code Course Title Marks
End Term Assignment Total
MASOC-505 Modern Sociological Thinkers 70 30 100
MASOC 506 Sociology of Northeast India 70 30 100
MASOC 507 Urban Sociology 70 30 100
MASOC 508 Sociology of Development 70 30 100
 FIRST SEMESTER

MASOC-401
CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS (Part I)

Unit-I Development of Classical Sociology

Emergence and Development of Sociology: Socio-Economic Force, Intellectual
context.

Unit-II Auguste Comte

Law of three stages, Positivism, Hierarchy of sciences

Unit-III Karl Marx

Dialectical Materialism, Materialistic conception of history, Alienation

Unit-IV Karl Marx

Theory of class struggle, Theory of Capitalism

Suggested Reading:
Durkheim, E. 1964a.Division of Labour in Society. New York: Free Press.
Durkheim, E. 1964b. The Rules of Sociological Method. New York: Free Press.
Durkheim, E. 1966.Suicide. New York: Free Press.
Marx, K. 1982. German Ideology. London: Lawrence and Wishart.
Marx, K. 1867. Capital. Vol. 1.Harmondsworth: Penguin. (PP:1-55)
Marx, K. 1961. Economic and Philosophical Manuscript. Moscow: Foreign Languages
Publishing House.
Weber, M. 1978. Economy and Society. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Weber, M. 1958 The Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism. New York: Charles
Berger, Peter L. An Invitation to Sociology,
Haralambos, M. 1998. Sociology: Themes and Perspectives. New Delhi: Oxford University
Press.
lnkeles, Alex. 1987. What is sociology? New Delhi: Prentice-Hall.
 MASOC- 402

PERSPECTIVES ON INDIAN SOCIETY (Part I)

Unit I Colonial context

Emergence and development of Social Anthropology and Sociology in India, Indian
Society as fragmentary and static in colonial ethnography

Unit II Colonial context

Colonial legacy in sociological and social anthropology in post-independence period

Unit III Indological/textual Perspective

G.5. Ghurye
Louis Dumont

Unit IV Structural-Functional Perspective

M.N. Srinivas
S.C. Dube

Suggested Reading:
Ambedkar, B.R., 1916, Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development,
Jullundur, Patrika Publications
Cohn, Bernard S, 1996, Colonialism and its Forms of Knowledge: The British in India,
Princeton, Princeton University Press.
Desai, A.R., 1948, Social Background of Indian Nationalism, Mumbai, Popular Prakashan
Desai, A.R., 175, State and Society in India, Mumbai, Popular Prakashan
Dhanagane, D.N. 1993-Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology, Jaipur, Rawat.
Dube, S.C. 1967 - The Indian Village, London: Routledge, 1955.
Dube, S.C.1973 - Social Sciences in Changing Society, Lucknow University Press.
Dumont Lonis, 1970-Homo Hierarchies: the Caste System & its Implication, New Delhi.
Ghurye , G.S., 2008, Caste and Race in India, Popular Prakashan, Mumbai
Hardiman, David, 1989-The coming ofthe Devi:Adivasi Assertion in Western India, OUP.
Hardiman, David, 1996- Feeding the Bania: Peasants and Usurers in Western India, Oxford
University Press.
Karve, Irawati, 1961- Hindu Society: An Interpretation, Puna: Deccan College.
Kosambi, D.d. The culture and Civilization of Ancient India in Historical Perspective, New
Delhi, Vikas Publishing House, 1982.
Lannoy, Richard 1971- the Speaking Tree, A Study _ of Indian culture & society, London,
OUP.
Marriott, Mckim, 1990 -Indian Though Hindu Categories, sage, Delhi.
Oommen, T.K. and P.N. Mukherjee, (eds.), 1986- Indian Sociology: Reflection and
Introspection, Popular Prakashan , Bombay.
Mukherjee. D.P. 1958, Diversities, Peoples Publishing House, Delhi.
Mukherjee, Ramkrishna, 1974, The Rise and Fall of the East India Company: A Sociological
Appraisal, London, Monthly Review Press
Oommen, T.K. and P.N. Mukherjee, (eds.), 1986 -Indian sociology: Reflection and
Introspection, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.
P.N. Prabhu- Hindu Social Organisation-Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1963.
RanjitGuha, Subaltern Studies, Vol. I, OUP, New Delhi, 1991.
Singer, Milton and Bernard S Cohn (eds.), 1968- Structure and Change in Indian
Society, Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company.
Singer, Milton, 1972 - When a great tradition modernizes, Delhi, Vileas. ,
Singh, K.S. 1992 - The people of India: An Introduction Seagul Books, Calcutta.
Singh, V, 1973. Modernization of Indian tradition, Delhi, Thomson Press.
Singh, Y. 1986- Indian sociology: social Conditioning and Emerging concern, Delhi,
vistaar.
Srinivas, M.N. 2002. Collected Essays, Oxford University Press
Srinlvas, M.N. 1960 -India's' Villages, Asia Publishing House" Bombay
 MASOC- 403

METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (Part I)

Unit I Scientific Research: Characteristics, Types and Method

Meaning, Characteristics and objective of Scientific Research, Aims of Social
Research

Unit II Scientific Research: Characteristics, Types and Method

Types of Social research, Major Steps in Social Research, Hypothesis

Unit III Concept, Theory and Fact

Concept, Theory and Fact, Relationship between Theory and Fact, Inductive
And deductive reasoning

Unit IV Concept, Theory and Fact

Theory building, Objectivity -subjectivity debate, value Neutrality, Validity and
Reliability

Suggested Readings
Goode, J. William and K. Hatt, Paul, 1987: Methods in Social Research, New York,
McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Hughes, John 1987: The Philosophy of Social Research, London, Longman.
Kuhn. T.S, 1970: The Structures of Scientific Revolutions, London: The University of
Chicago Press.
Madge, John 1970: The Prigins of Scientific Sociology, London, Tavistock.
Mukherjee, P.N. (eds.O 2000: Methodology in Social Research: Dilemmas and perspectives,
New Delhi: Sage (Introduction)
Non Lin: Foundations of Social Research, McGraw hill Book Co. New York, 1976.
P.V. Young, 1988: Scientific Social Survey and Research, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi.
Popper, K. 1999: The Logic of Scientific Discovery, London: Routledge
Ronald Fletcher: making of Sociology
 MASOC-404

RURAL SOCIOLOGY (Part I)

Unit I: Rural sociology: Introduction:

Field of study: Meaning, nature, scope and significance, Emergence of Rural
Sociology as an academic discipline.

Unit II: Rural Society, and Rural Social Institution

Rural Society and its features, Rural-Urban Differences and Continuum

Unit III: Rural Society, and Rural Social Institution

Institution of family, religion, caste and economy, Village studies and their
significance

Unit IV: Rural Power Structure

Traditional rural power structure, Dominant caste, Panchayat Raj, Changing
leadership and emergence of elites

Suggested Readings
Arora, RC, integrated rural development, S. Chand, New Delhi, 1986
Behra, M C, Globalizing Rural development, Sage, New Delhi, 2006
Desai A R, Rural Sociology in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1977
Dube, SC, India's changing villages, Allied, Bombay, 1967
Gupta, S K, Tribal development, Indus, New Delhi, 2002
Srinivas, M.N.The remembered Village, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1997
Singh, V, Essays on modernization in Indian, Manohar, New Delhi, 1978
Oomen, T K Social transformation in rural India, Vikas, Delhi, 1989
Andre Betille 1974: Six Essays in Comparative Sociology, OUP, New Delhi (Relevant
chapters)
AshishNandy 1999: Ambiguous Journey to the City, New Delhi: "OUP
Berch, Berberogue, Ed. 1992: Class, State and Development in India (Chapter 1,2,3 and 4)
Sage
Behera, M,C (ed), 2009: Making Gandhi relevant: rural development in the context of
Globalization, commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi
Dhanagare, D N 1988: Peasant Movements in India, OUP, New Delhi
Mencher, J.P, 1983: Social Anthropology of Peasantry Part III, OUP, New Delhi
Radhakrishnan, P. 1989: Peasant Struggles: Land reforms and Social Change in Malabar 1836
Behera, M,C (ed), 2005: Globalization and Rural Development-Understanding New
development paradigm, commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi.
 SECOND SEMESTER
MASOC-405
CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS (Part II)

Unit-I Emile Durkheim

Division of Labour, Social Fact, Rules of Sociological Methods

Unit-II Emile Durkheim

Sociology of Religion, Theory of suicide

Unit-III Max Weber (Part I)

Rationality and Bureaucracy, Ideal types, Social action, Power, Authority and
legitimacy

Unit-IV Max Weber (Part II)

Theory of Protestant Ethics and Theory of Capitalism, Class, Status and Party

Suggested Reading:
Durkheim, E. 1964a.Division of Labour in Society. New York: Free Press.
Durkheim, E. 1964b. The Rules of Sociological Method. New York: Free Press.
Durkheim, E. 1966.Suicide. New York: Free Press.
Marx, K. 1982. German Ideology. London: Lawrence and Wishart.
Marx, K. 1867. Capital. Vol. 1.Harmondsworth: Penguin. (PP:1-55)
Marx, K. 1961. Economic and Philosophical Manuscript. Moscow: Foreign Languages
Publishing House.
Weber, M. 1978. Economy and Society. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Weber, M. 1958 The Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism. New York: Charles
Berger, Peter L. An Invitation to Sociology,
Haralambos, M. 1998. Sociology: Themes and Perspectives. New Delhi: Oxford University
Press.
lnkeles, Alex. 1987. What is sociology? New Delhi: Prentice-Hall.
 MASOC- 406

METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (Part II)

Unit I Research Design and Sampling

Research design, Types of Research Design Sampling: Type, Size and Sampling
error.

Unit II Methods of Data Collection

Questionnaire, Schedule, Case Study, Observation

Unit III Methods of Data Collection

Interview method and content analysis, Projective Techniques.

Unit IV Scales and Scaling techniques

Scaling and its Importance , Norminal Scale, Ordinal Scale, Interval Scale, Ratio
scales, Bogardus Scale and Likert scale

Suggested Readings
Goode, J. William and K. Hatt, Paul, 1987: Methods in Social Research, New York,
McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Hughes, John 1987: The Philosophy of Social Research, London, Longman.
Kuhn. T.S, 1970: The Structures of Scientific Revolutions, London: The University of
Chicago Press.
Madge, John 1970: The Prigins of Scientific Sociology, London, Tavistock.
Mukherjee, P.N. (eds.O 2000: Methodology in Social Research: Dilemmas and perspectives,
New Delhi: Sage (Introduction)
Non Lin: Foundations of Social Research, McGraw hill Book Co. New York, 1976.
P.V. Young, 1988: Scientific Social Survey and Research, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi.
Popper, K. 1999: The Logic of Scientific Discovery, London: Routledge
Ronald Fletcher: making of Sociology
 MASOC- 407

PERSPECTIVES ON INDIAN SOCIETY (Part II)

Unit I Marxist Perspective

B.P .Mukherjee
A.R. Desai

Unit II Marxist Perspective

R.K. Mukherjee
D.D. Kosambi

Unit III Subaltern Perspective

B.R. Ambedker
Ranajit Guha

Unit IV Cultural Perspective

Yogendra Singh

Suggested Reading:
Ambedkar, B.R., 1916, Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development,
Jullundur, Patrika Publications
Cohn, Bernard S, 1996, Colonialism and its Forms of Knowledge: The British in India,
Princeton, Princeton University Press.
Desai, A.R., 1948, Social Background of Indian Nationalism, Mumbai, Popular Prakashan
Desai, A.R., 175, State and Society in India, Mumbai, Popular Prakashan
Dhanagane, D.N. 1993-Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology, Jaipur, Rawat.
Dube, S.C. 1967 - The Indian Village, London: Routledge, 1955.
Dube, S.C.1973 - Social Sciences in Changing Society, Lucknow University Press.
Dumont Lonis, 1970-Homo Hierarchies: the Caste System & its Implication, New Delhi.
Ghurye , G.S., 2008, Caste and Race in India, Popular Prakashan, Mumbai
Hardiman, David, 1989-The coming ofthe Devi:Adivasi Assertion in Western India, OUP.
Hardiman, David, 1996- Feeding the Bania: Peasants and Usurers in Western India, Oxford
University Press.
Karve, Irawati, 1961- Hindu Society: An Interpretation, Puna: Deccan College.
Kosambi, D.d. The culture and Civilization of Ancient India in Historical Perspective, New
Delhi, Vikas Publishing House, 1982.
Lannoy, Richard 1971- the Speaking Tree, A Study _ of Indian culture & society, London,
OUP.
Marriott, Mckim, 1990 -Indian Though Hindu Categories, sage, Delhi.
Oommen, T.K. and P.N. Mukherjee, (eds.), 1986- Indian Sociology: Reflection and
Introspection, Popular Prakashan , Bombay.
Mukherjee. D.P. 1958, Diversities, Peoples Publishing House, Delhi.
Mukherjee, Ramkrishna, 1974, The Rise and Fall of the East India Company: A Sociological
Appraisal, London, Monthly Review Press
Oommen, T.K. and P.N. Mukherjee, (eds.), 1986 -Indian sociology: Reflection and
Introspection, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.
P.N. Prabhu- Hindu Social Organisation-Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1963.
RanjitGuha, Subaltern Studies, Vol. I, OUP, New Delhi, 1991.
Singer, Milton and Bernard S Cohn (eds.), 1968- Structure and Change in Indian
Society, Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company.
Singer, Milton, 1972 - When a great tradition modernizes, Delhi, Vileas. ,
Singh, K.S. 1992 - The people of India: An Introduction Seagul Books, Calcutta.
Singh, V, 1973. Modernization of Indian tradition, Delhi, Thomson Press.
Singh, Y. 1986- Indian sociology: social Conditioning and Emerging concern, Delhi,
vistaar.
Srinivas, M.N. 2002. Collected Essays, Oxford University Press
Srinlvas, M.N. 1960 -India's' Villages, Asia Publishing House" Bombay
 MASOC-408

RURAL SOCIOLOGY (Part II)

Unit I: Rural development

Social transformation and development of rural India, Approach to rural development
– modernization and globalization

Unit III: Rural development

Land reforms-Zamindari, Royotwari and Mahalwari systems, Bhoodan movement.

Unit IV: Five year Plans and Rural Development

Overview of rural development programmes in Five Year Plans, Rural development
Programmes- PMRV,MNREGS, SHGs- Problems and prospects.

Unit V: Five year Plans and Rural Development

Overview of rural development programmes in Five Year Plans, Rural development
Programmes- CDP,IRDP,EAS,ITDP,SGSV

Suggested Readings
Arora, RC, integrated rural development, S. Chand, New Delhi, 1986
Behra, M C, Globalizing Rural development, Sage, New Delhi, 2006
Desai A R, Rural Sociology in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1977
Dube, SC, India's changing villages, Allied, Bombay, 1967
Gupta, S K, Tribal development, Indus, New Delhi, 2002
Srinivas, M.N.The remembered Village, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1997
Singh, V, Essays on modernization in Indian, Manohar, New Delhi, 1978
Oomen, T K Social transformation in rural India, Vikas, Delhi, 1989
Andre Betille 1974: Six Essays in Comparative Sociology, OUP, New Delhi (Relevant
chapters)
AshishNandy 1999: Ambiguous Journey to the City, New Delhi: "OUP
Berch, Berberogue, Ed. 1992: Class, State and Development in India (Chapter 1,2,3 and 4)
Sage
Behera, M,C (ed), 2009: Making Gandhi relevant: rural development in the context of
Globalization, commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi
Dhanagare, D N 1988: Peasant Movements in India, OUP, New Delhi
Mencher, J.P, 1983: Social Anthropology of Peasantry Part III, OUP, New Delhi
Radhakrishnan, P. 1989: Peasant Struggles: Land reforms and Social Change in Malabar 1836
Behera, M,C (ed), 2005: Globalization and Rural Development-Understanding New
development paradigm, commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi.
 THIRD SEMESTER

MODERN CLASSICAL THINKERS (MASOC 501)

UNIT-1 THE CRISIS OF SOCIOLOGY AND

THE CRITIQUE OF POSITIVISM (PART I)
Structure
Challenging the Establishment and Orthodoxy-Gouldner and Mills
A Biographical sketch of Gouldner. The coming crisis of Western Sociology
Power, Prejudice and Sociological Imagination

UNIT –2 STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM (PART I)

Introduction of structural Functionalism
Talcott Parsons - System Theory. The Pattern Variable
Critical Evaluation of Parsonian System Theory

UNIT-3 CONFLICT THEORY (PART I)

Marx Critique and dialectics of conflict: Ralf Dahrendorf (1929-2009)
Functional analysis of Conflict: Lewis Coser (1913-2003)
Conflict and social change: Randall Collins (1941-)

UNIT- 4 STRUCTURALISM AND POST-STRUCTURALISM (PART I)

Structuralism and the contribution of Claude Levi-Strauss
The move to Post-Structuralism

1.10. REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING

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 SOCIOLOGY OF NORTHEAST INDIA (MASOC 502)

UNIT I NORTHEAST AS A REALITY AND CONSTRUCT

Physical and Ecological Setting
Historical account of the societies of northeast India
Northeast as a concept and perspective
Institutional framework, NEC, MDONER

UNIT-II TRADITIONAL SOCIO-POLITICAL INSTITUTION

Kinship System, Institutions of Family, Marriage System

UNIT III- SOCIO-CULTURAL DIMENSION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

(PART I)
Agriculture practice in hills and plain, Land relation
Historical background of industrialization in the Region

UNIT-IV ISSUES AND PROBLEMS (PART I)

Measurement of Human Development, Human Resource
Development in Northeast India, Issues and the problem of
Human Resource Development in Northeast India.
Migration, Cross border infiltration, Ethnic Identity.
Inter-state Boundary Dispute

1.10. FUTHER READING

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Omsons publications
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 URBAN SOCIOLOGY (MASOC 503)

UNIT 1 BASIC CONCEPTS (PART I)

Urban, Town, City, Urban and rural

UNIT 2 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES (PART I)

Chicago School, Robert E Park, McKenzie and E. Burgess

UNIT 3 URBANZATION IN INDIA STRUCUTRE

Pre-Colonial, Colonial, Post-Colonial, Factors of Urbanization

UNIT 4 URBAN PLANNING AND PROBLEM

Urban management in India, Urban institution
Factors affecting planning, Problems of housing, slum and development

1.13. FURTHER READING

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 SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT (MASOC 504)

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT

(PART I)
Meaning of Sociology of Development
Nature of Sociology of Development
Scope of Sociology of Development

UNIT 2 APPROACHES TO STUDY DEVELOPMENT (PART I)

Marxist, Functional

UNIT 3 THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT (PART I)

Modernisation, Dependency

UNIT 4 CRITIQUE OF DEVELOPMENT

Gandhi, Schumacher

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 FOURTH SEMESTER

MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS (MASOC 505)

UNIT1 THE CRISIS OF SOCIOLOGY AND

THE CRITIQUE OF POSITIVISM (PARTII)
Challenging the Establishment and Orthodoxy-Gouldner and Mills
Contributions and Accomplishments, The Sociological Imagination
Biography and History

UNIT 2 STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISMS (PARTII)

Introduction of structural Functionalism
Robert Merton’s - Structural functionalism
Postulates of Functional Analysis, Manifest and Latent Function
Theories of the Middle Range, Neo-Functionalism of Jeffrey Alexander

UNIT 3 STRUCTURALISM AND POST-STRUCTURALISM (PART-II)

The move to Post-Structuralism, Derrida Discourse and Deconstruction
Foucault and the Genealogy of Knowledge

UNIT4 CRITICAL THEORY AND NEO-MARXISM (PART-II)

Recent trends in sociological theorising
Structuration: Anthony Giddens Ha, bitus and Field: Pierre Bourdieu
Postmodernism, Semiotics and Convergence

UNIT 5 CRITICAL THEORY AND NEO-MARXISM

The central idea of the Frankfurt School (Critical Theory) and the notion
of Neo- Marxism
Lifeworld and System: Jürgen Habermas,
Structural Marxism: Louis Althusser
Hegemony and Mature Capitalism: Antonio Gramsci
Recent trends in sociological theorising
Structuration: Anthony Giddens, Habitus and Field: Pierre Bourdieu
Postmodernism, Semiotics and Convergence

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Abraham, F. 2009. (16th impression) Modern Sociological Theory: An Introduction,

New-Delhi: OUP
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II. New York: Columbia University Press.
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Rawat
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Philosophy and other essays.
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Giddens, A. 1979.Central Problems in Sociological Theory: Action, Structure and
Contradiction in Social Analysis. London: Macmillan.
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Press.
• Gramsci, A. 1971. Selections from the Prison Notebooks. Q. Hoare and G. N. Smith
trans. New York: International Publishers.
• Habermas, J. 1975. Legitimation Crisis. Thomas McCarthy, trans. London: Heinemann.
• Habermas, J. 1984. The Theory of Communicative Action (Vol. I). Thomas McCarthy,
trans. Boston: Beacon Press.
• Lyotard, J. F. 1979. The Postmodern Condition. Bennington and Massumi trans.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
• Simon, R. 1982. Gramsci’s Political Thought: An Introduction. Lawrence &Wishart.
• Waters, M. 1994. Modern Sociological Theory. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
• Zeitlin, I. M. 1998. Rethinking Sociology: A Critique of Contemporary Theory. Jaipur:
Rawat Publications.
• Adams, B. N. and Sydie, R. A. 2002. Sociological Theory. New Delhi: Vistaar
Publications.
• Althusser, L. 1969. For Marx. Ben Brewster Trans. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
• Althusser, L. 1971. ‘Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses’, in Lenin and
Philosophy and other essays.
• Bourdieu, P. 1990. The Logic of Practice.Stanford University Press.
• Bourdieu, P. and Wacquant, Loic J. D. 1992.An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Connerton, P. 1976. Critical Sociology. Penguin Books.
• Geuss, R. 1981. The Idea of a Critical Theory: Habermas and the Frankfurt School.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Giddens, A. 1979.Central Problems in Sociological Theory: Action, Structure and
Contradiction in Social Analysis. London: Macmillan.
• Giddens, A. 1998.The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy. London: Polity
Press.
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trans. New York: International Publishers.
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trans. Boston: Beacon Press.
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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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Rawat Publications.
 SOCIOLOGY OF NORTHEAST INDIA

(MASOC 506)

UNIT I DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES (PART I)

Population distribution of hills and plains
Demographic pattern, Sex ratio
Density of population, Linguistic groups of the people of northeast India
UNIT II DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES AND INSTITUTIONAL
(PART II)
`Religious groups of northeast India, Caste and tribe interaction
Traditional institution, Modern institution
UNIT III SOCIO-CULTURAL DIMENSION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(PART II)
Types of industries
Tea industry, Bamboo industry, Oil industry
Handloom industry (Problem and prospects)
UNIT IV ISSUES AND PROBLEMS (PART II)
Insurgency in Northeast India, Causes of insurgency in Northeast India
Recommendations to solve the Insurgency, Look East Policy, Act East Policy

REFERENCES
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book, 2008, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kochi, Malaya monorama.
• Das bhakta, 1986, a glimpse of schedule castes and their socio- economic development in
Assam, New Delhi, Omsons publications.
• Census paper series II, 2001
• Basis Statistics of north east region, 2002, shillong, N.E.C.Secretariat monorama year
book, 2008, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kochi, Malaya monorama.
• Das bhakta, 1986, a glimpse of schedule castes and their socio- economic development in
Assam, New Delhi, Omsons publications.
• Bhattacharjee J.b (1989) Sequences of development in Northeast India, Delhi, Omsons
publications
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Arunachal Pradesh, A study of the legal system of Adi tribe, New Delhi, Har-Anand
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Data Ray, B and Baishya P (ed). 1986. Sociological Constraint to Industrial development
in North-East India. New Delhi. Concept Publishing Co.

Borthakur, B.N .2018. Readings on India’s North East. Guwahati.DVS Publisher.

Barbora, Sanjay. 2002. Ethnics politics and land use: genesis of conflicts in India’s Northeast.
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 URBAN SOCIOLOGY

(MASOC 507)

UNIT 1 BASIC CONCEPTS (PART II)

Urbanism,Pre-industrial city
Post-industrial city

UNIT 2 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES (PARTII)

Robert Redfield – Rural-Urban Continuum

Marxian Approach, Post modernist Approach

UNIT 3 CLASSIFICATIONS OF CITIES: URBAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Population Structure in Indian Cities, Changing Occupational Structure
Emergence of New Classes, Changing Family Structure
Migration and Mobility
UNIT 4 URBAN PLANNING AND PROBLEM (PART II)
Urban environmental problems,Urban poverty
Delinquency,Urban Crime
Urban spacing – expansion of cities and consequent of displacement

1.13. FURTHER READING

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MACMILLAN.
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Publishing Ltd.
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• Ellin Nan. 1996. Post Modern Urbanism. UK, Oxford.

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Press.
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Urban Future. Bombay. Oxford University Press, pp3-26.
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university press, pp 134-47.
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Institute of Advance Study.
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Press.
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modern period’,Transactions,Institute of Indian Geographers, vol 3, pp 21-9
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Publishing Company, Ltd.
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Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
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Wirth, Louis, “Urbanism as A way of life”, American Journal of Sociology, Vol.44, 1938
 SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT

(MASOC 508)

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT

(PART II)
Basic Concept
Economic Growth and Development, Progress and Evolution
Human Development, Globalisation and Sustainable Development
UNIT 2: APPROACHES TO STUDY DEVELOPMENT (PART II)
Liberal, Ecological
UNIT 3: THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT (PART II)
World System, Uneven Development
UNIT 4: DEVELOPEMENT AND NORTHEAST INDIA
Northeast India Development Policies
Philosophy, Culture and Social Parameters, Establishment of North
Eastern Council, M DONER
Issues of Tribal Development and Ethnic identity, Look East Policy

1.8. FURTHER READING

• Apter, David E. Rethinking Developement, Sage, New Delhi 1987.

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• Frank, A.G. Latin America-Underdevelopment or revolution, Monthly Review Press
1964
• Mydral .G. Asian Drama, Penguine 1968
• Lehman, David, Development Theory-Four Critical Studies, frank Lass, London.1974
• RakhiBhattacharjee, Developement Perspective-in North East India, Foundation
Publication,2011.
• Borthakur, B.N, 2004, Sociological aspect of economic development, Dibrugarh
,Assam, Upasana Pub Academy.
• Singh ,2010, sociology of development, Rawat Publication, Jaipur.
• Mehta, S.R, 1999, Dynamic of Developement: A Sociological Perspective,
GyanBooks , New Delhi.
• Immanuel Wallerstein (1974) The Modern World-System, New York, Academic
Press, pp. 347-57.
• Jan NederveenPieterse, A Critique of World System Theory, in International
Sociology, Volume 3, Issue no. 3, 1988.
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Wallerstein: A critical appraisal". International Sociology. 26 (6): 723–
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Economy." World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction. Durham: Duke UP, 2004. 23-
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India’s Emerging Role in the Asia-Pacific," Asian Security, Vol. 5, No. 2 (June
2009), pp. 98–101.
• Kondratieff, Waves in the World System Perspective. Kondratieff Waves.
Dimensions and Perspectives at the Dawn of the 21st Century / Ed. by Leonid E.
Grinin, Tessaleno C. Devezas, and Andrey V. Korotayev. Volgograd: Uchitel, 2012.
P. 23–64.
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Concept Publishing Company.
• Burman B K R (1988). Land Reforms in North- east India. Mainstream, Vol.1 (8)
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Manipur. New Delhi: Mittal Publishers.
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COURSE STRUCTURE MA

FIRST SEMESTER

PAPER CODE TITLE OF THE PAPER

MASOC-401 CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS (Part I)

MASOC-402 PERSPECTIVES ON INDIAN SOCIETY (Part I)

MASOC- 403 METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (Part I)

MASOC- 404 RURAL SOCIOLOGY (Part I)

SECOND SEMESTER

PAPER CODE TITLE OF THE PAPER

MASOC- 405 CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS (Part II)

MASOC- 406 METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (Part II)

MASOC-407 PERSPECTIVES ON INDIAN SOCIETY (Part II)

MASOC-408 RURAL SOCIOLOGY (Part II)

 THIRD SEMESTER

PAPER CODE TITLE OF THE PAPER

MASOC- 501 MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS (Part I)

MASOC- 502 SOCIOLOGY OF TRIBES IN NORTHEAST INDIA (Part I)

MASOC-503 URBAN SOCIOLOGY (Part I)

MASOC-504 SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT (Part I)

FOURTH SEMESTER

PAPER CODE TITLE OF THE PAPER

MASOC- 505 MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS (Part II)

MASOC- 506 SOCIOLOGY OF TRIBES IN NORTHEAST INDIA (Part II)

MASOC-507 URBAN SOCIOLOGY (Part II)

MASOC-508 SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT (Part II)

6. Procedure for admissions, curriculum transaction and evaluation:

Generally, applications for admission to the programme are invited through advertisement in the
newspapers, notice board and university website. The applications are scrutinized and applicants
are admitted on the basis of merit. The merit list is prepared on the basis of percentage of marks
in the graduation examination results.

All the learners are provided with study materials and are provided instructions by
conducting counseling. The learners are also given home assignments which are evaluated by the
subject experts. For the final examination question papers are set by subject experts and
accordingly evaluated.

The cost estimate to run the course of MA Sociology by the Institute of Distance
Education, for one batch of Distance students for the duration of 2 years is as follows:

Sl. No. Expenditure Heads Approx. Amount in Rupees

1. Salary `6,00,000/-
2. Honorarium `48,000/-
3. Counselling `1,60,000/-
4. Self-Learning Materials `6,80,000/-
5. Assignment Response Format `50,000/-
6. Examination `2,50,000/-
7. Evaluation `1,40,000/-
8. Others `80,000/-
Total `20,08,000/-

7. Requirement of the laboratory support and Library Resources:

The proposed discipline being Social Sciences, the laboratory facilities are not required.

Library Resources:

a. The Central Library of the University

b. Dedicated Library at IDE, RGU
 c. Separate Libraries at the Study Centres
8. Cost estimate of the programme and the provisions:
a) Cost estimate of the programme:
A common Annual Budget is sanctioned every year for the current financial year for
expenses against all courses which is allocated under the following heads:
i) Development of Course Materials
ii) Student Support Services (at HQ & Centres)
iii) Staff Training and Development
iv) Technology Support
v) Library
vi) Research & Development

b) Provisions:

FEE STRUCTURE OF MASTER OF ARTS

Details MA 1st Semester MA 2nd Semester MA 3rd Semester MA 4th Semester
Course Fee ₹ 700.00 ₹ 700.00 ₹ 700.00 ₹ 700.00
Admission Fee ₹ 500.00 ₹ 500.00 ₹ 500.00 ₹ 500.00
Registration Fee ₹ 450.00
Central Exmination Fee ₹ 1,600.00 ₹ 1,600.00 ₹ 1,600.00 ₹ 1,600.00
Marksheet Fee ₹ 250.00 ₹ 250.00 ₹ 250.00 ₹ 250.00
Self Learning Material ₹ 3,500.00 ₹ 3,500.00
Assignment Evaluation Fee ₹ 300.00 ₹ 300.00 ₹ 300.00 ₹ 300.00
Counseling Fee ₹ 700.00 ₹ 700.00 ₹ 700.00 ₹ 700.00
Identity Card Fee ₹ 100.00 ₹ 100.00 ₹ 100.00 ₹ 100.00
Continuation Fee ₹ 500.00 ₹ 500.00 ₹ 500.00
Assignment Response Fee ₹ 250.00 ₹ 250.00 ₹ 250.00 ₹ 250.00
Centre Fee ₹ 300.00 ₹ 300.00 ₹ 300.00 ₹ 300.00
Library Fee ₹ 100.00 ₹ 100.00 ₹ 100.00 ₹ 100.00
Total ₹ 8,750.00 ₹ 5,300.00 ₹ 8,800.00 ₹ 5,300.00

9. Quality assurance mechanism and expected programme outcomes:

a. Quality assurance mechanism:
 i) The Institute of Distance Education uploads all its policy decision on the website of the
HEI to let the interested learners know about the programme in detail before enrollment.
ii) Further, counseling is provided during the admission.
iii) As the learners enrolled in a programme, the Institute of Distance Education provides
Self-Learning Materials.
iv) The Institute of Distance Education shares all the information to the learners by
uploading in the university website and through E-mail and Postal services. In recent
times, social media like Facebook and WhatsApp have also become integral parts of the
dissemination of information on quality assurance.
v) In every academic session, the Institute of Distance Education provides 10 (ten) days
counseling programme to the learners besides contact through telephonic conversation
and sharing through WhatsApp group about their problems and issues, etc.
vi) Above these, the academic staff of the Institute of Distance Education takes thereby
addresses all the grievances of the learners during working hours.
b. Expected programme outcomes:
The programme is designed to provide higher education to students. It will help learners to
acquire knowledge and skills and promote human resources development.