UGC NET Syllabus for Sociology 2020

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UGC NET — Syllabus Sociology

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Subject: SOCIOLOGY
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Unit -1 : Sociological Theory

1. Classical Sociological Traditions
 Emile Durkheim
 Max Weber

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 Bronislaw Malinowski
 A.R. Radcliffe- Brown
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 Robert K. Merton
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 Claude Levi Strauss
3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions
 G.H. Mead
 Karl Manheim
 Alfred Schutz
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 Pierre Bourdieu
 Michel Foucault
 Jurgen Habermas
 Anthony Giddens
 Manuel Castells

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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

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 Social Structure
 Culture
 Network
 Status and Role
 Identity
 Community

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 Economy
 Polity
 Religion
 Education
 Law and Customs
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 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
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 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

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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
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 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

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 Changing Nature of Labour Relations
 Gender and Labour Process
 Business and Family
 Digital Economy, E-Commerce
 Global Business and Corporates
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 Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity
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
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 Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural
 Gender Relations and Power Dynamics
 Inheritance, Succession and Authority
 Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction
 Children, Youth and Elderly

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Unit - 9 : Science, Technology and Society
 History of Technological Development
 Changing notions of Time and Space
 Flows and Boundaries

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 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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