IAS Mains-2023 Sociology
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Paper-I
Fundamentals Of Sociology
- Sociology-The Discipline:
- Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of sociology.
- Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences.
- Sociology and common sense.
- Sociology as Science:
- Science, scientific method and critique.
- Major theoretical strands of research methodology.
- Positivism and its critique.
- Fact value and objectivity.
- Non-positivist methodologies.
- Research Methods and Analysis:
- Qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Techniques of data collection.
- Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity.
- Sociological Thinkers:
- Karl Marx-Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.
- Emile Durkheim-Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.
- Max Weber-Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism.
- Talcolt Parsons-Social system, pattern variables.
- Robert K Merton-Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference groups
- Mead-Self and identity.
- Stratification and Mobility:
- Concepts-equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation
- Theories of social stratification-Structural functionalist theory, Marxist theory, Weberian theory.
- Dimensions-Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race.
- Social mobility-open and closed systems, types of mobility, sources and causes of mobility.
- Works and Economic Life:
- Social organization of work in different types of society-slave society, feudal society, industrial/capitalist society.
- Formal and informal organization of work
- Labour and society.
- Politics and Society:
- Sociological theories of power
- Power elite, bureaucracy, pressure groups, and political parties.
- Nation, state, citizenship, democracy, civil society, ideology.
- Protest, agitation, social movements, collective action, revolution.
- Religion and Society:
- Sociological theories of religion.
- Types of religious practices: Animism, monism, pluralism, sects, cults.
- Religion in modern society: Religion and science, secularization, religious revivalism, fundamentalism.
- Systems of Kinship:
- Family, household, marriage.
- Types and forms of family.
- Lineage and descent
- Patriarchy and sexual division of labour
- Contemporary trends.
- Social Change in Modern Society:
- Sociological theories of social change.
- Development and dependency.
- Agents of social change.
- Education and social change.
- Science, technology and social change.
Paper-II
Indian Society: Structure And Change
- Introducing Indian Society: Perspectives on the study of Indian society:
- Indology (GS. Ghurye) .
- Structural functionalism (M N Srinivas) .
- Marxist sociology (A R Desai) .
- Impact of colonial rule on Indian society:
- Social background of Indian nationalism.
- Modernization of Indian tradition.
- Protests and movements during the colonial period.
- Social reforms
- Social Structure:
- Rural and Agrarian Social Structure:
- The idea of Indian village and village studies-
- Agrarian social structure-evolution of land tenure system, land reforms.
- Caste System:
- Perspectives on the study of caste systems: GS Ghurye, M N Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille.
- Features of caste system.
- Untouchability-forms and perspectives
- Tribal communities in India:
- Definitional problems.
- Geographical spread.
- Colonial policies and tribes.
- Issues of integration and autonomy.
- Social Classes in India:
- Agrarian class structure.
- Industrial class structure.
- Middle classes in India.
- Systems of Kinship in India:
- Lineage and descent in India.
- Types of kinship systems.
- Family and marriage in India.
- Household dimensions of the family.
- Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour.
- Religion and Society:
- Religious communities in India.
- Problems of religious minorities.
- Social Changes in India:
- Visions of Social Change in India:
- Idea of development planning and mixed economy.
- Constitution, law and social change.
- Education and social change.
- Rural and Agrarian transformation in India:
- Programmes of rural development, Community Development Programme, cooperatives, poverty alleviation schemes.
- Green revolution and social change.
- Changing modes of production in Indian agriculture.
- Problems of rural labour, bondage, migration.
- Industrialization and Urbanisation in India:
- Evolution of modern industry in India.
- Growth of urban settlements in India.
- Working class: Structure, growth, class mobilization.
- Informal sector, child labour
- Slums and deprivation in urban areas.
- Politics and Society:
- Nation, democracy and citizenship.
- Political parties, pressure groups, social and political elite.
- Regionalism and decentralization of power.
- Secularization
- Social Movements in Modern India:
- Peasants and farmers movements.
- Women՚s movement.
- Backward classes & Dalit movement.
- Environmental movements.
- Ethnicity and Identity movements.
- Population Dynamics:
- Population size, growth, composition and distribution.
- Components of population growth: Birth, death, migration.
- Population policy and family planning.
- Emerging issues: Ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health.
- Challenges of Social Transformation:
- Crisis of development: Displacement, environmental problems and sustainability.
- Poverty, deprivation and inequalities.
- Violence against women.
- Caste conflicts.
- Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism.
- Illiteracy and disparities in education.
- Rural and Agrarian Social Structure:
Part IV-Drama
- Kherwar Bir-Pandit Raghunath Murmu
- Juri Khatir-Dr. K C Tudu.
- Birsa Bir-Ravi Lal Tudu
Part V-Biography
Santal Ko Ren Mayam Gohako-Dr. Biswanath Hansda.