Part A Introducing Sociology
Unit 1 Society and Sociology and Relationship with other Social Sciences
Introducing Society
Individuals
Collectivities
Plural Perspectives
Introducing Sociologyn
Emergence
Nature and Scope
Relationship to other disciplines
Unit 2 Basic Concepts
Social Groups
Status and Role
Social Stratification
Social Control
Unit 3 Social Institutions
Family, Marriage and Kinship
Political and Economic Institutions
Religion as a Social Institution
Education as a Social Institution
Unit 4 Culture and Society
Culture, Values and Norms
Shared
Plural
Contested
Socialization
Conformity
Conflict
Shaping of Personality
Unit 5 Practical in Sociology Methods and Techniques
Methods
Participant Observation
Survey
Tools and Techniques
Observation
Interview
Questionnaire
The Significance of Field Work in Sociology
Part B. Understanding Society
Unit 6 Structure, Process and Stratification
Social Structure
Social Processes
Cooperation
Competition
Conflict
Social Stratification −
Class
Caste
Race
Gender
Unit 7 Social Change
Social Change
Types and Dimensions
Causes and Consequences
Social Order
Domination
Authority and Law
Contestation
Crime and Violence
Village, Town and City
Changes in Rural and Urban Society
Unit 8 Environment and Society
Ecology and Society
Environmental Crises and Social Responses
Unit 9 Western Social Thinkers
Karl Marx on Class Conflict
Emile Durkheim on Division of Labour
Max Weber on Bureaucracy
Unit 10 Indian Sociologists
G.S. Ghurye on Race and Caste
D.P. Mukherjee on Tradition and Change
A.R. Desai on the State
M.N. Srinivas on the Village

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