Sociology SET Syllabus

 Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship 

Conducted by University of Pune

 (AS THE STATE AGENCY) SYLLABUS

Subject: SOCIOLOGY                                                                 Code No. : 14 

Unit -1 : Sociological Theory

 1. Classical Sociological Traditions 

 Emile Durkheim 

 Max Weber 

 Karl Marx 

2. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism 

 Bronislaw Malinowski 

 A.R. Radcliffe- Brown 

 Talcott Parsons

  Robert K. Merton 

 Claude Levi Strauss

 3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions 

 G.H. Mead

  Karl Manheim

  Alfred Schutz 

 Harold Garfinkel

  Erving Goffman 

 Clifford Geertz

4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism and Post Colonialism

  Edward Said 

 Pierre Bourdieu 

 Michel Foucault 

 Jurgen Habermas 

 Anthony Giddens

 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 

 Social Structure

  Culture 

 Network

  Status and Role 

 Identity

  Community 

 Diaspora

  Values, Norms and Rules 

 Personhood, Habitus and Agency

  Bureaucracy, Power and Authority

 2. Social Institutions 

 Marriage, Family and Kinship 

  Economy 

 Polity 

 Religion

  Education 

  Law and Customs 

 3. Social Stratification

  Social Difference, Hierarchy, Inequality and Marginalization 

 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 

 Social Mobility

 Unit – 4 : Rural and Urban Transformations 

1. Rural and Peasant Society 

  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  

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 and Region

  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  

 Changing Nature of Labour Relations

  Gender and Labour Process 

 Business and Family 

 Digital Economy, E-Commerce

  Global Business and Corporates

  Tourism  Consumption

 Unit - 7: Environment and Society 

 Social and Cultural Ecology: Diverse Forms 

 Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity

  Indigenous 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

  Environmental Pollution, Public Health and Disability 

  Climate Change and International Policies 

 Environmental Movements 

Unit - 8: Family, Marriage and Kinship 

  Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural 

 Gender Relations and Power Dynamics 

 Inheritance, Succession and Authority 

 Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction 

 Children, Youth and Elderly 

  Emotions and Family 

 Emergent Forms of Family 

  Changing Marriage Practices 

 Changing Care and Support Systems 

 Family Laws 

 Domestic Violence and Crime against Women

  Honour Killing 

Unit - 9 : Science, Technology and Society 

 History of Technological Development 

  Changing notions of Time and Space

  Flows and Boundaries 

  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 Movement