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Bridge Course in Sociology(Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System)

(Semester: III - IV)Examinations: 2014-15

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1FACULTY OF ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES

BRIDGE COURSE IN SOCIOLOGY(SEMESTER SYSTEM) (CBCEGS)

Semester-III

CreditsCourse No. C/E/I Course Title

L T P

Total

Credits

Core Courses

SOL–421 C Interpretative Sociological Theory 4 4

SOL–422 C Social Stratification & Social Mobility 4 4

SOD–423 C Assignment 1 1

Elective Papers (4 Credits each)

Students will have to opt for any three papers among the Elective Papers

SOL–424 E Rural Development and Agrarian Change 4 4

SOL–425 E Social Statistics 4 4

SOL–426 E Sociology of Work 4 4

SOL–427 E Urban Sociology 4 4

SOL–428 E Sociology of Health 4 4

Interdisciplinary/Optional Courses (4 Credits)

Students will have to opt for One

Interdisciplinary Paper from other

departments

4

Total Credits 24 1 25


BRIDGE COURSE IN SOCIOLOGY(SEMESTER SYSTEM) (CBCEGS)

Semester-IV

CreditsCourse No. C/E/I Course TitleL T P

TotalCredits

Core Courses

SOL–431 C Perspectives on Indian Society 4 4

SOD–432 C Assignment 1 1

Elective Papers (4 Credits each)The Students will have to opt for any four of the following elective papers

SOL–433 E Population Dynamics and Society in India 4 4

SOL–434 E Environment and Society 4 4

SOL–435 E Indian Diaspora 4 4

SOL–436 E Urban Studies in India 4 4

SOL–437 E Sociology of Entrepreneurship 4 4

SOL–438 E Media and Society 4 4

SOL–439 E Sociology of Crime 4 4

SOL–440 E Medical Sociology 4 4

Interdisciplinary/Optional Courses(4 Credits)

The students may opt for any oneInterdisciplinary paper from outside thedepartment.

4 4

Total Credits 24 1 25


BRIDGE COURSE IN SOCIOLOGY(SEMESTER-III) (CBCEGS)

SOL–421: INTERPRETATIVE SOCIOLOGICAL THEORYCredits: 4

UNIT-I(i) Action Approach: Max Weber: theory of Social Action and Talcott Parsons: General

Theory of Action, Critique of the Approach.

(ii) Symbolic Interactionism; Basic Premises, G. H. Mead: Mind, Self and Society, HerbertBlumer: Society as a Symbolic Interactionism, In- House & Out- House Criticism.

UNIT-II(i) Phenomenology: Introduction to the Perspective, Alfred Schutz’s Phenomenology and

Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann: Social Construction of Reality. Critique of thePerspective.

(ii) Ethnomethodology: Origin of the Term, Contribution of Harold Garfinkel, ErvingGoffman: Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Critique of the Perspective.

UNIT-III(i) Critical Theory: Introduction to the Perspective, Jurgen Habermas’: Communicative

Action Theory and Crisis in Late Capitalism, and Herbert Marcuse: One DimensionalMan.

(ii) Comparison of the above perspectives.

Suggested Readings:

1. Abraham, M.F.1982. Modern Sociological Theory: an Introduction. New Delhi: Oxford

University Press.

2. Adams, Bert N. and Sydie R.A. 2002. Sociological Theory. New Delhi, Vistaar.

3. Berger P.L. and Luckmann, T. 1967. The Social Construction of Reality. London: The

Penguin Press.

4. Bottomore, Tom. 1984. The Frankfurt School. London: Tavistock Publications.

5. Connerton, Paul (ed.).1976. Critical Sociology. New York: Penguin Books.

6. Cuff, E.C. & Payne, G.C.F. (ed.). 1979. Perspectives in Sociology. London: George Allen

and Unwin.



7. Garfinkel. H. 1984. Studies in Ethnomodology. Cambridge: Polity Press.

8. Giddens, A. 1987. Social Theory and Modern Sociology, Cambridge: Polity Press.

9. Goffman, E. 1959. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York: Doubleday.

10. Habermas, J. 1984. Theory of Communicative Action. Cambridge: Polity Press.

11. Irving, M. Zeitlin. 1987. Rethinking Sociology. Jaipur: Rawat.

12. Judge, Paramjit Singh. 2009. Max Weber. New Delhi: Punjabi Academy.

13. Meltzer, B, et al. 1975. Symbolic Interactionism. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

14. Parsons,Talcott, 1972. The Social System. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Co.

15. Turner, Jonathan. H. 1999. The Structure of Sociological Theory. Jaipur. Rawat.



SOL–422: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY

Credits: 4

Unit–ISocial Stratification: Concept, Characteristics, Processes and Theories: Karl Marks,Max Weber, Davis and Moore, Lenski.

Unit–IIForms of Social Stratification: Caste, Class, Gender, Social Stratification in Urban andIndustrial Settings,Class: Concept– as a system of stratification, Social Psychology of class, classconsciousness.

Unit–IIISocial Mobility: Determinants, Patterns of Mobility in Caste and Class, Consequences.Changing Dimensions of Social Stratification: Emergence of Middle Class system,Problems of Status Inconsistency.

References:

1. Bendix, R. and S.M. Lipset, (eds.).1966. Class, Status and Power: Social Stratification in

Comparative Perspective. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.

2. Beteille, Andre. 1971. Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a

Tanjore village. London:Berkeley University.

3. Bhatt, Anil. 1975. Caste, Class and Politics: An Empirical Profile of Social Stratification

in Modern India. Delhi: Manohar Publication.

4. Ghurye, G.S.1969. Caste and Race in India, Bombay: Popular.

5. Gupta, Dipankar (ed.).1991. Social Stratification, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

6. Hutton, J.H.1980. Caste in India–Its Nature, Function and Origin. New Delhi: Oxford

University Press.

7. Kothari, Rajni. 1970. Caste in Indian Politics. New Delhi: Orient Longman.

8. Mandelbaum, David, G.1972. Society in India. Bombay: Popular.

9. Reissman, Leonard 1969.Class in American Society. New York: Free Press.



10. Saberwal, Satish. 1990. Mobile Men–Limits to Social Change in Urban Punjab. New

Delhi: Manohar Publications.

11. Singh, Harjinder. 1975. Caste among Non–Hindus in India. New Delhi: National.

12. Singh, Yogendra. Sociology of Social Stratification in India–II (second survey of

Research in Sociology), Bombay: Popular Prakashan.

13. Shah, V.P. and B.C. Aggarwal.1986.Reservation Policy: Programmes and Issues. Jaipur.

Rawat Publication.

14. Sharma, K.L1997. Social Stratification in India: Issues and Themes.New Delhi. Sage

Publications.

15. Srinivas, M.N.1972. Social Change in Modern India. Bombay: Orient Longman.

16. Tumin, Melvin, M. 1967. Social Stratification–The Forms and Functions of Inequality.

New Delhi: Prentice



SOD–423 (Assignment)Credit–1

The students will prepare an assignment (1 credit) of about 8,000 words on a topic of his/her own

choice which should reflect his/her organizational and analytical skills.

* The grade awarded for the assignment shall be Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U).



SOL–424: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGRARIAN CHANGE

Credits: 4

Unit-IDevelopment and the Agrarian questionDevelopment and rural transformation; colonialism, modernization, development and ruralquestion in India; Agrarian structure, agrarian unrest, land reforms and rural change: colonial topost-colonial period; Panchayati Raj,

Unit-IIAgrarian relations and transformation Asiatic mode of production; mode of production debates in India; Agrarian relations andchanging rural structures- caste, politics, gender; rural development and environment; GreenRevolution and issues; Sustainable rural development

Unit-IIIContemporary issues in Rural developmentAgrarian transformation, state, international organizations (WTO) and NGOs; rural change andpatterns of exclusion: poverty, caste, programmes and policies-MGREGA; Non-farmemployment; Micro-finance and credit; Rethinking agricultural productivity and ruraldevelopment: Common Property Resources (CPRS)

References:1. Agarwal, Bina (2010). Rethinking Agricultural Production Collectivities, EPW, XLV (9):

64-78.2. Alavi, H. (1975). India and the colonial mode of production, EPW. Available online at:

http://www.epw.in/glimpses-past/india-and-colonial-mode-production.html3. Patil, B.K. (2008 ) Agricultural Indebtedness: Crisis and Revival, EPW, 47-52.4. Biggs, Stephen; S. Justice and D.Lewis (2011). Patterns of Rural Mechanisation, Energy

and Employment in South Asia: Reopening the Debate, EPW, XLVI (9):78-82.5. Breman Jan (2003). The Labouring Poor in India; Patterns of Exploitation and

Exclusion, Delhi: OUP.6. Craig, Jefferey and Jens Lerche (2000): ‘State Discourse and Class Reproduction in Uttar

Pradesh, India’, Development and Change, Vol 31, No 4.7. Gupta, A. 1998. Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India,

Duke University Press.8. Gupta, N.L and Gurjar, R.K. Sustainable Development. Jaipur: Rawat.



9. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, A. and Cristobal Kay.(2010). 'Surveying the Agrarian Question:1;Unearthing Foundations, Exploring Diversity-2, Current Debates and Beyond'. TheJournal of Peasant Studies, 37 (1&2): 177-199 & 255-280.

10. Jatav, M and Sen, S (2013). Drivers of Non-Farm Employment in Rural India: Evidencefrom the 2009-10 NSSO Round, EPW. xlviII ( 26 & 27 ): 14 -21.

11. Jean Dreze (2004). Democracy and Right to Food. EPW, Vol.39 (17): 1723-31.12. Jodhka, S. (2012). Village Studies. New Delhi; Orient BlackSwan.13. Mathew, George and Ramesh Nayak (1996): ‘Panchayats at Work, What It Means for the

Oppressed’, EPW, July 6.14. Omvedt, Gail (1978). Women and rural revolt in India, EPW, 5 (3):15. Omvedt, Gail (1981). Capitalist Agriculture and Rural Classes in India, EPW XVI (52):16. P. C. Doshi and Jain (1999) Rural Sociology, Chap 11, 12, 15. New Delhi: Rawat17. McEachern18. Pongratz, H. (1990). Cultural tradition and Social Change in Agriculture, Rural

Sociology, 30 (1)19. Swaminathan, M (1991): ‘Gainers and Losers: A Note on Land and Occupational

Mobility in a South Indian Village’, Development and Change, Vol 22 (2).



SOL–425: SOCIAL STATISTICS

Credits: 4Unit–I

Levels of measurement: Nominal, ordinal, interval and Ratio, Measurement and Statistics,Frequency distributions. Graphic Presentation of Data; Histrograms, Frequency Ploygons andOgives.

Unit–IIDescriptive Statistics:Measurement of Central tendency: Arithmetic Mean, Median and Mode. Measures ofDispersion: Range, Quartile range, Deviation, Mean Deviation and Standard Deviation.

Unit–IIIInductive Statistics:Statistical inferences: Nominal and Ordinal scales – Chi Square Test, Interval Scales – Z test andt – test. Measures of Association – Spearman’s Rank Difference correlation and Pearson’sProduct Moment correlation.Note: Due emphasis to be given to interpretation of statistics.

References:

1. Blalock, H.M.1972. Social Statistics.Tokyo: Mcgraw Hill.2. Champion, D.I.1970. Basic Statistics for Social Research. Tennesses: Chandler Publishing Co.3. De Vaus, D.A. 1986. Surveys in Social Research. London: George Allen and Unwsin.4. Downie, N.M. and R.W. Heath.1969. Basic Statistical Methods. New York: Harper and Row.5. Meueller, J.R and K.Schusseler.1969. Statistical Reasoning in Sociology. New Delhi: Oxford and I.B.H. Publishing Co.



SOL–426: SOCIOLOGY OF WORK

Credits: 4

Unit–IBasic Concepts: Meaning, Orientation, Motivation, Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction at work,Work and family, Work and Nature of Society, Pre– Industrial, Industrial and Post– industrial.

Unit–IIManaging, Organizing and Structuring of Work: Scientific Management, Human Relations,Bureaucracy, Work culture, and Structure of Labour Market.

Unit–IIIWorking Conditions: Quality of Work Life, Work and Alienation, Women and Work, Changingwork of Traditional Occupational Groups in India– Blacksmiths and Leather Workers.

Suggested Readings:

1. Bal. G. 1995. Development and Change in Punjab. New Delhi: National BookOrganization.

2. Edgell, Stephen. 2006. Sociology of Work: Continuity and Change in Paid and UnpaidWork. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

3. Hall, R.H. 1986. Dimensions of Work. New Delhi: Sage.4. International Labour Organization. 1983. Working Conditions and Environment. Geneva:

ILO, Geneva.5. Judge, Paramjit S. and Bal Gurpreet. 2009. Mapping Dalits. Jaipur: Rawat.6. Kulpinska, J. and Maurice Marc.1982. ‘Trends in the Development of the Sociology of

Work in Search of Identity’ in T. Bottomore, S. Nowak and M. Sokolowska (Eds.).Sociology: The State of the Art, London: Sage Publications.

7. Lowe, G.S. 1995. Work in New Society: Sociology for the 21st Century. Canada:Harcourt Brace and Company.

8. Lowe, G.S. Harvey Krahn (Eds.). 1993. Work in Canada: Readings in the Sociology ofWork and Industry. Canada: Nelson.

9. Moodie, A.D. 1990. The Concept of Work in Indian Society. New Delhi. Manohar.10. Pugh, D.S. et. al., 1971. Writers on Organizations. Middlesex: Penguin.11. Reskin, B.F. and Padavic.1994. Women and Men at Work. Thousands Oaks:Pine Forge

Press.12. Watson, T.J. 1980. Sociology, Work and Industry. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.



SOL–427: URBAN SOCIOLOGY

Credits: 4

Unit 1: Introduction to city

From Urban Sociology to Urban Studies: Chicago school, Edward Soja, Manuel Castells, and

David Harvey), Challenges in understanding urban space

Unit 2: Rescripting Cities with Difference:

City as Text, City Images, World and Global Cities, Cybercities, hybrid city, creative city, and

postmodern city

City and urban cultures: Urban as cultural form, Consumption, lifestyles, recreation and leisure,

Subculture, Counter culture and Popular culture

Unit 3: Rearranging the city- Towards new urbanism

Managing urban environment: social (gender and space), ecological (Ghettos and Enclaves) and

physical (deterritorization and reterritorialization),

Urban Governance and Preservation: Homelessness and Urban Inequality, Economics and Urban

Affairs, Obstacles to urban transformation

REFERENCES

1. Dear, Michael J. 2000. The Post Modern Urban condition. UK: Blackwell.

2. Eade, John and Christopher Mele. 2002. Understanding the City:Contemporary and Future

Perspective. UK:Blackwell

3. Jayapalan, N. 2002. Urban Sociology. New Delhi: Atlantic.

4. Newman, Peter and Andy Thornley. 2005. Planning World Cities: Globalization and

Urban Politics. New York: Palgrave

5. Patel, Sujata and Kushal Deb.2006. Urban Studies. New Delhi: OUP



6. Pieterse, Edgar. 2008. City Futures: Confronting the Crises of Urban Development.

Capetown: Zed Books

7. Scott, Allen. J. 2000. The Cultural Economy of Cities. London:Sage

8. Sharma, Rachana and Ranjeet K Sharma.2013.’ The Role of Children and Adolescents in

Buying Decisions’. IASSI Quarterly: Contributions to Indian Social Science. Vol. 32,

No .3, July-Sept, Pp. 111-129.

9. Sharma, Rachana.2013. ‘Indian Retail Policy and Changing Consumer Behaviour’.

European Academic Research, Volume 1, Issue X/January. Pp. 3620-3639.

10. Short, John, Rennie. 2001. The Urban Order: An Introduction to Cities, culture and Power.

UK: Blackwell.

11. Soja, E.W.1997. Postmodern Geographies. Jaipur: Rawat

12. Spence, Michael. Patrica Clarke Annez and Robert M Buckley. 2010. Urbanization and

Growth. Jaipur: Rawat.

13. Stevenson, Deborah. 2003. Cities and Urban Cultures. Jaipur: Rawat

14. UNHABITAT.2008. State of the World Cities (2008-2009): Harmonious Cities. London:

Earthscan



SOL–428: SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

Credits: 4Unit–I

Sociology of Health: Definition, Emergence and Phases, Social, Cultural and SocialPsychological perspectives of Health behavior, Sociological perspectives to health and illness.

Unit–IIConcepts of Health and disease: Illness as deviance, Labelling theory, Social Epidemiology,Social Medicine and Community Health, Major Health Problems in India: Malnutrition,Sanitation Problems and its Consequences.Mental Health: Social epidemiology, Types, Social process of mental hospitalization.

Unit–IIIHospitals as Social Organization: Types of Hospitals, Interpersonal Relationships in HospitalSettings, Role of Primary Health Centres in Health Care Delivery System.Rural health services; Folk and faith Healers: Practioners of indigenous system of medicine,and its role in health care delivery system.Health Care Organization: Development of Health Service, Structure of National HealthService–Rural and Urban. Health Policy and Globalization (Before Independence and afterIndependence), Health and Education.

References:1. Albert,Gary L. and Fitzpatrick, R. 1994. Quality of life in Health Care: Advances in

Medical Sociology. Mumbai: Jai Press.2. Bolaria, B. Singh and Harley D. Dickinson. 1988. Sociology of Health care in Canada.

Tronto: Harcourt Brace J. Ovianovich.3. Barry, Anne–Marie and Chrill Yuill.2008. Understanding Sociology of Health: An

Introduction, Los Angles: Sage Publications.4. Cockerham, kl.c.(2007) Social causes of Health and Disease, U.S.A: Poliy Publication.5. Dak, T.M. : 1991. Sociology of Health in India. New Delhi: Rawat Publications.6. Dasgupta, R. 1993. Nutritional Planning in India. Hyderabad: NIN.7. De Maio, F (2010) Health and Social Theory, New York: Palgrave, Macmillan.8. Dingwall, Robert .1976. Aspect of Illness. London: Martin Robertson.9. Mehta, S.R. 1992. Society and Health, A Sociological Perspective. New Delhi: Vikas

Publishing House.10. Larkin, M (2011) Social Aspects of Health, Illness and Health care, New York: Open

University Press.11. Nayar, K.R. 1998, Ecology and Health: A System Approach. New Delhi:APH Publishing

Corp.12. White, Kevin.2009. An Introduction to the Sociology of Health, Los Angles: Sage

Publications.



13. White, Kevin (2006) SAGE Dictionary of Health and Society, New Delhi: SagePublication.

14. Twaddle, A (1979) Sickness Behaviour and Sick role Cambridge: G.K. Hall.15. Stacey, M (1988) Sociology of Health & Healing, London: Routledge.16. Turner, B.S. (2004) The New Medical Socio: Social forms of Health & Illness,

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.17. Germov, J. (ED.) 2005 Second Opinion: an Introduction to Health Sociology, Melbourne:

Oxford University Press.


POST GRADUATE EQUIVALENCE BRIDGE COURSE IN SOCIOLOGY(SEMESTER-IV) (CBCEGS)

SOL–431: PERSPECTIVES ON INDIAN SOCIETY

Credits: 4

Unit–IIndological : G.S. Ghurye, Louis Dumont.Structural–Functional: M.N. Srinivas, S.C. Dube.

Unit–IIMarxian : D.P. Mukherjee, A.R. DesaiSubaltern: B.R. Ambedkar.

Unit–IIICurrent challenges of Indian Society: Indianisation, Contextualization, Challenges ofGlobalization.

References :1. Ahmad, Imitaz.1972. ‘For a Sociology of India’, Contribution to Indian

Sociology, Pp. 172–178.2. Desai, A.R.1976. Social Background of Indian Nationalism. Bombay: Popular

Prakashan.3. Dumont, Louis. 1970. Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its

Implications. New Delhi: Vikas.4. D. Souza, P.R. (ed).2000. Contemporary India–Transitions. New Delhi:Sage.5. Dhanagare D.N.1993. Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology. Jaipur:

Rawat.6. Dhanagare D.N.1998. Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology. New Delhi:

Rawat.7. Dube, S.C.1965. The Indian Village. London: Macmillan.8. Dass, Veena.2004. Handbook of Indian Sociology. New Delhi:Oxford University

Press.9. Ghurye, G.S. 1957. Caste and Class in India. Bombay: Popular Book Depot.10. Mukerjee, D.P.1958. Diversities, Delhi: People’s Publishing House.11. Nagla, B.K.2008. Indian Sociological Thought. Jaipur: Rawat Publication.12. Srinivias, M.N.1960. India’s Villages. Bombay: Asia Publishing House.13. Singh Yogindra.1986. Indian Sociology: Social Conditioning and Emerging

Concerns. New Delhi:Vistaar Publications.14. Singh, K.S. 1992. The People of India – An Introduction. Calcutta: Seagull

Books.15. Singer, Milton.1972. When A Great Tradition Modernizes. Delhi: Vikas.16. Shah, A.M.2004. ‘M.N. Srinivas, Maxweber and Functionalism’ Sociological

Bulletin 56 (1):126–133.


BRIDGE COURSE IN SOCIOLOGY(SEMESTER-IV) (CBCEGS)

Paper: SOD–432: AssignmentCredit–1

The students will prepare an assignment (1 credit) of about 8,000 words on a topic of

his/her own choice which should reflect his/her organizational and analytical skills.

* The grade awarded for the assignment shall be Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U).



SOL–433: POPULATION DYNAMICS AND SOCIETY IN INDIA

Credit–4

Unit–IPopulation Growth in India (1901–2001), patterns, causes and its Consequences.Changing Age and Sex Composition, measurement, change and their socialconsequences.

Unit–IIPopulation Dynamics in India:Demographic Transition –Causes and ConsequencesInternal Migration in India – Patterns, Causes and Consequences

Unit–IIIEffect of Population dynamics on family, and intergenerational relations) and Marriagesqueeze.

References:1. Agnihotri, S.B.1999. Sex Ratio Patterns in Indian Population. New Delh: Sage.2. Guilmotto, C.Z. and S. Irudaya Rajan.2005.Fertility Transition in South India.

New Delhi: Sage.3. Haq, Ehsanul.2007. Sociology of Population in India.Delhi: MacMillan.4. Metras, Judah.1986. An Introduction to Population. Chicago: Dorsey Press.5. Mehta, G.S.1995. Socio Economic Aspects of Migration. New Delhi: Deep and

Deep.6. Premi, M.K. 2003. Social Demography. New Delhi: Jawahar Publications.7. Ravinder Kaur.2004. Across Region Marriages: Poverty Female Migration and

Sex Ratios, Economic and Political Weekly, XXXIX (25).8. Shah, A.M.1996. Is the Joint Household Disintegrating? Economic and Political

Weekly, XXI (2): 537–542.9. Singh D.P.2005. Migration in India, Demography in India, 34 (2).10. Singh, Surjit.2005.Migration in India in R.S. Sandhu, Sarup Singh and J. Sandhu

(ed) Sustainable Human Settlements–The Asian Perspective. Jaipur: Rawat.11. Verma, Shalini.2003. Marriage Squeeze in India, Demography in India, 32(2).12. Sharma, A.K., 2012, Population and Society New Delhi: Concept Publishing

Company.



SOL–434: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

Credits: 4

Note: The paper will have three parts consisting of Minor I & II of 20 marks each andMajor of 50 marks. In addition, there will be a quiz/seminar/report of 10 marks.** The paper intends to make students aware of environmental issues being facedparticularly by developing countries.

Unit–IConcept:, Environment, Ecology, Ecofeminism, Global warming, Effect of developmenton environment. Deep Ecology.

Unit–II

Development and Environment: Agricultural Development and Environment,Urbanization and Environment, Population and Environment, Industrialization andEnvironment.

Unit–III

Sustainable development: Sustainable Development, Politics of development, socio–cultural critique of sustainable development, Sustainable society,Environmental Justice.

References:

1. Agarwal, Anil .1988.The Fight for Survival, Center for Science and EnvironmentNew Delhi.

2. Bharucha, E.2008. Textbook of Environmental Studies, UGC, New Delhi.3. Dhaliwal, G.S.1996. Fundamentals of Environmental Science. Ludhiana: Kalyani

Publishers.4. Dryzek, and Schlosberg.1998. Debating the Earth. New York: Oxford University

Press.5. Gill M.S. and Jasleen Kewlani.2009. Environmental Conscience: Social, Legal

and Judicial Paradigm. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Co.6. Iyer, K. Gopal.1996. Sustainable Development. New Delhi : Vikas.7. Gill, M.S.(ed.).2003. Panjab Society: Perspectives and Challenges. New Delhi :

Concept Publishing Co.8. Mahajan.1993. V.S.:Environment Protection – Challenges and Issues. New

Delhi: Deep and Deep Publication.



9. Morse and Stocking.1995. People and Environment. London: UCL Press.10. Oommen, T.K. 2006. “Coping with Development Pathologies: Resistance to

Displacement,” Sociological Bulletin, 55, (2).11. Rangarajan, M. (ed).2007. Environmental Issues in India : A Reader. New

Delhi:Pearson Longman.12. Rathore, M.S.1996. Environment and Development. Jaipur: Rawat Publication.13. Shiva, Vandana.1991. Ecology and Politics of Survival. New Delhi: Sage

Publication.14. Sheth, Pravin.1997. Environmentalism. Jaipur: Rawat Publishing House.15. Singh, Jagbir.2007. Society, Sustainability and Environment. New Delhi: Shivalik

Prakashan.16. Singh, Jagbir (ed.).2008. Bio–diversity, Environment and Sustainability. New

Delhi: MD Publication Pvt. Ltd.17. Singh, Nag et.al.1993. Frontiers in Environmental Geography. New Delhi:

Concept Publishing Company.18. Sudarshan and Trivedi.1994. India, Ecology and Environment. New Delhi:

D.K.Publishers



SOL–435: INDIAN DIASPORA

Credits: 4

Unit–IMeaning and implications of diaspora – Approaches to the study of diaspora, scopeand significance of diasporic studies.Historical background: colonial period, post–colonial period.

Unit–IICase Studies: Indians in the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius.Punjabis in Canada, the USA and England; and Gujarati diaspora.Transient diaspora to the Middle East: A General Overview

Unit–IIIResponse to immigration: Multiculturalism in the West.Emerging trends in Indian Diaspora: Gender, Illegal Migrations,Long distance Nationalism, and Contribution of the Diaspora to the homeland.

REFERENCES:1. Helweg, Arthur. 1986. Sikhs in England.Delhi: Oxford University Press.2. Jain, Ravindra K. 1993. Indian Communities Abroad: Themes and Perspectives.

New Delhi: Manohar.3. Judge, Paramjit S. 1994. Punjabis in Canada: A Study of Formation of An Ethnic

Community. New Delhi: Chanakya Publication.4. Kurien,George and Ram P. Srivastava (Eds.) 1983. Overseas Indians: A Study in

Adaptation. New Delhi: Vikas.5. Rao, M.S. 1986. Studies in Migration: Internal and International Migration in

India. Delhi: Manohar.6. Sheth, Parveen.2001. Indians in America: One Stream, Two Waves, Three

Generations. Jaipur: Rawat.7. Singh I.J.Bahadur(ed.) 1987. Indians in the Caribbean. New Delhi:8. Sterling. Sociological Bulletin. 1989. Special Issue on ‘Indians Abroad’ (Guest

Editor: S.L. Sharma), 38(1).9. Tinker, Hugh. 1977. The Banyan Tree: Overseas Emigrants from India, Pakistan,

and Bangladesh. Oxford: Oxford University Press.10. Verma, Archana.2003. Making of Little Punjab in Canada. New Delhi: Sage.



PAPER: SOL–436: Urban Studies in India

Credits: 4

Unit 1: The Indian City:Tradition of Urban Sociology in India, Cities in Colonial period and Post‐independenceperiod, Classification of cities, Patterns and Consequences of Urbanization

Unit 2: Revisiting Cities of India: Urbanization and emerging policy issuesGlobalization and the Place of a city: Case studies of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta,Chandigarh, Amritsar. Indian Urban Policy

Unit 3: Politics in Indian Cities:Migrants and the city, Petty and Multinational trade, Slums & forced evictions, UrbanViolence, Civil Society and State, Reconstructing the Third world cities.

References:1. Didee, Jaymala. 1997. Indian Medium Towns: An Appraisal of their Role as

Growth Centres. Jaipur: Rawat Fanshawe, HC. 2010. Delhi: Past and Present.New Delhi: Low Price Publishers

2. Fuzzetti, Lina and Akos Oster.2005 Calcutta Conversations. New Delhi:Chronicle

3. Jolly, U.S. 2010. Challenges for a Mega City: Delhi-A Planned City withUnplanned Growth. New Delhi: Concept.

4. Judge, Paramjit. et,al., 2003. Development, Gender and Diaspora: Context ofGlobalization. Jaipur: Rawat

5. Masselos, Jim. 2009. The City in Action: Bombay Struggles for Power. Delhi:Oxford

6. Patel, Sujata and Kushal Deb. 2006. Urban Studies. New Delhi: Oxford7. Pandey, Vinita. 2009. Crises of Urban Middle Class. Jaipur: Rawat8. Ramchandran, P. 1972. Payment Dwellers in Bombay City. Bombay: TISS.9. Sandhu, Jasmeet and Gurpreet Bal. 2013. Urban Development and Governance:

Concerns and Challenges. New Delhi: Rawat.10. Shridhar, Kala Seetharam. 2009. Sate of Urban Services in Indian’s Cities:

Spending and Financing. New Delhi: Oxford11. Schenk, Hans. 2001. Living in India Slums: A Case Study of Banglore. New

Delhi: Manohar



12. Sandhu, Ranvinder. 2001. Sustainable Human Settlements: The Asian Experience.

Jaipur: Rawat

13. Sandhu, Ranvinder and Jasmeet Sandhu. 2007. Globalizing Cities, Inequality andSegregation in Developing Countries. Jaipur: Rawat

14. Sandhu, Ranvinder. Singh and Jasmeet Sandhu. 2009. Urban Poverty inDeveloping Countries: Issues and Strategies for Sustainable Cities. New Delhi:Bookwell

15. Sharma, R. N and R S Sandhu. 2013. Small Cities and Towns in Global Era:Emerging Changes and Perspectives. Jaipur: Rawat

16. Sharma, Rachana. 2009. ‘Un (Organized) Retail: Exclusion or Inclusion’, GuruNanak Journal of Sociology, Vol. 30, Pp.19-40.

17. Sharma, Rachana. 2010. ‘Social Exclusion of Dalit’s in an Urban Space’,Working Paper Series-1, Centre for Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy,Department of Sociology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

18. Shaw, Annapurna. 2007. Indian Cities in Transition. New Delhi: Orient



SOL–437: Sociology of EntrepreneurshipCredit–4

Unit–I.Concept of Entrepreneurship: Meaning, Characteristics and Types ofEntrepreneur, History of Indian Entrepreneurship, Social Profile of IndianEntrepreneurs, and Theories of Entrepreneurship: Max Weber, David C. McClelland,Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Unit–II.Social Structure and Entrepreneurship: Community Entrepreneurship–Gujarati, Marwari and Ramgarhia, Gender and Entrepreneurship, and ScheduledCaste Entrepreneurs.

Unit–III.Entrepreneurship Development through Training and Programmes, IndianEntrepreneurs Abroad, Social Entrepreneurship, Globalization and Entrepreneurship.

References:1. Awasthi,D.N. and Sabestian, J.1996. Evaluation of Entrepreneurship

Development. New Delhi: Sage.2. Bal, Gurpreet.1998. ‘Communities and culture in Entrepreneurship Development

in India’, The Journal of Entrepreneurship,7, (2).3. Bal, Gurpreet.2006.’Entrepreneurship among Diasporic Communities : A

Comparative examination of Patidars of Gujarat and Jats of Punjab’, Journal ofEntrepreneurship . 15, (2).

4. Banker Feroze (ed.).2000. Progressive Entrepreneur: Managing Firm and factoryas Profit Centre. New Delhi: Kanishka.

5. Boulton, Chris and Turner, P.2009. Mastering Business in Asia:Entrepreneurship. New Delhi:Wiley–India.

6. Dorin, Bruno (ed.).2003. The Indian Entrepreneur: A Sociological Profile ofBusinessmen and their practices. New Delhi: Manohar.

7. Honour, T.F. and Mainwaring, R.M.1982. Business and Sociology.London:Croom Helm. Judge, P.S. and Bal Gurpreet.2009. Mapping Dalits. Jaipur:Rawat Publications. Pp.149–181.

8. Kanungo, R.N.1998. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Models for Development.New Delhi:Sage.

9. Light Paul C.2008. The Search for Social Entrepreneurship. Washington, DC:Brooking Institution Press.

10. Meredith, G.G. et al.1982. The Practice of Entrepreneurship. Geneva: ILO.



11. Morse E.A. and Mitchell R.K.2007. Cases in Entrepreneurship: the VentureCreation Process. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

12. Portes, Alejandro (ed.).1995. Economic Sociology of Immigration: essays onnetwork, ethnicity and Entrepreneurship. New York: Russel Sage Foundation.

13. Rathore, B.S. and Dhameja, S.K. (eds.).1999. Entrepreneurship in the 21st

Century. New Delhi: Rawat Publications.14. Swedberg, Richard (ed.).2000. Entrepreneurship: The Social Science View. New

Delhi.Oxford University Press.15. Tripathi, D. and Jumani Jyoti. 2007. The Concise Oxford History of Indian

Business. New Delhi: Oxford University press.



SOL–438: MEDIA AND SOCIETY

Credits: 4

Unit 1- Introduction to Media and SocietyExploring different definitions of media; Media and Modernity; Key concepts: mediamarkets, products, ideology, hegemony, audience, discourse ; Social history of mediamodernity, media modernity and state in India; Culture and society, Cultural studies andmedia studies

Unit II- Theories and methodsTheories of Media: Theoretical Approaches: Mass Society, Functionalism, Politicaleconomy, Social Constructionist; Methodologies of media research- old and new media(Ethnography, Audience research, Textual analysis and Discourse analysis).

Note: Discussion on movie or documentary provided by instructor.

Unit IIINation and politics of television, media, state and market; Nation and politics oftelevision; media, new media and democracy; Politics of Representation, Media powerand exclusions, alternative media

Note: Discussion on movie or documentary provided by instructor

Readings:1. Adorno, T and Horkheimer, M (1993). The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as

Mass Deception in S. During (ed), The Cultural Studies Reader, London:Routledge.

2. Berger, P. L., & Luckmann, T. (1966).The social construction of reality: a treatisein the sociology of knowledge. Garden City: Doubleday.

3. Burton, Graeme (2005). Media and society : critical perspectives.UK :McGraw-Hill.

4. Chaudhury, M. (2000). ‘Feminism’ in print media. Indian journal of genderstudies, 7 (1), 263- 288.

5. Hall, Stuart (2001). Cultural representation and signifying practice. Sage:London

6. Hodkinson Paul (2011) Media, Culture and Society, London: Sage Publications.



7. Klaus. B. Jensen (2002). A handbook of media and communication research:Qualitative and quantitative methodologies London: Routledge.

8. Merton, R. K. (1946) , The Social and cultural context, in Mass Persuasion: Thesocial psychology of a war bond Drive.

9. Park, R. E (1940). News as a form of knowledge: A chapter in the sociology ofknowledge. American journal of sociology, 45 (1), 669–686.

10. Park, R. E. (1922). The immigrant press and its control. New York: Harper &Brothers.

11. Rajagopal, A. (2001). Politics after television: religious nationalism and thereshaping of the Indian public. UK: Cambridge University Press.

12. Rajagopal, A. (2010). The Indian Public sphere: Readings in media history. NewDelhi: OUP

13. Rao, U. (2012). Habits of Democracy: Newswriting and the reworking ofdemocratic traditionsin India, Communication, Politics & Culture.

14. Sonwalker, P. (2001). India: Makings of little Cultural/Media imperialism?International Communication Gazette, 63, 505- 519.

15. Thompson, J. (1997/2005): Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of Media.Cambridge: Polity Press

16. Uberoi, P. (1998). The diaspora comes home: Disciplining desire inDDLJ.Contributions to Indian Sociology, 32 (2): 305-336.



SOL–439: SOCIOLOGY OF CRIME

Credits: 4

Unit–IMeaning and Scope of Criminology: Perspectives on Crime Causation: Psychological,Sociological, Economic and Political, Crimes against Women and Children.Types of Crime: Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, Victimless Crime.

Unit–IITheories of Punishment : Retributive, Deterrent, Reformative, Alternatives toImprisonment: Probation, Parole, Open prisons, After Care and Rehabiliation.The Criminal Justice System: The Police and the Courts.

Unit–IIIVictimologyl and its Implications: Victimological Perspective, Victim’s Responsibilityin Crime, Compensation to Victims.

References:1. Drapkin, Ismail and Viano Emilio.1975. Victimology: A New Focus, London:

Lesington Press.2. Goel Rakesh M and Manohar S. Powar.1994. Computer Crime: Concept, Control

and Prevention, Bombay: Sysman Computers.3. Lilly, J. Robert, Francis T. Wallen and Richard Ball.1995. A Criminological

Theory: Contexts and consequences. New Delhi: Sage Publications.4. Makkar,S.P.Singh and Paul C. Friday. 1993.Global Perspectives in Criminology.

Jalandhar: ABC Publications.5. Reid, Suetitus.1995. Crime and Criminology. Illinayse: Deyden Press.6. Ryan Patrick J and George Rush. 1997. Understanding organized crimes in

Global Perspectives. London: Sage Publications.7. Seth, Mira.2001. Women and Development: The Indian Experience:New Delhi:

Sage Publications.8. Sutherland, Edwin. H and Donald R. Cressey.1968. Principles of Criminology,

Bombay: The Times of India Press.9. Weisburd, Dand and Kip Schlegal: White Collar Crime Reconsidered Boston:

Northeastern University Press



SOL–440: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

Credits: 4Unit–I

Introduction to Medical Sociology: Definition and Scope,Sociological Theories: Durkheim,Goffman, Cooley, Max Weber, Foucault andHerbermas, Social Structure and Health: Inequality and Social class.

Unit–IISociology in Medicine: Culture and Health, Social etiology of disease, Illness behaviour,Social Pathology, Social and Preventive Medicine, Social role of medicine. Sociology ofHealth seeking behaviour: Approaches, models.

Unit–IIISociology of Medicine: Medicine as a profession, Medical training, Primary care andSecondary Care. Socio of Hospitals: Study of various roles such as: of doctor patient andnurse in the hospital. Medicalization and demedicalization system of medicine andmedical pluralism. Inequality, inequity and dehealthism in India.

References:

1. Brown, Phil.1996. Perspectives in Medical Sociology Illnois: Klaveland Press.2. Cockerham, William.C. 1997. Medical Sociology, New Jersey: Prentice. Hall Inc.3. Conrad, Peter et. al. 2000. Handbook of Medical Sociology. New Jersey: Prentice

Hall.4. Goa, R.M. 1970. Sociology of Medicine, New York: McGraw Hill.5. Goffman, Erving: 1972. Encounters: Two Studies in the Sociology of Interaction,

London: Allen Lane.6. H. Freeman, S. Levince and L. Reader (eds.).1972. Handbook of Medical

Sociology. New Jerse: Prentice Hall, Inc.7. Hasan, K.1967. The Cultural Frontiers of Health in Village India, Bombay:

Mankatlas.8. Mechanic David.1978. Medical Sociology, London: Macmillan.9. Merton, Robert K.1961. The Student Physician, Cambridge.10. Kuntson, AL–1961, The Individual, Society and Health, Russel: Sage.11. Scambler, Graham (ed.).1987. Sociological Theory and Medical Sociology.

London: Tavistock Publications.

Documents

Bridge Course in Sociologygndu.ac.in/syllabus/201415/ARTSOC/BRIDGE COURSE... · (ii) Symbolic Interactionism; Basic Premises, G. H. Mead: Mind, Self and Society, Herbert Blumer: Society