JKPSC Syllabus for the post of Lecturer 10+2 (Sociology)

I. Introduction to Sociology 1. Sociology: Discipline and Perspectives  Definition, Nature and scope; Emergence and Development of Sociology as a Discipline: French and Industrial revolution; Enlightment and its impact  Understanding Sociological Perspectives  Relationship of Sociology with other Social Science 2. Sociological Concepts  Society, Community, Association and Social Group  Status and Role; Norms and Values  Culture: Definition, Types and its allied concepts  Social Stratification, Race and Ethnicity 3. Social Institutions  Family, Marriage, Kinship, Education and Religion 4. Social Processes  Socialisation  Social Change  Competition and Conflict  Social Control II. Sociological Thoughts and Theories 1. Classical Sociological Traditions  August Comte: Law of three stages, Positivism, Social Statics and Social Dynamics  Karl Marx: Historical Materialism, Dialectical materialism, Alienation in the capitalist society  Emile Durkheism: Concept of Social Facts, Division of labour; Mechanical and organic solidarity  Max Weber: Theory of social action-types of social action and Theory of authority, Types of authority and bases of their legitimacy 2. Functionalism and Neo-Functionalism  Talcott Parsons; General Theory of Action and Social System  R.K. Merton; Critique of functional analysis: Latent and Manifest Functions  J. Alexander; Neo-Functionalism 3. Interactionist perspectives  Ineractionism and Dramaturgical Approach: GH. Mead and H. Blumer  Phenomenological Sociology: A. Schutz, Peter Burger and Thomas Luckmann  Ethnomethodology: H. Garfinkel 4. Structuralism and Post-Structuralism  Anthony Giddens: Structuration  Jacques Derrida: Deconstruction  Michael Foucault: Discourse, Knowledge and Power  Marx critique and dialetics of conflict: R. Dahrendorf III. Methodoloy of Social Research 1. Nature of Social Reality and its Approaches  Scientific method in social research  Theory Building  Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Research  Ethical Questions in Social Research 2. Quantitative methods and survey research  Hypothesis and its types  Survey techniques  Operationalization and research design  Sampling: Probability and Non-Probability  Scaling and Measurement  Questionnaire, Interview and interview schedule 3. Qualitative research techniques in social research  Observation  Case Study Method  Content Analysis  Ethnography  Validity and Reliability 4. Data Analysis  Coding, Editing and Tabulation  Interpretation and Drawing Inferences  Bibliography and Report Writing. IV. Sociology of Family Marriage and Kinship 1. Kinship  Defining Kinship; Incest Taboo; Descent Groups and Descent Theory; Inheritance and its Rules; Kinship Usages; Kinship Terminology 2. Family  Definition; Structure and Function; Theoretical Perspectives on Study of Family; Changing trends of Family Structure; Changing Care and Support Systems 3. Marriage  Marriage; Meaning and Evolution; Alliance Theory; Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Exchange; Prescriptive and Preferential Marriage Rules of Residence V. Sociology of Religion 1 Introduction  Meaning and Scope of Sociology of Religion  Ritual, Beliefs and Practices  Magic, Religion and Science 2. Sociological Interpretation of Religion  Origin of Religion (Evolutionary)  Durkheim and Sociological Functionalism  Max Weber and Phenomenology  Karl Marx and Dialectical Materialism 3. Religions of India and their Components  Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, Saints/Sants, Shrines VI. Sociology of Change and Development 1. Concepts and approaches to Social Change  Basic Concepts; Progress, Development and Change  Social and Cultural Change  Evolutionary and Functional Approaches 2. Modernisation and Development  Modernization and Development, Centre-Periphery  Development of Underdevelopment Thesis- G Grank  World Modern System Theory- I. Wallerstein 3. Focussed Areas of Development  Environment and Development  Population and Development  Gender and Disadvantaged Groups VII. Indian Society: Structure and Change 1. Conceptualising Indian Society  Evolution of Indian Society  Composition of Indian Society  Ethnic Identity and Assertion 2. Theoretical Perspectives  Indological/Textual (GS Ghurye/Louis Dumont)  Structural-Functional (M.N. Srinivas. S.C. Dube)  Marxian (D.P. Mukherjee, A.R. Desai)  Subaltem (Ranjit Guha, B. R. Ambedkar) 3. Caste and Class in India  Varna and Jati  Features and Origin of Caste System  Changes in Caste System  Agrarian Class Structure  Urban and Industrial Class Structure  Emergence and Role of Middle Class 4. Processes of Social Change  Sanskritization  Westernisation  Modernisation  Secularisation VIII. Rural Society in India 1. Understanding Rural Sociology  Origin and Scope of Rural Sociology  Conceptualizing Peasants  Rural-Urban Continuum  Village Studies in India 2. Rural Society and Change  Rural Development and Planned Change  Land Reforms and Change  Panchayati Raj System  Major Movements in India  Rural Poverty IX. Urban Society in India 1. Urban Sociology  Nature and Scope of Urban Sociology  Concept: Urban, Urbanization and Urbanism  Urban Planning and Development 2. Urban Problems in India  Urban Problems: Environment, Housing, Poverty and Slums  Migration  Changing Urban Space and recent trends X. Social Movements in India 1. Social Movements and Change  Social Movement: Concept and Typology  Dynamics of Social Movement  Theoretical Perspectives: Relative Deprivation, Conflict and structuralStrain Theory 2. Social Movements in India  Nationalist Movement  Tribal Movement  Environmental Movement  Dalit Movement XI. Environment and Sustainable Development 1. Concepts and Issues  Environmental Sociology, Social Ecology  Global Issues and Redressal (Earth Summit) 2. Theoretical Approaches  Classical Sociological Tradation  Gidden and Beck: Risk Theory  Ecological Modernisation Theory 3. Sustainable Development  Sustainable Development and its components  Environmental Legislations  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  Role of Government and Non-Government Organisations XII. Gender and Society 1. Social Construction of Gender  Gender Vs Biology  LGBT: Third Gender  Masculinity and Femininity  Gender Role Socialization  Patriarchy as Ideology and Practice 2. Theoretical Feminist Perspectives  Liberal  Radical  Socialist  Post Modernist 3. Women in India  Status of women in Contemporary India  Women’s Empowerment; Local Governance;  Constitutional Provisions and State Initiatives  Gender Issues in India XIII. Marginalized Communities in India  Marginalization: Socio Economic Indices  Perpectives on Marginalization; Jyotiba Phule, Ambedkar, Gandhi and Lohiya  Constitutional Provisons, Implementation and Impact XIV. Health and Sanitation  Emergence of Sociology of Health  Social Aspects of Health and Illness  Scavenging Caste and Social Deprivation  Sanitation and Awareness  Sanitation Policies in India; Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Sulabh Sanitation Movement  Sanitation and Law