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Rural Sociology
Paper Code:
24SOC124
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable the students focus the attention on the need of a sociological perspective in studying rural life and develop the approach to study rural problems. It further attempts to portray the picture of the multi-sided and complex rural life and the emerging trends.
12.00
Unit I:
Development of Rural Sociology and Rural-Urban Society
- Rural Sociology: Origin and Development
- Rural urban difference and convergence
12.00
Unit II:
Basic Concepts
- Little Community and Peasant Society
- Little and Great Traditions; Universalization and Parochialization
12.00
Unit III:
Rural Social Institutions
Rural family; Caste system in rural India
Agrarian Economy
12.00
Unit IV:
Problems of Rural Society and Peasant Movements
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- Problems of Rural Society: Poverty and Illiteracy
- Peasant movements in pre and post-independent India
12.00
Unit V:
Rural Development in India
·Planned change for rural communities
- Community Development Programme, Integrated Rural Development Programme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Acts
- Rural Power Structure and Leadership
Essential Readings:
- Desai, A.R. 2019. (5th Edition), Rural Sociology in India, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
- Doshi, S.L. & Jain, P.C. 2002, Rural Sociology. Jaipur: Rawat Publications.
- Singh, A.K. 2014. Fundamentals of Rural Sociology. New Delhi: Anmol Publications.
References:
- Singh Manmohan. 2018, Rural Sociology in India, New Delhi:Rajat Publications .
- Joshi R.P. & Narwani G.S. 2016, Panchayati Raj in India: Emerging across the States.Jaipur: Rawat Publications
- Gillette, J.M. 1927, Rural Sociology, Washington: American Sociological Society.
- Marriott, McKim. 1968, Village India, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Singh, Yogendra. 2004, Modernization of Indian Tradition, Rawat Publications.
- Chauhan Brijraj, 2012, Study of a Rajasthan Village, Jaipur, Jaipur: Rawat Publications
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