Rural Sociology

Paper Code: 
SOC 124
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The  objectives of this course are:

  1. To focus the attention on the need of a sociological perspective in studying rural life
  2.  To portray the picture of the multi-sided and complex rural life and the emerging trends.

 

Course outcomes(COs)

 

 

COURSE

 

Learning outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment strategies

 

Paper code

 

 

 

Paper title

 

SOC 124

Rural Sociology

 

CO14:Discuss the development of rural sociology and to identify its basic concepts

CO15:Understand the agrarian social structure and discuss the constraints and issues in rural      development.

CO16:Demonstrate skills that can contribute to reconstruction of rural institutions, rural development programmes in terms of planning and critically evaluating the same.

CO17:Analyze the dynamics of change in traditions

CO18:Explore the multi-faceted and complex rural life and the emerging trends.

 

Approach in teaching:

Lecture and Classroom Discussions (Tool-Power Point Presentations)

Learning activities for the students :

Exposure to reality with the help of virtual media and field visits to rural areas, Classroom discussion using case studies, Classroom discussions on the basis of assignments.

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
 
12.00
  • 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
  • Problems of Rural Society: Poverty and Illiteracy
  • Peasant movements in pre and post-independent India
12.00
  • 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: 

Core 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.

 

Supplementary Readings

 

  • 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

Journals

  • Journal of Rural Development, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad
  • Indian Growth and Development Review, Emerald Group Publications
Academic Session: 
2020-21
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