Social Stratification (Theory) Credits: 06

Paper Code: 
24DSOC601(A)
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to develop sociological insights about social realities characterized by stratification, exclusion and inclusion.

 

18.00
Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course

Title

 

24DSOC601(a)

 

 

Social Stratification

(Theory)

CO31: Examine the conceptualand  theoretical perspectives of social stratification
CO32: Evaluate the pervasive nature of social inequality and its contextual variations
CO33: Analyze how persistence of inequality in various forms and tensions in social life
CO34: Examine the nature of social exclusion

CO35: Examine the relevance of social inclusion for moving towards egalitarian society

CO36:  Contribute effectively in course specific interaction

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, DebatesTutorials, Reading assignments

 

 

Learning activities for the students: Self- learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation through community surveys,presentation.

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation

 

Unit I: 
Basic Concepts and Theories of Social Stratification

 

  • Social Stratification: Concept, Features and Theories: Functionalist and
    Conflict theory

 

                                                                                                 

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18.00
Unit II: 
Equality and Justice
  • Concept of equality of opportunity and equality of outcome, inequality
    and hierarchy
  • Harmonic and Disharmonic Social System
  • Issues of equality and Social Justice
18.00
Unit III: 
Forms of Social Stratification

 Race ,Caste , Class, Gender, Caste –Class Intersections

18.00
Unit IV: 
Social Exclusion
  • Social Exclusion: Concept, Classical and Neo-Liberal views
  •  Poverty and Social Exclusion in India

 

18.00
Unit V: 
Social Inclusion
  • Concept, Impediments in social inclusion
  •  Financial and social schemes for inclusive growth in India

 

Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings:

  • Béteille,  A.  1983.  ‘Introduction  in  Andre  Béteille  (ed.):  Equality  and
  • Inequality: Theory and Practice; Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp.1‐27.
  • Gupta, D. 1991. ‘Hierarchy and Difference’ in Dipankar Gupta (ed.):

           Social Stratification Delhi: Oxford University Press , pp 1‐21.

References: 

Suggested Readings:

  • William, Jutius Wilson 1978, The Declining Significance of Race:Blacks and Changing American Institution. University of Chicago Press,
  1. 1 – 23 & 183‐188.
  • Breigher,R.L.(ed)1990. Social Mobility and Social Structure. New York; Cambridge University Press, Ch. 5, pp.103‐30.
  • Grusky, D.V. 1994. Social Stratification Perspective. Boulder: Westview Press, Part I V, pp 245‐264.
  • Macleod, Jay. 1987. ‘Leveled Aspirations: Social Reproduction Takes its

Toll’, in Ain’t No Makin It: Aspirations and Attainment in a LowIncome

Neighbourhood. USA: Westview Press, pp. 112‐136.

  • Bettie,  Julie.  2003.  Women  without  Class:  Girls,  Race,  and  Identity.

California: University of California Press, pp 57-94.

 

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Academic Session: 
2024-25
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