Indian Society and Social Problems

Paper Code: 
MSW122
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To orient the students about basic sociological concepts.

•        To understand the complex networking of social relationships, the role of norms, values and belief systems in influencing social behaviours.

•        To sensitize the students about the emergence of various social problems, policy frame work and to help them learn to apply professional skills to deal with them.

12.00
Unit I: 

Meaning & features of Elements of Society : Community, Associations and institutions.

•        Social Groups : Primary, secondary, reference, In Groups and out Groups.

12.00
Unit II: 

Concept of social deviance and Social Problems : Crime and Delinquency 

•        Sociological Theories of Crime

•        Problems of Crime and Delinquency in India.

•        Social Problems in India: Old age, Destitution, Beggary, Suicide, Prostitution

12.00
Unit III: 

Structure and change in Indian Social institutions : Family and Marriage.

•        Problems of family and marriage in India : Divorce, desertion, widowhood, dowry, family conflicts.

•        Women’s status and Feminism in India : Patriarchy & Gender

12.00
Unit IV: 
  • Concepts of social structure and sub structure.

•        Social structure and social stratification

•        Study of Casteism,  Communalism, Regionalism and Youth Unrest with reference to applications in social work

12.00
Unit V: 
  • Social Processes: Socialization, Co-operation, conflict and social control.
  •        Socialization and the development of social self.

 

 

References: 
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  • Dube, S.C. 1958: India’s Changing Villages (London :Routledge and Kegan Paul)
  • Karve, Irawati, 1961: Hindu Society : An Interpretation (Poona Deccan College)
  • Lannoy, Richad, 1971: The Speaking Tree : A Study of Indian Society and Culture (Delhi : Oxford University Press)
  • Mandelbaum, D.G., 1970  Society in India Bombay: Popular Prakashan
  • Srinivas, M.N., 1980 India: Social Structure New Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corp.
  • Karve, Irawati, 1961  Hindu Society : An Interpretation Poona Deccan College
  • Dumont, L 1970. Homo Hierarchus: Caste System and Its Implications, Chicago.
  • Ghurye, G.S., Caste and Class in India, Bombay, 1957, Indina Sadus, Bombay, 1958.
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  • Sharma, K.L. Social Stratification and Mobility.
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Academic Session: 
2019-20
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