SOCIETY IN INDIA

Paper Code: 
CSOC 201
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO6: Demonstrate an understanding of cultural plurality and National integration

CO7: Analyze certain features specific to Indian society like caste, class and tribe

CO8: Identify the problems of rural and urban societies and suggest possible solutions.

CO9: Examine the features and changing trends in family and kinship

CO10: Assess the status of women through the ages andConstruct socio-cultural frameworks to address women’s issues

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Self- learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation
 
18.00
Unit I: 
UNIT-I
  • India as Plural Society: Cultural Plurality and Ethnic Diversity in India;
    Unity in Diversity
  • Multi-culturalism: Concept, approaches
  • National Integration: Concept, Significance, Role of youth

 

18.00
Unit II: 
UNIT-II

                                                                                                                      

  • Caste System: Meaning, Characteristics and Functions; Theories of
    origin of Caste, Changes in the Caste System.
  • Class System: Meaning, Features
  • Emergence and significance of Middle Class
18.00
Unit III: 
Unit III
  • Village: Meaning and Features; Problems of Indian Villages.
  • Urban society: Meaning, Features, Problems of Urban societies
  • The Rural - Urban Contrast and Convergence
18.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT-IV
  • Family: Meaning, Types and Functions
  • Kinship: Concept and Usages
  • Tribes: Meaning and Features, Problems

 

18.00
Unit V: 
UNIT-V

Identities and Change:

  • Dalit movement: Factors and Impact, Contribution of Jyotirao Phule,
    M.K. Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar
  • Status of women in various ages (Vedic, Medieval and Modern),
    Problems of women, Development and welfare of women
Essential Readings: 

SUGGESTED TEXTBOOKS:

  • Shah A.M., 2019, (2nd Edition). The Structure of Indian Society: Then and Now, New Delhi: Taylor & Francis
  • Ahuja, Ram, 1999, Society in India: Concepts, Theories and Recent Trends, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.
  • Verma Pawan K. 1998, The Great Indian Middle Class, Delhi: Penguin Books.
  • Tumin Melvin M., 1987 (2nd Edition). Social Stratification, New Delhi: Printice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
References: 

SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS:

  • Dube, S.C. 1990: Society in India, New Delhi : National Book Trust
  • Dube, S.C. 1995: Indian Village. London : Routledge
  • 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.
  • Dumont, L 1970. Homo Hierarchus: Caste System and Its Implications, Chicago: Chicago University Press
  • Ghurye, G.S.,1957. Caste and Class in India, Bombay,
  • Sharma, K.L.; 2007; Indian Social Structure and Change, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.
  • Gore, M.S.; 2002, Unity in Diversity, Jaipur:Rawat Publications.
  • Bose, N.K. 1967. Culture and Society in India. Bombay: Asia Publishing House
  • Kothari, Rajni 1995. Caste in Indian Politics. New Delhi: Orient Longman

 

e-RESOURCES:

 

 REFERENCE  JOURNALS:

  • Sociological Bulletin, Sage Publications
  • Contributions to Indian Sociology, Sage Publications
  • American Sociological review, Sage Publications
Academic Session: 
2023-24
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