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Rural Sociology [1]

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

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.

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  • Rural Sociology: Origin and Development
  • Rural urban difference and convergence

 

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  • Basic Concepts:
  • Little Community and  Peasant Society
  • Little and Great Traditions;  Universalization and Parochialization

 

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  • Rural Social Institutions:
  • Rural family;  Caste system in rural India
  • Agrarian Economy

 

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  • Problems of Rural Society: Poverty and Illiteracy
  • Peasant movements in pre and post-independent India

 

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  • 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: 
2021-22 [2]

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[2] https://sociology.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-session/2021-22