Sociology (Optional)

33 topics

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Sociology: The Discipline (Modernity, Scope & Relationship)

2

Sociology as Science (Methods, Objectivity, Positivism)

3

Research Methods & Analysis (Survey, Fieldwork, Sampling)

4

Sociological Thinkers: Karl Marx

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Sociological Thinkers: Emile Durkheim

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Sociological Thinkers: Max Weber

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Sociological Thinkers: Parsons, Merton & G.H. Mead

8

Stratification & Mobility (Theories, Dimensions, Social Mobility)

9

Works & Economic Life (Division of Labour, Formal & Informal)

10

Politics & Society (Power, Authority, Pressure Groups, Nation)

11

Religion & Society (Sociology of Religion, Secularization)

12

Systems of Kinship (Family, Household, Marriage)

13

Social Change in Modern Society (Modernization, Globalization)

14

Perspectives on Indian Society (Indology, Structural-Functionalism)

15

Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Society

16

Rural & Agrarian Social Structure

17

Caste System: Structure, Theories & Changes

18

Untouchability & Caste Mobility (Sanskritization, Dominant Caste)

19

Tribal Communities in India

20

Social Classes in India (Agrarian, Industrial, Middle Class)

21

Systems of Kinship in India (Lineage, Descent, Regional)

22

Religion & Society in India (Pluralism, Communalism, Syncretism)

23

Visions of Social Change (Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar, Lohia)

24

Rural & Agrarian Transformation

25

Industrialization & Urbanization in India

26

Politics & Society in India (Parties, Regionalism, Decentralization)

27

Social Movements in India (Peasant, Women's, Dalit, Environmental)

28

Population Dynamics (Growth, Composition, Policy)

29

Challenges of Social Transformation (Development Crisis, Violence)

30

Weaker Sections & Minorities (SC/ST/OBC/Women)

31

Education & Social Change

32

Women's Issues: Patriarchy, Gender & Development

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Urbanization & Environmental Challenges