Syllabus for PhD (Sociology) Entrance Examination for Applicants with Sociology Background 01 Classical Sociological Theory The socio-historical and intellectual background of Sociology; August Comte (Sociology ─ Positivism social evolution); Karl Marx (historical and dialectical materialism class conflict ─ ─ capital base and super structure); Emile Durkheim (social Fact methodology social ─ ─ ─ ─ solidarity social change religion and society); Max Weber (social ─ ─ Action─ methodology─ authority class, status and power religion and economy) ─ ─ 02 Modern Sociological Theory Conflict Theory and Neo-Marxism (Lewis Coser Ralf Dahrendorf Antonio Gramsci Louis ─ ─ ─ Althusser Habermas) Functionalism and Neo-Functionalism Merton ─ (Talcott Parsons─ Robert Sociology (G.H. Mead Harold Garfinkel Erving ─Jefferey Alexander) Interpretative ─ ─ Goffman Alfred Schutz Peter Berger Luckmann) ─ ─ ─ 03 Social Research Method Meaning and nature (social phenomena scientific enquiry objectivity and subjectivity fact ─ ─ ─ and value); Quantitative methods (survey research design hypothesis sampling , ─ ─ ─ techniques of data collection: observation, questionnaire and interview); Qualitative methods (participant observation case study content analysis oral history life history); Statistical ─ ─ ─ ─ tools (measures of of dispersion correlation test of significance central tendency─ measures ─ ─ reliability and validity). ─ 04 Sociology of India Approaches to the Study of Indian Society (Indology Civilizational Functional Marxist ─ ─ ─ ─ Subaltern); People of India (groups and and diversity pluralism); Caste communities─ unity ─ structure and change (Tribe and of caste caste and social institutions changes Caste─ forms ─ ─ in caste system); Rural social structure (village community change in village community); ─ Family, kinship and marriage; Religion in India (ideology organization religious movement) ─ ─ 05 Social Stratification Theories of social stratification (social class class, status, and party cultural stratification); ─ ─ Issues in stratification (difference hierarchy equality and inequality); Forms of stratification ─ ─ (caste class gender ethnic); Stratification and social mobility in India. ─ ─ ─
Syllabus for PhD (Sociology) Entrance Examination for Applicants with Sociology Background 01 Classical Sociological Theory The socio-historical and intellectual background of Sociology; August Comte (Sociology ─ Positivism ─ social evolution); Karl Marx (historical and dialectical materialism ─ class conflict ─ capital ─ base and super structure); Emile Durkheim (social Fact ─ methodology ─ social solidarity ─ social change ─ religion and society); Max Weber (social Action─ methodology─ authority ─ class, status and power ─ religion and economy) 02 Modern Sociological Theory Conflict Theory and Neo-Marxism (Lewis Coser ─ Ralf Dahrendorf ─ Antonio Gramsci ─ Louis Althusser ─ Habermas) Functionalism and Neo-Functionalism (Talcott Parsons─ Robert Merton ─Jefferey Alexander) Interpretative Sociology (G.H. Mead ─ Harold Garfinkel ─ Erving Goffman ─ Alfred Schutz ─ Peter Berger ─ Luckmann) 03 Social Research Method Meaning and nature (social phenomena ─ scientific enquiry ─ objectivity and subjectivity ─ fact and value); Quantitative methods (survey ─ research design ─ hypothesis ─ sampling , techniques of data collection: observation, questionnaire and interview); Qualitative methods (participant observation ─ case study ─ content analysis ─ oral history ─ life history); Statistical tools (measures of central tendency─ measures of dispersion ─ correlation ─ test of significance ─ reliability and validity). 04 Sociology of India Approaches to the Study of Indian Society (Indology ─ Civilizational ─ Functional ─ Marxist ─ Subaltern); People of India (groups and communities─ unity and diversity ─ pluralism); Caste structure and change (Tribe and Caste─ forms of caste ─ caste and social institutions ─ changes in caste system); Rural social structure (village community ─ change in village community); Family, kinship and marriage; Religion in India (ideology ─ organization ─ religious movement) 05 Social Stratification Theories of social stratification (social class ─ class, status, and party ─ cultural stratification); Issues in stratification (difference ─ hierarchy ─ equality and inequality); Forms of stratification (caste ─ class ─ gender ─ ethnic); Stratification and social mobility in India.
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