Contents
- 1 CUCET Sociology Syllabus
- 1.1 UNIT-1: Introducing Indian Society
- 1.2 UNIT-2: Demographic Structure and Indian Society
- 1.3 UNIT-3: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change
- 1.4 UNIT-4: Market as a Social Institution
- 1.5 UNIT-5: Pattern of Social Inequality and Exclusion
- 1.6 UNIT-6: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity
- 1.7 UNIT-7: Structural Change
- 1.8 UNIT-8: Cultural Change
- 1.9 UNIT-9: The Story of Democracy
- 1.10 UNIT-10: Change and Development in Rural Society
- 1.11 UNIT-11: Change and Development in Industrial Society
- 1.12 UNIT-12: Globalisation and Social Change
- 1.13 UNIT-13: Mass Media and Communication Process
- 1.14 UNIT-14: Social Movements
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CUCET Sociology Syllabus
UNIT-1: Introducing Indian Society
Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community
UNIT-2: Demographic Structure and Indian Society
Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions
UNIT-3: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change
- Family and Kinship
- The Caste System
UNIT-4: Market as a Social Institution
Market as a Social Institution
UNIT-5: Pattern of Social Inequality and Exclusion
- Caste Prejudice, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes
- Marginalization of Tribal Communities
- The Struggle for Women’s Equality
- The Protection of Religious Minorities
- Caring for the Differently Abled
UNIT-6: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity
- Problems of Communalism, Regionalism, Casteism and Patriarchy
- Role of the State in a Plural and Unequal Society
- What We Share
UNIT-7: Structural Change
Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization
UNIT-8: Cultural Change
- Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization
- Social Reform Movements and Laws
UNIT-9: The Story of Democracy
- The Constitution as an instrument of Social Change
- Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics
- Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of Social Transformation
UNIT-10: Change and Development in Rural Society
Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Agrarian Society
UNIT-11: Change and Development in Industrial Society
- From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
- Changes in the Class Structure
UNIT-12: Globalisation and Social Change
- Meaning and Nature of Globalisation: Economic Dimension, Cultural Dimension
- Theories of Social Change: Cyclical, Structure-Functionalist theory, Linear Theory of social Change.
- Factors of Social Change
UNIT-13: Mass Media and Communication Process
- Understanding Mass Media and Communication: Meaning and Definition
- Elements, Process and Functions of Communication
- Types of Mass-Media
UNIT-14: Social Movements
- Concept of Social Movement
- Types of Social Movements
- Theories of Social Movement: Relative Deprivation Theory, The Strain Theory
- Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants
- Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Castes, Trends in Upper Caste
- Responses
- Women’s Movements in Independent India
- Tribal Movements
- Environmental Movements