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UGC NET Sociology Syllabus

There will be two question papers, UGC NET Paper II and Paper III ( Parts – A & B ). UGC NET Sociology Paper II will cover 50 Objective Type Questions ( Multiple choice, Matching type, True / False, Assertion – Reasoning type ) carrying 100 marks.

UGC NET Sociology Paper III will have two Parts – A and B; Paper III ( A ) will have 10 Short Essay Type questions ( 300 words ) carrying 16 marks each. In it there will be one question with internal choice from each unit ( ie. 10 questions from 10 units; Total marks will be 160 ).

UGC NET Sociology Paper III ( B ) will be compulsory and there will be one question from each of the Electives. The candidate will attempt only one question ( one elective only in 800 words ) carrying 40 marks. Total marks of Paper III will be 200.

UGC NET Sociology Paper II

A : Sociological Concepts

1. Nature of Sociology

Definition
Sociological Perspective

2. Basic Concepts

Community
Institution
Association
Culture
Norms and Values.

3. Social Structure

Status and role, their interrelationship.
Multiple roles, Role set. Status set, Status sequence.
Role conflict.

4. Social Group Meaning

Types : Primary – Secondary, Formal – Informal, Ingroup – Outgroup, Referencegroup.

5. Social Institutions

Marriage
Family
Education
Economy
Polity
Religion

6. Socialization

Socialization, Resocialization, Anticipatory socialization, Adult socialization
Agencies of socialization
Theories of socialization.

7. Social Stratification

Social differentiation, Hierarchy and Inequality
Forms of stratification : Caste, Class, Gender, Ethnic
Theories of social stratification
Social mobility.

8. Social Change

Concepts and Types : Evolution, Diffusion, Progress, Revolution, Transformation, Change in structure and Change of structure
Theories : Dialectical and Cyclical.

B : Sociological Theory

9. Structural

Nadel
Radclifife Brown
Levi – Strauss

10. Functional

Malinowski
Durkheim
Parsons
Merton

11. Interactionist

Social action : Max Weber, Pareto
Symbolic Interactionism : G. H. Mead, Blumer

12. Conflict

Karl Marx
Dahrendorf
Coser
Collins

C : Methodology

13. Meaning and Nature of Social Research

Nature of social phenomena
The scientific method
The problems in the study of social phenomena : Objectivity and subjectivity, fact and value.

14. Quantitative Methods

Survey
Research Design and its types
Hypothesis
Sampling
Techniques of data collection : Observation, Questionnaire, Schedule, Interview.

15. Qualitative Methods

Participant observation
Case study
Content analysis
Oral history
Life history

16. Statistics in Social Research

Measures of Central Tendency : Mean, Median, Mode
Measures of dispersion
Correlational analysis
Test of significance
Reliability and Validity

UGC NET Sociology Paper III ( A ) ( Core Group )

Unit – I : Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology

Alfred Shultz, Peter Berger and Luckmann
Garfinkel and Goffman

Unit – II : Neo – functionalism and Neo – Marxism

J. Alexander
Habermass, Althusser

Unit – III : Structuration and Post – Modernism

Giddens
Derrida
Foucault

Unit – IV : Conceptualising Indian Society

Peoples of India : Groups and Communities.
Unity in diversity.
Cultural diversity : Regional, linguistic, religious and tribal.

Unit – V : Theoretical Perspectives

Indological / Textual Perspective : G. S. Ghurye, Louis Dumont.
Structural – Functional Perspective : M. M.N. Srinivas, S. C. Dube.
Marxian Perspective : D. P. Mukherjee, A. R. Desai.
Civilisational Perspective : N. K. Bose, Surajit Sinha.
Subaltern Perspective : B. R. Ambedkar, David Hardiman.

Unit – VI : Contemporary Issues : Socio – cultural

Poverty
Inequality of caste and gender
Regional, ethnic and religious disharmonies.
Family disharmony : (a) Domestic violence (b) Dowry (c) Divorce (d) Intergenerational conflict.

Unit – VII : Contemporary Issues : Developmental

Population
Regional disparity
Slums
Displacement
Ecological degradation and environmental pollution
Health problems

Unit – VIII : Issues Pertaining to Deviance

Deviance and its forms
Crime and delinquency
White collar crime and corruption ,
Changing profile of crime and criminals
Drug addiction
Suicide

Unit – IX : Current Debates

Tradition and Modernity in India.
Problems of Nation Building : Secularism, Pluralism and Nation building.

Unit – X : The Challenges of Globalisation

Indianisation of Sociology
Privatisation of Education
Science and Technology Policy of India

UGC NET Sociology Paper III ( B ) ( ELECTIVE / OPTIONAL )

Elective – I: Rural Sociology

Approaches to the study of Rural Society :

Rural – Urban differences
Rurbanism
Peasant studies

Agrarian Institutions :

Land ownership and its types.
Agrarian relations and Mode of production debate.
Jajmani system and Jajmani relations.
Agrarian class structure.

Panchayati Raj System :

Panchayat before and after 73rd Amendment.
Rural Leadership and Factionalism.
Empowerment of people.

Social Issues and Strategies for Rural Development :

Bonded and Migrant labourers.
Pauperization and Depeasantisation.
Agrarian unrest and Peasant movements.

Rural Development and Change :

Trends of changes in rural society.
Processes of change : Migration – Rural to Urban and Rural to Rural Mobility : Social / Economic.
Factors of change.

Elective – II : Industry and Society

Industrial Society in the Classical Sociological Tradition :

Division of labour
Bureaucracy
Rationality
Production relations
Surplus value
Alienation

Industry and Society :

Factory as a social system
Formal and informal organization
Impact of social structure on industry
Impact of industry on society

Industrial Relations :

Changing profile of labour.
Changing labour – management relations.
Conciliation, adjudication, arbitration.
Collective bargaining.
Trade unions.
Worker’s participation in management ( Joint Management Councils ).
Quality circles.

Industrialisation and Social Change in India :

Impact of industrialization on family, education and stratification.
Class and class conflict in industrial society.
Obstacles to and limitations of industrialization.

Industrial Planning :

Industrial Policy
Labour legislation
Human relations in industry

Elective – III : Sociology of Development

Conceptual Perspectives on Development :

Economic growth
Human development
Social development
Sustainable development : Ecological and Social

Theories of Underdevelopment :

Liberal : Max Weber, Gunnar Myrdal.
Dependency : Centre – periphery ( Frank ), Uneven development ( Samir Amin ), World – system ( Wallerstein ).

Paths of Development :

Modernisation, Globalisation
Socialist
Mixed
Gandhian

Social Structure and Development :

Social structure as a facilitator / inhibitor.
Development and socio – economic disparities.
Gender and development.

Culture and Development :

Culture as an aid / impediment.
Development and displacement of tradition.
Development and upsurge of ethnic movements.

Elective – IV : Population and Society

Theories of Population Growth :
Malthusian.
Demographic transition.

Population Growth and Distribution in India :
Growth of Indian population since 1901.
Determinants of population.

Concepts of Fertility, Mortality, Morbidity and Migration :
Age and Sex composition and its consequences.
Determinants of fertility.
Determinants of mortality, infant, child and maternal mortality
Morbidity rates.
Determinants and consequences of migration.

Population and Development :
Population as a constraint on and a resource for development.
Socio – cultural factors affecting population growth.

Population Control :
Population policy : Problems and perspectives
Population education
Measures taken for population control

Elective – V : Gender and Society
Gender as a Social Construct :
Models of Gendered socialisation.
Cultural symbolism and general roles.

Social Structure and Gender Inequality :
Patriarchy and Matriarchy.
Division of Labour – Production and reproduction.

Theories of Gender Relations :

Liberalist
Radical
Socialist
Post – modernist

Gender and Development :

Effect of development policies on gender relations.
Perspectives on gender and development – Welfarist, developmentalist
Empowerment.

Women and Development in India :

Indicators of women’s status : Demographic, social, economic and cultural.
Special schemes and strategies for women’s development.
Voluntary sector and women’s development.
Globalisation and women’s development
Eco – feminism.