UPPSC Main Exam 2010 Syllabus for Sociology
UPPSC 2010 Syllabus for Sociology (Subject Code 08):
Paper - I
General Sociology (Section - A)
Fundamentals of Sociology and Study of Social Phenomena: Emergence of Sociology, its nature and scope. Methods of study; Problem of objectivity and issues of measurement in Social Science; Sampling; Research Design: Descriptive, Exploratory and Experimental: Techniques of data collection; Observation. Interview schedule and questionnaire Theoretical Perspective Functionalist: Redcliffe Brown, Malinowski and Merton. Conflict Theory Karl Marx, Raif Dahrendorf and Lewiscoser. Symbolic Interactionism : C.H.Cooley, G.H.Mead and Herbert Blumer. Structionslism-Levi: Strauss. S.F. Nadel, Parson and Merton. Pioneers in Sociology: A. Comte-Positivism and Hierarchy of Sciences. H Spencer-Organic analogy and the doctrine of evolution. KMarx-Dlalectical materiaslism and alienation. E. Durkheim-Division of labour. Sociology of religion. Max Weber-Social action and idea type. Social Stratification and Differentiation: Concept. Theories of Stratification: Marx Weber. Davis and Moore, Types-Caste and Class. Status and Role, Social Mobilty-types: Occupational Mobility-Intra-Generabonal and inter Generational. Section - B
Marriage, Family and Kinship: Type and forms of marriage, impact of social legislation. Family; Structure and functions; Changing patterns of family; Family decent and kinship: Marriage and sex roles in modern society. Social Change and Development: Concept, Theories and Factors of Social Change, Social moment and change. State intervention. Social policy and development, Strategies of rural transformation; Community development programme. I.R.DP., TRYSEM and Jawahar Rojgar Yojana. Economic and Political System: Concept of property. Social dimensions of division of labour. Types of exchange. Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Social Development, Nature of Power. Personal, Community Elite. Class. Modes of political participation-Democratic and Authoritarian. Religion, Science and Technology: Concept Role and religious belief in traditional and modern societies. Ethos of science, Social responsibility and control of science; Social consequences of science and technology. Population and Society: Population size, Trends, Composition, Migration Growth, population Problems in India, Population, education.
Paper - II
Indian Social System (Section - A)
Bases of Indian Society: Traditional Indian Social Organisation: Dharma. Doctrine of Karma. Ashram Vyavastha Purushartha and Samskars: Socio - Cultural Dynamics impact if Buddhism. Islam and the west, Factors responsible for continuity and change. Social Stratiflcation: Caste system: Origin, Structural Cultural views. Changing patterns of caste: Caste and class: Issues of equality and social justice: Class structure in India-Agrarian and industrial: Emergence of middle class. Classes' among the tribes; Emergence of Dalits consciousness. Marriage Family and Kinship: Marriage among different ethic groups, its changing trends and future; Family-its structural and functional aspects Changing pattern, Impact of legislations and socio-economic changes of marriage and family. Regional variations in kinship system and its changing aspect. Economic and Political System: Jaimani System, Land tenure system. Social consequences of land reforms and liberalisation. Social Determinants of economic development, Green revoluation, Functioning of democratic political system. Political parties and their composition, Structural change and orientation among political elities. Decentralisation of power and political participation, Political implications to development. Education and Society: Dimension of education in traditional and modem societies. Educational equality and change; Education and social mobility. Problems of education among the weaker sections of the society.
Section - B
6. Tribal, Rural and Urban Social Organisation: Distinctive features of tribal communities and their distribution; Tribe and caste, Process Acculturation, Assimilation and integration. Problems of tribal's social identity: Sociocultural dimensions of village community; traditional power structure, Democratization and leadership. Community development programme leadership. Community development programme and Panchayti Raj, New strategies for rural transformation, community and change of traditional development in urban areas (Kinship, caste, occupation etc.,). Class structure and mobility in urban community: Ethnic diversity and community Integration. Urban neighbourhood. Rural urban differences. Demographic end socio-cultural practice.
7. Religion and Society: Size Growth and Regional distribution of different religious groups; inter religious Interaction and its manifecstaltonProblems of conversion. Community tensions. Secularism, Minority status and religious fundamentalism.
8. Population Dynamics: Socio-cultural aspects of sex, Age, Marital status. Fertility and mortality. The problem of population explosion, Socio-psychological cultural and Economic. Population policy and family welfare programme; Determinants and consequences of population growth.
9. Women and Society : Demographic profile of women Changes in their status; Special problems-dowry, atrocity, discrimination; welfare programmes for women & children.
10. Dimensions of Change and Development: Social change arid modemisation. indices, Constrains and respectlvity; Source of social change Endogenious and Exgenoius,. Processes of Social Change Sanskritisation, Westernisation and Modernisation, Agents of change. Mass media, Education and communication, problem of modernisation and planned change; Strategy and ideology of planning. Five year plans. Poverty alleviation programme; Environment. Unemployment and programme for urban development; social reform movement with special refemece to peasant movement. Backward classes movement, women and Dalit movement.
UPPSC Main Exam 2010 Syllabus for Sociology
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