PAPER 1.3. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY- TEXT BOOK

PAPER 1.3. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY

SCHEME OF PAPER: MAX. MARKS: 100 MIN. PASS MARKS: 36

This paper shall consist of following two parts: (a) Written paper — 70 marks (b) Internal examination — 30 marks (15+10+5) Mid Semester Test: 15 marks Project/Assignment:10 marks Presentation: 05 marks (1) The question paper shall be divided into two (02) Parts viz. Part – A and Part – B. (2) Part – A shall consist of five (05) compulsory questions of two (02) marks each whereas Part – B shall consist of seven (07) questions. The Candidate is required to attempt any four (04) questions. All questions carry equal marks. (3) The prescribed syllabus includes latest amendments in the subject wherever applicable.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE: To introduce students with the emergence of sociology and basic concepts used in the discipline. The course content will apprise students with the relationship of Sociology and Law. It will familiarize students with the Classical Sociologists, i.e. Karl Marx, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim and to apply the formulation of these thinkers to contemporary issues. The Purpose of study is to know the basic ideas on the emergence of Sociology; Exhibit the understanding on the relationship of Sociology and Law; Express the knowledge on the foundation of sociology like society, culture, group, norms.

UNIT- I

Sociology, its meaning, Emergence of Sociology, Law and Sociology (Social change and Social Control), Basic Concepts: Society, Community, Institution, Association, Status, Norms, values, Mores, Customs, Sanctions, Social Structure, Social Mobility, Rural, Urban and Tribal Society (Meaning and Characteristics)

UNIT-II

Inequality, Differentiation, Ranking, Hierarchy, Social Stratification, Dimensions of Social Stratification: Caste, Class, Race, Ethnicity and Gender. Theoretical Formulations: i) Functional Theory: Davis and Moore ii) Conflict Theory: Karl Marx

UNIT-III

Sociological Thought on Law: Emile Durkheim; Social Facts, Social Solidarity (Mechanical and Organic) Anomie; Karl Marx; law as a part of Super Structure; Max Weber: Verstehen, Ideal Type, Social action and its Types, Bureaucracy.

UNIT-IV

Law and Weaker Section: Constitutional Provisions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes; Atrocities against Dalits; Violence against Women.

UNIT-V

Law and Social Problems: Communalism and Communal Violence, Terrorism, Drug Abuse, Juvenile Delinquency, Child Marriage, Dowry, Widow-Remarriage, Divorce, Prostitution