UGC NET Syllabus in Sociology

NTA UGC NET/JRF/SET/SLET Syllabus for Sociology,

Code No: 05 is given below

UGC NET Paper-2 Syllabus

Sociology: Sociology is the scientific study of human social behavior and its origins, development, organizations, and institutions. It is a social science that uses various methods of empirical investigationInvestigation Purpose of all investigation is to reveal the unvarnished truth. The constitutional courts are duty bound to ensure that the truth is revealed. and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social actions, social structure and functions. A goal for many sociologists is to conduct research which may be applied directly to social policy and welfare, while others focus primarily on refining the theoretical understanding of social processes. Subject matter ranges from the micro level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and the social structure.

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

ReligionReligion ‘The word ‘Religion’ -Re Legion- A group or Collection or a brigade, is a social-cultural construction and Substantially doesn’t exist. Catholic religion is different from Protestant religion. It is not Dharma.
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

The following part of the UGC NET syllabus were previously under UGC NET Paper-3 (Part-A) syllabus in Sociology, however, as UGC has now only two papers i.e. UGC NET Paper-1 which is general and compulsory for all subjects and UGC NET Paper-2 on the specific subject (including all electives, without options) instead of previous three papers i.e. UGC NET Paper-1 which was general and compulsory for all subjects and UGC NET Paper-2 and Paper-3 on the specific subject, so, now-a-days, the following part is also considered as part of the UGC NET Paper-2 syllabus.

(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 IndiaIndia Bharat Varsha (Jambu Dvipa) is the name of this land mass. The people of this land are Sanatan Dharmin and they always defeated invaders. Indra (10000 yrs) was the oldest deified King of this land. Manu's jurisprudence enlitened this land. Vedas have been the civilizational literature of this land. Guiding principles of this land are : सत्यं वद । धर्मं चर । स्वाध्यायान्मा प्रमदः । Read more: 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

CrimeCrime A positive or negative act in violation of penal law; an offense against the state classified either as a felony or misdemeanor. and delinquency

White collar crime and corruption,

Changing profile of crime and criminals

DrugDrug Any substance (other than food) that is used to prevent, diagnose, treat, or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition. Drugs can also affect how the brain and the rest of the bodywork and cause changes in mood, awareness, thoughts, feelings, or behavior. Some types of drugs, such as opioids, may be abused or lead to addiction. Apart from management Allopathic drugs never cure any disease. addiction

Suicide

Unit – IX: Current Debates

Tradition and Modernity in India.

Problems of NationNation A collective consciousness, founded in ancient origin within a geographic area, with definite history and heritage, culture and way of life, language and literature, food and clothing, coupled with a deep understanding of war and peace is to be known as a nation. Rasra is the Vedic word for it. Building: Secularism, Pluralism and Nation building.

Unit – X: The Challenges of Globalisation

Indianisation of Sociology

Privatisation of Education

Science and Technology Policy of India

The following part of the UGC NET syllabus were previously under UGC NET Paper-3 (Part-B) syllabus in Sociology, however, as UGC has now only two papers i.e. UGC NET Paper-1 which is general and compulsory for all subjects and UGC NET Paper-2 on the specific subject (including all electives, without options) instead of previous three papers i.e. UGC NET Paper-1 which was general and compulsory for all subjects and UGC NET Paper-2 and Paper-3 on the specific subject, so, now-a-days, the following part is also considered as part of the UGC NET Paper-2 syllabus.

(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:www.netugc.com

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.