Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded
M.A. Second Year (Semester Pattern)
With effect from June 2010
M.A. Second Year With effect from June 2010 Semester III
Paper IX Classical Sociological Tradition 80 Marks
Sociology of Marginalized Communities
Sociology of Change and Development
Gender and Society OR Sociology of Demography
(20 Marks for Iternal Assignment to Each Paper)
Sociology Syllabus M.A. Second Year With Effect from June 2010 Semester III IX Classical Sociological Tradition 80 Marks
Objectives 01. To provide the Sociology Students with the understanding…show more content…
Caste System a. The concept of caste and castism.
Caste system as a base of inequality Caste system: continuity and change.
Untouchability a. Untouchability: A Historical Review.
Theories of the origion of untouchability: i. ii. iii. iv. Race and Occupation Theory. Brahamnical Theory Dr.B.R. Ambedkars Broken – men Theory. Multicausal Theory
Dysfunctions of untouchability.
Current practices of untouchability: overt and covert forms.
Scheduled Castes a. b. c. The status of the scheduled castes in the present context. problems of the scheduled castes in the contemporary India. New identity formation and its expression through Dalit literature movement, social movement and political movement. d. e. Social mobility among the scheduled castes. Constitutional provisions for the scheduled castes:
Implementation, impact, limitations and critical review.
References : Sociology of Marginalized Communities
Beteile, Andre, 1981, Backward Classes and the New Social Order (Delhi Oxford University Press) Beteile, Andre, 1992; The Backward Classes in Contemporary India (Delhi Oxford University Press). Charsley,S.R. and G.K. Karanth, 1998 – Eds.: Challenging Untouchability (Delhi: Oxford University Press). Chaudhuri, S.N., 1988, Changing Status of Depressed Castes in Contemporary