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INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
Objectives: To acquaint the students, coming from various streams, with the basic concepts of Sociology which are essential for better understanding of issues covered under rural development.
• Introduction to Sociology: Origin, meaning and definition, scope and subject matter.
• Applied Sociology: Social Policy and Social Planning.
• The Scientific perspective to Sociological Understanding (Nature);
• Sociology and other Social Sciences;
• The Sociological Perspective.
• Society, Culture, Community and Association: Basic Concept and Features.
• Social Groups- Meaning, Types and Features.
• Status and Role: Concept, Types and Relationship.
• Social Norms and Social Values.
• Socialization: Concept, Stages, Agencies and Theories.
• Social Control: Concept, Nature and Agencies.
• Bottomore, T.B. 1972. Sociology: A Guide to Problems and Literature Bombay: George Allen and Unwin (India).
• Haralambos, M. 1998. Sociology: Themes and Perspective. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
• Inkeles, Alex.1987. What is Sociology? New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India.
• Jayaram, N. 1988. Introductory Sociology. Madras: Macmillan India.
• Schaefer, Richard T. and Robert P. Lamm 1999. Sociology. New Delhi: Tata-McGraw Hill.
• Johnson, Harry M. 1995. Sociology: A Systematic Introduction, New Delhi: Allied Publishers.
• Davis, Kingsley. 1995. Human Society, Delhi: Surjeet Publications.
• Maciver, R.M. and Page C.H. 1974. Society: An Introductory Analysis, McMillan.
• Giddens, Anthony. 1989. Sociology U.K.: Polity
