IGNOU Sociology Study Notes for IAS, UPSC Exams
IGNOU Sociology Study Notes for IAS, UPSC Exams
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Content Table:-
ESO-11 The Study of Society
Block-1 Understanding Sociology
- Unit-1 Nature and Scope of Sociology
- Unit-2 Basic Concepts in Sociology
- Unit-3 Simple Societies
- Unit-4 Complex Societies
Block-2 Groups and Institutions
- Unit-5 Family
- Unit-6 Marriage
- Unit-7 Kinship
Block-3 Socialisation and Education
- Unit-8 Nature of Socialisation
- Unit-9 Agencies of Socialisation
- Unit-10 Processes of Education
- Unit-11 Educational Institutions
Block-4 Economic Processes
- Unit-12 Economy and Technology
- Unit-13 Production Processes
- Unit-14 Distribution Processes
- Unit-15 Consumption Pattern
Block-5 Political Processes
- Unit-16 Stateless Societies
- Unit-17 State in Traditional Societies
- Unit-18 State in Modern Societies
- Unit-19 State and Other Institutions
Block-6 Culture and Religion
- Unit-20 Religious Beliefs and Practices
- Unit-21 Culture I : Main Characteristics
- Unit-22 Culture II : Diversity and Change
- Unit-23 Values
- Unit-24 Norms
Block-7 Social Structure
- Unit-25 Concepts of Social Structure
- Unit-26 Social Roles
- Unit-27 Social Networks
- Unit-28 Social Functions
- Unit-29 Social Stratification
Block-8 Social Control, Change and Development
- Unit-30 Social Control
- Unit-31 Social Deviance
- Unit-32 Social Conflict
- Unit-33 Social Change
- Unit-34 Social Development
ESO-12 Society in India
Block-1 Social Structure - Rural and Urban
- Unit-1 Unity and Diversity
- Unit-2 Rural Social Structure
- Unit-3 Village and the Outside World
- Unit-4 Patterns of Urbanisation
- Unit-5 Urban Social Structure
Block-2 Family Marriage and Kinship
- Unit-6 Family and its Types
- Unit-7 Marriage and its Changing Patterns
- Unit-8 Kinship-I
- Unit-9 Kinship-II
Block-3 Economy and Polity
- Unit-10 Rural Economy
- Unit-11 Urban Economy
- Unit-12 Rural and Urban Poverty
- Unit-13 National Politics
- Unit-14 Regional and State Polities
Block-4 Social organisation
- Unit-15 Hindu Social Organisation
- Unit-16 Muslim Social Organisation
- Unit-17 Christian Social Organisation
- Unit-18 Sikh Social Organization
- Unit-19 Zoroastrian Social Organisation
Block-5 Caste and class
- Unit-20 Caste Structure and Regional Patterns
- Unit-21 Caste - Continuity and Change
- Unit-22 The Scheduled Castes
- Unit-23 Class in India
- Unit-24 Backward Classes
Block-6 Tribes in India
- Unit-25 Tribes: Social Structure - I
- Unit-26 Tribes Social Structure-II
- Unit-27 Religion in Tribal Societies
- Unit-28 Tribes and Modernisation in India
Block-7 Women and society
- Unit-29 Status of Women in India
- Unit-30 Women’s movements in India
- Unit-31 Women and Work
- Unit-32 Women and Education
- Unit-33 Contemporary Women’s Issues: Health and Legal Aspects
Block-8 Social change
- Unit-34 Ethnic Relations and Conflicts
- Unit-35 Social Movements
- Unit-36 Development Planning and Change
- Unit-37 Ecology and the Future of Society
ESO-13 Sociological Thought
Block-1 Early sociology
- Unit-1 Emergence Of Sociology In Europe
- Unit-2 Founding Fathers – I
- Unit-3 Founding Fathers-II
- Unit-4 History And Development Of Sociology In India -I
- Unit-5 History And Development Of Sociology In India – II
Block-2 Karl Marx
- Unit-6 Historical Materialism
- Unit-7 Forces, Relations and Modes of Production
- Unit-8 Class and Class Conflict
- Unit-9 Dialectics and Social Change
Block-3 Emile Durkheim
- Unit-10 Sociology as Science
- Unit-11 Comparative Method
- Unit-12 Collective Representations
- Unit-13 Forms of Social Solidarity
Block-4 Max Weber
- Unit-14 Ideal Types
- Unit-15 Religion And Economy
- Unit-16 Power And Authority
- Unit-17 Rationality
Block-5 Comparative analysis
- Unit-18 Methodology: Marx, Durkheim And Weber
- Unit-19 Religion: Durkheim And Weber
- Unit-20 Division of Labour — Durkheim And Marx
- Unit-21 Capitalism: Weber & Marx
Block-6 Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown
- Unit-22 Concept of Culture and Function-Malinowski
- Unit-23 Magic, Science and Religion — Malinowski
- Unit-24 Concept of Social Structure Radcliffe.Brown
- Unit-25 Concept of Function -Radcliffe-Brown
- Unit-26 A Critique of Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown
Block-7 Parson and Merton
- Unit-27 The Concept Of Social System — Parsons
- Unit-28 Functionalism And Social Change — Parsons
- Unit-29 Manifest And Latent Function — Merton
- Unit-30 Theory Of Reference Group — Merton
- Unit-31 Critique Of Parsons And Merton
ESO-14 Society and Stratification
Block-1 Introducing social stratification
- Unit-1 Social Stratification: Meaning and Approaches
- Unit-2 Approaches to Social Stratification
- Unit-3 Caste and Class in India
- Unit-4 Stratification: Implications of Gender and Ethnicity
Block-2 Explaining social stratification
- Unit-5 Marx and Weber
- Unit-6 Parsons and Davis
- Unit-7 Coser and Dahrendorf on Social Classes
- Unit-8 Theories of Stratification: Towards A Synthesis Lenski, Luhmann, Berghe
Block-3 Ethnic stratification
- Unit-9 Ethnicity as a Basis of Stratification
- Unit-10 Tribal Ethnicity: The North-East
- Unit-11 Religious Ethnicity: The Case of the Punjab
- Unit-12 Linguistic ethnicity in India
Block-4 Gender differentiation and ethnicity
- Unit-13 Gender as a Basis of Discrimination
- Unit-14 Formation of Gender Identities
- Unit-15 Gender Status and Power
- Unit-16 Women's Empowerment: Some Illustrations
Block-5 Explaining caste in Indian society
- Unit-17 The Basis of Caste Hierarchy: Purity and Pollution
- Unit-18 Dimensions of Caste: Rituals and Power
- Unit-19 Caste Identity: Attributional and Interactional Approaches
- Unit-20 Caste Dynamics: Economic and Political
Block-6 Marginalised communities and stratification
- Unit-21 Status of Dalits
- Unit-22 Other Backward Classes
- Unit-23 Scheduled Tribes
- Unit-24 Marginalised Groups and Their Changing Status
Block-7 Class in Indian society
- Unit-25 Agrarian Class Structure
- Unit-26 Industrial Classes
- Unit-27 Middle Classes in India
- Unit-28 Class Conflict
Block-8 Social mobility
- Unit-29 Concepts and Forms of Social Mobility
- Unit-30 Social Mobility in Caste and Class
- Unit-31 Factors and Forces of Social Mobility
- Unit-32 Consequences of Social Mobility
ESO-15 Society and Religion
Block-1 The Study of religion
- Unit-1 Sociology and the Study of Religion
- Unit-2 Evolutionary Theories of Religion
- Unit-3 Functionalist Theories of Religion
- Unit-4 The Study of Religious Beliefs
- Unit-5 The Study of Religious Symbols
Block-2 Perspectives on religion
- Unit-6 Comparative Sociological Theories of Ritual
- Unit-7 Ritual-I: A Case Study from Africa
- Unit-8 Ritual-II: A Case Study from South-East Asia
- Unit-9 Civil Religion
- Unit-10 Religion and the Economic Order
- Unit-11 Religion and Politics/State
Block-3 Religion and related aspects
- Unit-12 Religious Organisations: Sects, Cults and Denominations
- Unit-13 Religious Specialists: Shamans, Priests and Prophets
- Unit-14 Religion: Social Stability and Change
- Unit-15 Fundamentalism: Some Case Studies
- Unit-16 Secularism and Secularisation
Block-4 Religious pluralism-I
- Unit-17 Religious Pluralism in India: As Fact and Value
- Unit-18 Tribal Religion: Two Case Studies
Block-5 Religious pluralism-II
- Unit-19 Hinduism
- Unit-20 Jainism and Buddhism
- Unit-21 Christianity
- Unit-22 Islam
- Unit-23 Sikhism
Block-6 Religious movements : medieval and modern
- Unit-24 Medieval Religious Movements I: Bhakti and Sufism
- Unit-25 Medieval Religious Movements I: Veerashaivism
- Unit-26 Modern Religious Movements II: Arya Samaj
- Unit-27 Modern Religious Movements II: Ramakrishna Mission
Block-7 Social significance of religion
- Unit-28 Life Cycle Rituals-I: Birth and Marriage
- Unit-29 Life Cycle Rituals-II: Death
- Unit-30 Social Significance of Pilgrimages
- Unit-31 Social Significance of Religious Festivals
- Unit-32 Fundamentalism, Communalism and Secularism
ESO-16 Social Problems in India
Block-1 Social framework
- Unit-1 Social Transformation and Problems
- Unit-2 Approaches and Paradigms
- Unit-3 Social Problems: The Indian Context
Block-2 Structure in transition-I
- Unit-4 Social Demography
- Unit-5 Migration
- Unit-6 Urbanisation
- Unit-7 Changing Family Structure
Block-3 Structure in transition-II
- Unit-8 Unemployment
- Unit-9 Labour : Industrial
- Unit-10 Labour : Rural
- Unit-11 Labour : Women
- Unit-12 Labour : Children
Block-4 Patterns of deprivation and alienation
- Unit-13 Poverty and its Social Dynamics
- Unit-14 Crime and Delinquency
- Unit-15 Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
- Unit-16 Violence and Terrorism
Block-5 Identity, dignity and social justice-I
- Unit-17 Children
- Unit-18 Youth: Identity And Alienation
- Unit-19 Women
- Unit-20 The Aged
Block-6 Identity, dignity and social justice-II
- Unit-21 Scheduled Castes
- Unit-22 Scheduled Tribes
- Unit-23 Minorities
- Unit-24 Ethnicity
Block-7 Ecology and resources
- Unit-25 Land: Access, Control and Management
- Unit-26 Water: Access, Control and Management
- Unit-27 Forests: Access, Control and Management
- Unit-28 Role of the State and Other Associations