KSET Sociology Syllabus

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KARNATAKA STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST (K-SET)

FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Subject: SOCIOLOGY 

Subject Code : 07 

Syllabus

Unit – 1 : Sociological Theory
1. Classical Sociological Traditions
∙ Emile Durkheim
∙ Max Weber
∙ Karl Marx
2. Structure – Functionalism and Structuralism
∙ Bronislaw Malinowski
∙ A.R.Radcliffe-Brown
∙ Talcott Parsons
∙ Robert K. Merton
∙ Claude Levi Strauss
3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions
∙ G.H. Mead
∙ Karl Manheim
∙ Alfred Schutz
∙ Harold Garfinkel
∙ Erving Garffman
∙ Clifford Geertz
4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism and Post Colonialism 

∙ Edward Said
∙ Pierre Bourdieu
∙ Michel Foucault
∙ Jurgen Habermas
∙ Anthony Giddens
∙ Manuel Castells
5. Indian Thinkers
` M.K. Gandhi
∙ B.R. Ambedkar
∙ Radha Kamal Mukherjee
∙ G. S. Ghurye
∙ M.N. Srinivas
∙ Irawati Karve


Unit – 2 : Research Methodology and Methods
1. Conceptualizing Social Reality
∙ Philosophy of Science
∙ Scientific Method and Epistemology in Social Science 

∙ Hermeneutic Traditions
∙ Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science
∙ Ethics and Politics
2. Formulating Research Design
∙ Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents 

∙ Induction And Deduction
∙ Fact, Concept and Theory
∙ Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
∙ Ethnography
∙ Survey Method
∙ Historical Method
∙ Comparative Method
4. Techniques
∙ Sampling
∙ Questionnaire and Schedule
∙ Statistical Analysis
∙ Observation, Interview and Case study
∙ Interpretation, Date Analysis and Report Writing


Unit - 3 : Basic Concepts and Institutions
1. Sociological Concepts
∙ Social Structure
∙ Culture
∙ Network
∙ Status and Role
∙ Identity
∙ Community
∙ Diaspora
∙ Values, Norms and Rules
∙ Personhood, Habits and Agency
∙ Bureaucracy, Power and Authority
2. Social Institutions
∙ Marriage, Family and Kinship
∙ Economy
∙ Polity
∙ Religion
∙ Education
∙ Law and Customs
3. Social Stratification
∙ Social Difference, Hierarchy, Inequality and Marginalization 

∙ Caste and Class
∙ Gender, Sexuality and Disability
∙ Race, Tribe and Ethnicity
4. Social Change and Processes
∙ Evolution and Diffusion
∙ Modernization and Development
∙ Social Transformations and Globalization
∙ Social Mobility


Unit – 4 : Rural and Urban Transformation
1. Rural and Peasant Society
∙ Caste – Tribe Settlements
∙ Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations 

∙ Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations
∙ Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration 

 ∙ Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements
∙ Changing Inter – Community Relations and Violence
2. Urban Society
∙ Urbanism, Urbanity and Urbanization
∙ Towns, Cities and Meg – Cities
∙ Industry, Service and Business
∙ Neighbourhood, Slums and Ethnic Enclaves
∙ Middle Class and Gated Communities
∙ Urban Movements and Violence


Unit – 5 : State, Politics and Development
1. Political Processes in India
∙ Tribe, Nation State and Border
∙ Bureaucracy
∙ Governance and Development
∙ Public Policy : Health, Education and Livelihoods
∙ Political culture
∙ Grass –root Democracy
∙ Law and Society
∙ Gender and Development
∙ Corruption
∙ Role of International Development Organizations
2. Social Movements and Protests
∙ Political Factions, Pressure Groups
∙ Movements based on Caste, Ethnicity, Ideology, Gender, Disability, Religion and Region
∙ Civil Society and Citizenship
∙ NGOs, Activism and Leadership
∙ Reservations and Politics


Unit – 6 : Economy and Society
∙ Exchange, Gift, Capital, Labour and Market
∙ Mode of Production Debates
∙ Property and Property Relations
∙ State and Market : Welfarism and Neoliberalism
∙ Models of Economic Development
∙ Poverty and Exclusion
∙ Factory and Industry Systems
∙ Changing Nature of Labour Relations
∙ Gendre and Labour Process
∙ Business and Family
∙ Digital Economy, E-Commerce
∙ Global Business and Corporates
∙ Tourism
∙ Consumption


Unit – 7 : Environment and Society
∙ Social and Cultural Ecology : Diverse Forms
∙ Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity
∙ Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ethno – Medicine 

∙ Gender and Environment
∙ Forest Policies, Adivasis and Exclusion
∙ Ecological Degradation and Migration
∙ Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation
∙ Water and Social Exclusion
∙ Disasters and Community Responses
∙ Environmental Pollution, Public Health and Disability 

∙ Climate Change and International Policies
∙ Environmental Movements


Unit – 8 : Family, Marriage and Kinship
∙ Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural
∙ Gender Relations and Power Dynamics
∙ Inheritance, Succession and Authority
∙ Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction
∙ Children, Youth and Elderly
∙ Emotions and Family
∙ Emergent Forms of Family
∙ Changing Marriage Practices
∙ Changing Care and Support Systems
∙ Family Laws
∙ Domestic Violence and Crime against Women
∙ Honour Killing


Unit – 9 : Science, Technology and Society
∙ History of Technological Development
∙ Changing notions of Time and Space
∙ Flows and Boundaries
∙ Virtual Community
∙ Media: Print and Electronic, Visual and Social Media 

∙ E-Governance and Surveillance Society
∙ Technology and Emerging Political Processes
∙ State Policy, Digital Divide and Inclusion
∙ Technology and Changing Family Relations
∙ Technology and Changing Health System
∙ Food and Technology
∙ Cyber Crime


Unit – 10 : Culture and Symbolic Transformations
∙ Signs and Symbols
∙ Rituals, Beliefs and Practices
∙ Changing Material Culture
∙ Moral Economy
∙ Education: Formal and Informal
∙ Religious Organizations, Piety and Spirituality 

∙ Commodification of Rituals
∙ Communalism and Secularism
∙ Cultural Identity and Mobilization
∙ Culture and Politics
∙ Gender, Body and Culture
∙ Art and Aesthetics
∙ Ethics and Morality
∙ Sports and Culture
∙ Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism
∙ Religion and Economy
∙ Culture and Environment 

∙ New Religious Movements 

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