1. SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS
Society, Community, Nation, Institution, Association, Group, Culture, Norms, Values, Status, Role, Conflict, Reference Groups, Formal and Informal Groups, Family, Marriage, Education, Economy, Polity, Bureaucracy, Religion, Socialisation, Social Stratification, Social Mobility, Types and patterns of Social Change.
2. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Contributions by Radcliffe Brown, Malinowski, Levi-Strauss, Nadel,
Durkheim, Parsons, Merton, Max Weber, Karl Marx, Dahrendorf, Coser, R.Collins, P.Blau, George C. Homans, J. Habermas, L.Althusser, G.H. Mead, H. Blumer, A. Schutz, P.Berger, T. G. Luckmann, G.Garfinkel, E.Goffmann, Anthony Giddens, P.Bordieu, M.Foucault, J.Derrida.
3. RESEARCH METHODS
Approaches to Research, Types of Research, Research Process, Research Designs, Quantitative Research Methods, Qualitative Research Techniques, Data Processing, Analysis, Report Writing.
4. SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT
Concept of Development- Economic growth, Human development,
Social Development, Sustainable Development, Social Justice and
Human Rights.
Theories of W.W.Rostow, A.G.Frank, Immanuel Wallerstein, Samir Amin, Paul Baran. Models of Schumacher and Gandhi.
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