Sahitya Bhawan Publication [Samajshastra (Sociology) Hindi, Paperback] by Prof. M. L. Gupta & Dr. D. D. Sharma

Sahitya Bhawan Publication [Samajshastra (Sociology) Hindi, Paperback] by Prof. M. L. Gupta & Dr. D. D. Sharma

Contents

I. Fundamental of Sociology

1. Definition, Scope and Subject Matter of Sociology

2. Sociological Perspective

3. Nature and Importance of Sociology

4. Origin and Development of Sociology

5. Relation of Sociology with Other Social Science

6. Methods of Sociology

7. Primary Concepts : Society

8. Types of Society (Tribal, Peasant, Industrial and Post-Industrial Society)

9. Community

10. Types of Community: Village, Town, City and Region

11. Association and Institution

12. Folkways, Mores and Customs

13. Social Structure and Function

14. Social Groups

15. Reference-Group

16. Culture and Civilization

17. Socialization

18. Social Norms

19. Social Stratification

20. Caste and Class

21. Social Mobility

22. Status and Role

II. India Society

23. Historical Background of Indian Society

24. Indian Society: Socio-Cultural Factors (Unity and Diversity)

25. Marriage

26. Family

27. Joint Family in India

28. Marriage and Family : Problems and Legislations

29. Kinship System and Rules of Residence

30. Caste System : Indian Society in Continuity and Change

31. Class Structure

32. Tribal Social Organization

33. Problems, Constitutional Provisions and Welfare Schemes for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

34. Scheduled Tribes in India

35. Economic System

36. Political System

37. Educational System

38. Political Processes

39. Religion

40. Religion and Society

III. Social Change and Control

41. Concept and Theories of Social Change

42. Processes Modes and Factors of Social Change

43. Directed or Planned Social Change

44. Social Control: Concept, Types and Theories

45. Means and Agencies of Social Control

46. Social Processes: Associative

47. Social Process : Dissociative

48. Social Movements

49. Sanskritization

50. Westernization

51. Modernization

52. Secularization

IV. Indian Social Problems

53. Social Problems

54. Social Organization and Disorganization

55. Population, Environment and Urbanization

56. Social Justice, Weaker Sections and Minorities

57. Conformity and Deviance

58. Anomie and Alienation

59. Inequality

60. Women and Society

61. Dimensions of Development

V. Social Thinkers

62. Karl Marx: Materialistic Interpretation of History

63. Marxian Method

64. Alienation

65. Karl Marx: Class Struggle

66. Durkheim: Division of Labour

67. Durkheim: Social Fact

68. Durkheim: Religion and Society

69. Max Weber: Social Action

70. Max Weber: Ideal Type and Authority

71. Max Weber: Bureaucracy

72. Max Weber: Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism

73. Parsons: Social Action and Pattern Variables

74. Robert K. Merton: Functionalism (Latent and Manifest Functions, Confirmity and Deviance)

VI. Social Survey and Research

75. Nature and Scientific Study of Social Phenomena

76. Need of Scientific Study and the Problem of Objectivity

77. Scientific Method

78. Constituents of Scientific Method: Fact, Theory and Concept

79. Hypothesis

80. Research Design

81. Collection of Data: Types and Sources

82. Observation: Uncontrolled, Controlled and Mass

83. Interview

84. Questionnaire

85. Scheduled

86. Caste Study

87. Sampling Method

88. Scale: Bogardus, Thurston and Likert

VII. MISCELLANEOUS

89. The Concept of Man

90. Agrarian Social Structure

91. Industries and Society

92. Little Community

93. Science and Technology

94. Social Demography and Population Dynamics