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MSO-01 Sociological Theories and Concepts
Topics Covered
Block 1 - The Concept of Development
Social Theory and its Context
Concept and Theory
Theory and Paradigm
Social Construction of Reality
Block 2 - Perspectives on Development
Concept and Theories of Structure
Structure and Function
Structure, Function and Neo-Functionalism
Block 3 - Critiecs of Development
The Conceptual and Theoretical Issues of Power
Class and Legitimacy
Power: Functional Perspective
Power and Institutions
Power/Knowledge
Block 4 - Approaches to Sustainable Development
Evolution, Development and Function of Capitalism
Rationality, Work and Organisation
Entrepreneurship and Capitalism
Freedom and Liberty
Alienation
Block 5 - Comparative Experience of Development
Sovereignty
State; Power as Elaborated Marx, Weber, Parsons and Others
Citizenship
Civil Society and Democracy
Block 6 - Globalization
Conceptualising Ethnicity
Construction of Identities
Boundaries and Boundary Maintenance
Block 7 - Information and Communication Technologies
Concepts of Difference and Inequality
Class
Gender and Social Stratification
Theories of Origin of Caste System
Block 8 - Development, Displacement and Social Movements
Theories of Modernisation and Modernity
Tradition and Modernity
Post Structuralism and Post Modernism
Total Question Papers - Total-33, Solved-22, Unsolved-11
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