समाजशास्त्र

खण्ड (अ) समाजशास्त्र परिचय, समाजशास्त्र एवं समाज, समाजशास्त्र में प्रयुक्त शब्दावली संकल्पनाएँ एवं उनका उपयोग सामाजिक संस्थाओं को समझना, संस्कृति तथा समाजीकरण, समाजशास्त्र अनुसंधान पद्धतियाँ, खण्ड (ब) समाज का बोध, समाज में सामाजिक संरचना स्तरीकरण और सामाजिक प्रक्रियाएँ, ग्रामीण तथा नगरीय समाज में सामाजिक परिवर्तन तथा सामाजिक व्यवस्था, पर्यावरण और समाज, पाश्चात्य समाजशास्त्री एक परिचय, भारतीय समाजशास्त्री.

A. INDIAN SOCIETY ( 32 Marks)

Unit 1: Introducing Indian Society (06 Periods)

• Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community

Unit 2: Demographic Structure and Indian Society (10 Periods)

• Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions

Unit 3: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change (12 Periods)

• Family and Kinship
• The Caste System

Unit 4: Market as a Social Institution (10 Periods)

• Market as a Social Institution

Unit 5: Pattern of Social In quality and Exclusion (20 Periods)

• Caste Prejudice, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes
• Marginalization of Tribal Communities
• The Struggle for Women's Equality
• The Protection of Religious Minorities
• Caring for the Differently Abled

Unit 6: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity (20 Periods)

• Problems of Communalism, Regionalism, Casteism and Patriarchy
• Role of the State in a Plural and Unequal Society
• What We Share

Unit 7: Suggestions for Project Work (16 Periods)

B. CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA (48 Marks)

Unit 8: Structural Change (10 Periods)

• Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization

Unit 9: Cultural Change (12 Periods)

• Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization
• Social Reform Movements and Laws

Unit 10: The Story of Democracy (16 Periods)

• The Constitution as an instrument of Social Change
• Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics
• Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of Social Transformation

Unit 11: Change and Development in Rural Society (10 Periods)

• Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Agrarian Society

Unit 12: Change and Development in Industrial Society (14 Periods)

• From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
• Changes in the Class Structure

Unit 13: Globalisation and Social Change (10 Periods)

Unit 14: Mass Media and Communication Process (14 Periods)

Unit 15: Social Movements (20 Periods)

• Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants
• Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Castes, Trends in Upper Caste Responses
• Women's Movements in Independent India
• Tribal Movements
• Environmental Movements

Prescribed Books:
1. Introducing Sociology, Class XI, Published by NCERT
2. Understanding Society, Class XI, Published by NCERT
3. Indian Society, Class XII, Published by NCERT
4. Social Change and Development in India, Class XII, published by NCERT