M.A. in Sociology

Course Structure

Theoretical Perspective in Sociology
Nature of Formation of sociology theory: -
a) Meaning and Nature of sociological theory.
b) Formation process of sociological theory.
c) Levels of theorization.
Social structure and Social Anomie:
a) The Idea of Social Structure-Reddifle Brown and S.F. Nadel.
b) Social Anomie_Emile Durkheim and R.K. Merton.
c) Neo Structuralism
M.Foucault and J.Alexender
Theory of Functionalism:-
a) Functionalism (Early theories)-Malinowaski and
Emile Durkheim.
b) FunctionalDiamentionsofsocialsystem-T.Parsons.
c) Paradigm for functional theory in Sociology
R.K.Merton.
Conflict theory:-
a) Conflict theorY-Karl Marx
b) Mar critique by Ralf Dahrendorf
c) Functional Analysis of conflict-
L.Coser.
Interactionist perspective and Recent trends in Sociological theory:
a) Symbolic interactionism (G'H'mead and H Rlumer)'
b) Phrenomenological sociology (A.Schutz and Edmund
Husserl)
c) Ethnomethodology (H'Garfinkel)