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MP PSC
Name of Post : Assistant Director/District Statistical Officer
Subject : Sociology
Paper-III (Optional)
Part-A
Social Research and Statistics
Unit-I :-
- The nature of social phenomena.
- Meaning and types of social research.
- Main steps of social research.
- Selection and formulation of research problem.
- Uses of social research.
- Meaning and types of social Survey
- Uses and limitations of social Survey.
- Differences between social research and social Survey.
Unit-II :-
- Scientific method Hypothesis, concepts of fact and theory and interrelation, sources of data, sampling.
Unit-III :-
- Methods of Data collection- observation, Interview, questionnaire, schedule, case study, sealing techniques, content analysis.
Unit-IV :-
- Editing Coding and classification of data, Tabulation, analysis and interpretation, preparation of reports.
Unit-V :-
- Diagrammatic presentation of data, Elementary statistics Mean, Median, Mode, Mean deviation, Quartile deviation, standard deviation, correlation, association.
Social Psychology
Unit-I :-
Nature and scope of social psychology relationship between sociology and social psychology, Individual and Society, Personality nature, characteristics and types.
Unit-II:-
Individual factors in social behaviour, Instincts, motivation, imitation, suggestion and sympathy, human learning.
Unit-III :-
Culture and personality, Socialisation-Meaning, process and theories, reason and will.
Unit-IV :-
Collective behaviour, concept of Group mind, Crowd, Abaudience, Public and Public Opinion, Propaganda, prejudice, leadership, fashion.
Unit-V :-
Freedom of press, Tension and Conflict, Psychology of revolution and war
Social Demography
Unit-I :-
Definition, meaning and scope of demography, population theories, Malthusian theory, New Malthusian theory, Theory of optimum population, Population theory of Karl Marx, Biological theories of population.
Unit-II :-
Census, Characteristics of Indian Population with reference to different censuses. Problems of over population and under population, Problem of Population explosion in India.
Unit-III :-
Standard of Health in India, Social factors affecting health, Problems related to Public health in India and its remedies, Public health organization in India, Maternity and problems related to it in India, child welfare.
Unit-IV :-
Population policy and family welfare programme in India, Eugenie's world population.
Unit-V :-
Birth rate and Fertility, Mortality, Migration, Population and literacy, population and standard of life
Sociology of Planning and Development
Unit-I :-
Concept of social planning, objectives and scope of planning, democratic and totalitarian planning.
Unit-II :-
Concept of welfare and welfare state, Sociological foundation of economic actions, Broad pattern of economic movements and systems and their sociological background.
Unit-III :-
Bureaucracy and the democratic planning of Five year plans in India. Problem of Democratic decentralization in India. Three tier system of Panchayati Raj.
Unit-IV :-
Community Development : Concept and methods, History and progress of community development programmes in India and abroad, Organization of community Development programmes, Programmes conducted under community development at present (with reference to Madhya Pradesh) village level worker and his role.
Unit-V :-
Human and Cultural factors in Community Development, Evaluation of success and failure of the Programme, Its impact on Indian Social life, community development programme in retrospect and prospect.
Sociology
Part - B
Advanced Sociology Theory
Unit-I:-
Meaning and characteristics of sociological theory, Elements of theory, Basic elements in its formation. Types of Sociological theories, Middle Range theory.
Unit-II :-
Function and dysfunction, Theory of Social structure and functionalism. Theory of Social Action- Pareto, Webber and Parsons.
Unit-III :-
Theories of Social Change, Social Mobility Sanskritization, Westernisation and Modernisation. Reference group behaviour.
Unit-IV :-
Sociology of knowledge, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of values, Sociology of Law.
Unit-V :-
Anomaly, Alienation, Theories of conformity, deviance and conflict.
Family and Society
Unit-I :-
Family and Marriage, objectives of marriage, forms of marriage, marriage restrictions.
Unit-II :-
Definition of family, types, functions, sociological significance of family, changing patterns of family.
Unit-III :-
Inter personal relations between family members, kinship system, Family disorganisation and adjustment.
Unit-IV :-
Needs of children and rights of children, Adolescents and society, youth unrest, Intergenerational conflict.
Unit-V :-
Family in India - Hindu, Muslim and Christian Family, Social legislations affecting family and marriage in India.
Industrial Sociology
Unit-I :-
Meaning and nature of Industrial Sociology, Industry and Industrialization and its social impact, works in society, Human relations at work.
Unit-II :-
Industrial management, Incentive and motivation, wages-minimum wages, fair wages and living wages, profit sharing and co-partnership, workers participation in management.
Unit-III :-
Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Trade unions in India.
Unit-IV :-
Problems of Industrial labour- Indebtedness, child and women labour, problem of unemployment, the issue of Bonus.
Unit-V :-
Social Security, Programmes of social security in India, Labour legislation in India, labour welfare in India.
Rural and Urban Sociology
Unit-I :-
Meaning and scope of Rural sociology, Important characteristics of Indian village.
Unit-II :-
Rural Social Structure-Caste, Family and marriage, social hierarchy and power structure, Folk culture, primitive culture and civilisation, changing scene of Indian Villages.
Unit-III :-
Important problems of Indian rural life- programmes of rural reconstruction in India, Panchayat Raj, Welfare Schemes of present day.
Unit-IV :-
Meaning and scope of urban sociology, concept of city and types, characteristics of urban life, Industrialization and urbanization, urban personality.
Unit-V :-
Important problems of urban life-Housing and slums, crime and Delinquency, prostitution, environmental pollution, town planning, zoning of cities
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