New IGNOU MSO-04 Help Book Sociology in India in English – MA Sociology Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Emergence of Sociology in India
Social Background of the Emergence of Sociology in India
Emergence of the Discipline: Issues and Themes
Village Studies in India

Block 2 – Perspectives on Caste
The Colonial Perspective
Brahminical Perspective
View from the Field
Ambedkar and Lohia on Caste
Census Perspective

Block 3 – Perspective on Family, Marriage and Kinship
The Household and the Family
The Household as a Cooperative-Conflicting Unit
Marriage and Its Changing Patterns
Descent and Alliance Approaches to the Study of Kinship in India

Block 4 – Perspective on Class, Caste and Gender
Agrarian Classes and Categories
The Working Class
The Middle Class
Gender, Caste and Class

Block 5 – Perspective on Tribes in India
Tribe, Territory and Common Property Resources
Tribe and Caste
Elwin and Ghurye’s Perspectives on Tribes
Social Differentiation among Tribes

Block 6 – Perspective on Religion
Religion and Politics
Religion and Culture
Cohesive and Divisive Dimensions of Religion
Secularisation

Block 7 – Dynamics of Social Processes
Urbanization
Migration
Industrialisation
Globlisatio

Block 8 – Perspective on Social Movements
Social Movements: Meanings and Dimensions
Types of Social Movements
Peasants Movements
New Social Movements