New IGNOU ESO-04/14 Help Book Society and Stratification in English – BA Sociology Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Introducing Social Stratification
Social Stratification: Meaning and Approaches
Approaches to Social Stratification
Caste and Class in India
Stratification: Implications of Gender and Ethnicity

Block 2 – Explaining Social Stratification
Marx and Weber
Parsons and Davis
Coser and Dahrendorf on Social Classes
Theories of Stratification: Towards A Synthesis Lenski, Luhmann, Berghe

Block 3 – Ethnic Stratification
Ethnicity as a Basis of Stratification
Tribal Ethnicity: The North-East
Religious Ethnicity: The Case of the Punjab
Linguistic ethnicity in India

Block 4 – Gender Differentiation and Ethnicity
Gender as a Basis of Discrimination
Formation of Gender Identities
Gender Status and Power
Women’s Empowerment: Some Illustrations

Block 5 – Explaining caste in Indian Society
The Basis of Caste Hierarchy: Purity and Pollution
Dimensions of Caste: Rituals and Power
Caste Identity: Attributional and Interactional Approaches
Caste Dynamics: Economic and Political

Block 6 – Marginalised Communities and Stratification
Status of Dalits
Other Backward Classes
Scheduled Tribes
Marginalised Groups and their Changing Status

Block 7 – Class in Indian Society
Agrarian Class Structure
Industrial Classes
Middle Classes in India
Class Conflict

Block 8 – Social Mobility
Concepts and Forms of Social Mobility
Social Mobility in Caste and Class
Factors and Forces of Social Mobility
Consequences of Social Mobility