Syllabus (SOCIOLOGY)

Course Type: MAJ-18

Semester: 8

Course Code: BSOMAJ18T

Course Title: State, Society and Politics

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: This course will provide the critical knowledge about the relationship among state, society and politics to the students -- globally and locally. This critical knowledge will help students to conceptualize the complexities of political issues in society.

Learning Outcome: After completing this course students will be able to • Understand the complexities about the power structure and related politics which is embedded in that structure • Understand the variation of global politics • Conceptualise how a state is af

Contents of the Course

1. Conceptualising State, Nation and Nation-state
2. Power and Politics: Idea of Power and Authority; Ruling elites

3. Politics in the New Millennium: Globalisation and Politics

4. State and Violence: Terrorism and War

5. Civil Society: Concept and Functions

6. Peace and Justice: Role of state and society

Readings and References

1. Ritzer, George. (2011). Sociological Theory (Fifth Edition). Tata McGraw-Hill.
2. Haralambos, M., & Heald, R. M. (2009). Sociology, themes and perspectives. Oxford University Press.
3. Nash, K. (2009). Contemporary political sociology: Globalization, politics and power. John Wiley & Sons.
4. Giddens, A. (1986). The nation-state and violence. Capital & Class, 10(2), 216-220.
5. Vertigans, S. (2013). The sociology of terrorism: people, places and processes. Routledge.
6. Anderson, B. (2006). Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism. Verso books.
7. Smith, A. D. (2008). The cultural foundations of nations: Hierarchy, covenant, and republic. John Wiley & Sons.
8. Mills, C. W., & Horowitz, I. L. (1964). Power, politics and people: The collected essays of C. Wright Mills. Science and Society, 28(4).
9. Mills, C. W. (2000). The power elite. Oxford University Press.
10. Keller, S. I. (1991). Beyond the ruling class: strategic elites in modern society. Transaction Publishers.
11. Pakulski, J. (2018). Classical elite theory: Pareto and Weber. The Palgrave handbook of political elites, 17-24.
12. Edwards, M. (Ed.). (2013). The Oxford handbook of civil society. Oxford University Press.
13. Adjibolosoo, S. (2006). Developing civil society: social order and the human factor. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
14. Rudolph, S. H. (2000). Civil society and the realm of freedom. Economic and political weekly, 1762-1769.
15. Rubenstein, R. E., & Simmons, S. (Eds.). (2021). Conflict resolution after the pandemic: Building peace, pursuing justice. Routledge.
16. Creighton, C., & Shaw, M. (1987). Sociology of War and Peace. Springer.
17. Malešević, S. (2010). The sociology of war and violence. Cambridge University Press.
18. Gurashi, R. (2018). Pathways of Peace: The Philosophy and Sociology of Peace and Nonviolence. Routledge.
19. Giddens, A. (2003). Runaway world: How globalization is reshaping our lives. Taylor & Francis.
20. Janoski, T., Alford, R. R., Hicks, A. M., & Schwartz, M. A. (Eds.). (2005). The handbook of political sociology: States, civil societies, and globalization. Cambridge University Press.
21. Sassen, S. (2007). A Sociology of Globalization. W. W. Norton & Company.