Syllabus (SOCIOLOGY)
Course Type: MAJ-10
Semester: 6
Course Code: BSOCMAJ10T
Course Title: Social Movements
(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1
Credit: 6
Practical/Theory: Theory
Course Objective: • The course will aim to explore the concepts, theories and types of social movements through various perspectives to develop a deeper understanding of the social structure, system and society at large. • The study shall explicitly focus on the movem
Learning Outcome: • Exploring and focusing on the social movements providing deeper and clearer insight through sociological vantage. • Acquainting the students with the basic concepts and theories of social movements • Identifying various causes and understanding th
Contents of the Course
- Defining Social Movements
- Theories of Social Movements
Collective Behaviour; Resource Mobilisation Approach
- Classification of Social Movements
- Types of Social Movements in India
Dalit Movements; Tribal Movements; Agrarian Movements; Women Movements; Environmental Movements; New Social Movements
- Social Movement and Social Change
Readings and References
- Banks, J.A. 1972. The Sociology of Social Movements. London: Macmillan.
- Desai, A.R. (ed.). 1986. Agrarian Struggle in India after Independence. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- Menon, N. (ed.). 2001. Gender and Politics in India. New Delhi: OUP.
- Omvedt, G. 1993. Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Social Tradition in India. London: Sharpe.
- Oommen T.K. 1972.Charisma, Stability and Change. Delhi: Sage.
- Oommen, T.K (ed.). 2009. Social Movements: Concerns of Equity and Security. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- Oommen, T.K (ed.). 2009. Social Movements: Issues in Identity. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- Rao, M.S.A. (ed.). 1979. Social Movements in India- (Vol. I & II). New Delhi: Manohar Publication.
- Shah, G. (ed.). 2001. Dalit Identity and Politics. New Delhi: Sage.
- Shah, G. (ed.). 2002. Social Movements and the State. New Delhi: Sage.
- Sharma, S. 1985. Social Movements and Social Change. New Delhi: Vikas Publication.
- Singh, R. 2006. Social Movements: Old and New. New Delhi: Sage.
- Singha, R. K. 2004. Peasant Movements in Post Colonial India. New Delhi: Sage.
- Edelman, Marc. 2001. “Social Movements: Changing Paradigms and Forms of Politics”, Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 30, pp. 285-317
- Buechler, Steven. 1995. “New Social Movement Theories”, The Sociological Quarterly, Vol. 36 no. 3, pp. 441-464
- Barker, Colin, Laurence Cox, John Krinsky and Alf Gunvald Nilsen (eds.). 2013. Marxism and Social Movements.
- Leiden, Boston: Brill. Jabri, Vivienne. 2013. “Resistance as the Claim to Politics” in Post Colonial Subject: Claiming Politics/ governing others in Late Modernity. Oxon: Routledge.
- Pickett, Brent L. 1996. “Foucault and the Politics of Resistance”, Polity, 28(4)
- Mahmood, Saba. 2011. “The Subject of Freedom” in Politics of Piety: The Islamic revival and the Feminist Subject. Princeton University Press.
Basic Features
Undergraduate degree programmes of either 3 or 4-year duration, with multiple entry and exit points and re-entry options, with appropriate certifications such as:
- UG certificate after completing 1 year (2 semesters with 40 Credits + 1 Summer course of 4 credits) of study,
- UG diploma after 2 years (4 semesters with 80 Credits + 1 Summer course of 4 credits) of study,
- Bachelor’s degree after a 3-year (6 semesters with 120 credits) programme of study,
- 4-year bachelor’s degree (Honours) after eight semesters (with 170 Credits) programme of study.
- 4-year bachelor’s degree (Honours with Research) if the student completes a rigorous research project (of 12 Credits) in their major area(s) of study in the 8th semester.
Note: The eligibility condition of doing the UG degree (Honours with Research) is- minimum75% marks to be obtained in the first six semesters.
- The students can make an exit after securing UG Certificate/ UG Diploma and are allowed to re-enter the degree programme within three years and complete the degree programme within the stipulated maximum period of seven years.
