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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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SOCIOLOGY
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 351
Total Marks-200
Part-I
Marks: 100
(Introducing Sociology)
1. Subject matter of Sociology
1.1 Definition, nature, scope & importance.
1.2 Origin and development of Sociology.
1.3 Sociology and other social sciences.
1.4 Research methods in Sociology.
2. Some Primary Concepts of Sociology
2.1 Society, community, association, institution, group.
2.2. Culture, civilization, cultural lag, social structure.
2.3 Family, marriage, property, state and religion.
3. Stage of Development of Human Society
3.1 Pre-industrial society, ancient society, pastoral society, agricultural society.
3.2 Industrial society and post-industrial society.
4. Social Institutions
4.1 Family, types, functions and future.
4.2 Marriage, types and functions.
5. Economic Institution
5.1 Property, definition, types, forms of ownership.
5.2 Origin of private property-primitive communism-arguments for and against private ownership.
5.3 Economic systems-capitalism, socialism and mixed economy.
5.4 Property in ancient society, pastoral, agricultural and industrial society.
6. Political Institution
6.1 State, state and government.
6.2 Legitimacy, power and authority.
6.3 Marx and state.
6.4 Democracy and state.
7. Social Stratification & Social Mobility
7.1 The concept of social stratification-its characteristics & consequences.
7.2 Major types of social stratification, slavery, estate, caste, class & status.
7.3 Theories of social stratification-functionalist and conflict theories.
7.4 Towards an integrative theory, Dahrendrof & Lenski‘s theories.
7.5 Social mobility-types and causes of mobility-horizontal & vertical mobility.
8. Deviance and Social Control
8.1 Crime and deviance, functions and dysfunction of crime, types of crime and criminal.
8.2 Etiology of crime and deviance, biological, psychological and sociological theories.
8.3 Social control-signification and agencies of social control. Formal and informal agencies.