Syllabus (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
Course Type: MAJ-8
Semester: 6
Course Code: BPLSMAJ08T
Course Title: Political Sociology
(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1
Credit: 6
Practical/Theory: Theory
Course Objective:
Learning Outcome: Course Outcome: The course equips students to grasp the essential historicity of political processes, political institutions and political change to facilitate an understanding of the dynamic nature of political phenomena. The course deals with theoretic
Learning Objectives:
- Political Sociology is one of the core areas of sociology. It is a thriving subfield of sociology with important theoretical and practical consequences. The endeavor in this course is to render it compact, contemporaneous and make it contextual for Indian students, while familiarizing them with enduring conceptual and theoretical concerns. It is rigorously theoretical yet relatable.
- To examine the bases of social power and the relationship between politics and society both analytically as well as in specific empirical contexts. The course is an intensive introduction to the theoretical debates extant in the sub-field and equips students to learn both classical and contemporary arguments about age old questions of power, authority and resistance and their manifestations in political institutions and political systems.
- The course equips students to grasp the essential historicity of political processes, political institutions and political change to facilitate an understanding of the dynamic nature of political phenomena.
Course Content: 6*6= 36 Classes (6 Classes per topic)
- Political Sociology: Nature, Scope and Emergence.
- Political Culture & Political Socialization—Key Aspects & Classification.
- Elite theories: Mosca, Pareto, Mitchels & C.Wright Mills.
- Authority: Weberian Classification.
- Political party and Pressure groups.
- Political Development and Modernization.
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Suggested Readings:
- Nash, Kate. (2009). Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics and Power. Singapore. Blackwell Publishers.
- Gupta, Dipankar(1996). Political Sociology in India: Contemporary Trends. New Delhi. Orient Longman Limited.
- Lenski, Gerhard E.(2013). Power and Privileges: A Theory of Social Stratification. USA. University of North Carolina Press.
- Scott, John. (2014). Stratification and Power: Structures of Class, Status and Command. USA. Polity Publishers.
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.
