POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
                     MA [Political Science] 
                         901 C
                      Third Semester
                     [ENGLISH EDITION]
          Directorate of Distance Education
              TRIPURA UNIVERSITY
                                                                   Reviewer
                                                                  Dr Nivedita Giri
                                            Assistant Professor, Jesus & Mary College, University of Delhi
                     Authors
                     Swaha Das, (M.Phil), Assistant Professor, Indraprastha College for Women, New Delhi
                     Swati Priyambada Das, (M.Phil), Masters in Sociology, Delhi School of Economics
                     Punyasloka Priyadarshi Das, LLB, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
                     Units: (1.2-1.4, 2.2-2.3.3, 2.4, 4.2-4.2.1) © Authors, 2017
                     Dr. Namrata Prasad, Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Bapu Post Graduate College, Pipiganj, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
                     Units: (1.5, 2.6, 3.4.1, 4.4-4.4.2) © Dr. Namrata Prasad, 2017
                     Dr Jaya Shrivastava, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School for Ambedkar Studies, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar
                     University (A Central University) Raebareli Road, Lucknow, U.P.
                     Units: (1.6, 2.3.4, 3.2-3.3.3) © Dr Jaya Shrivastava, 2017
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                                  SYLLABI-BOOK MAPPING TABLE
                                                             Political Sociology
                                   Syllabi                                                                      Mapping in Book
                  Unit - I
                  1.  Nature and Scope of Political Sociology                                         Unit 1: Nature and Scope of
                      • Evolution of Political Sociology as a Discipline                                        Political Sociology
                      • Approaches to the Study of Political Sociology                                                (Pages 3-51)
                  2.  Stratification and Power
                      • Social Stratification and Politics; Caste and Class
                      • Conceptualization of Power, Authority and Legitimacy
                  Unit - II
                  3.  Political Socialisation and Culture                                            Unit-2: Political Socialization
                      • Political Socialisation                                                                         and Culture
                      • Political Participation and Communication                                                  (Pages 53-101)
                      • Cultural bases of Politics: From Modernism to Post-
                        modernism
                      • Media and Politics
                      • Gender and Politics–Women Empowerment
                  Unit - III
                  4.  Some Basic Concepts                                                           Unit-3: Some Basic Concepts
                      • Elitism: Definition, Rise of Elitism, Elite Theories                                      (Pages 103-152)
                      • Bureaucracy: Marx, Weber and Merton
                      • Social Ethics and Politics: The Domain of Social Ethics
                        (a) Social Discrimination
                        (b) Poverty and Hunger
                        (c) Values of Secularism
                        (d) Fundamentalism
                  Unit - IV
                  5.  State and Society in India                                                 Unit-4: State and Society In India
                      • State and Society under Capitalism; Citizenship and                                       (Pages 153-182)
                        Welfare State
                      • State and Society under Socialism; State Control and
                        Institutional Autonomy
                  6.  Contemporary Trends in Political Sociology in India
                      • Ethnic Conflicts in India
                      • Social Inequality and Exclusion
                      • Political Participation