Sociology books list and test series

UPSC CSE 2018
Optional SOCIOLOGY books list

PAPER-I

1.  Sociology – Anthony Giddens

2.  Sociology – Harlombos and
Holborn

3.  Sociological Thought – Francis
Abraham and John Henry Morgan

4.  Political Theory – O P Gauba

PAPER-II

1.  Social Change in India – M N
Srinivas

2.  Modernization of Indian
Tradition – Yogendra Singh

3.  Handbook of Indian Sociology –
Veena Das

4.  Indian Society and Culture –
Nadeem Hasnain

5.  Rural Sociology – Doshi and
Jain

6.  Social Background of Indian
Nationalism – A R Desai

These are commonly recommended books by toppers.

I have been teaching Sociology Optional since last 7 years and to
make things easier for students,  I have made a photocopy of selective
chapters from above above books, as follows:

  1) 
  NCERT +NIOS +IGNOU selective chapters booklet.

2)        Abraham,
gauba, Yogendra Singh, M N Srinivas, Nadeem Hasnain, A R Desai selective pages
booklet.

I recommend more on answer writing along with reading chapter wise-
syllabus wise from above books.

SOCIOLOGY Test series-

CSE Mains 2018

with courtesy
of

Sankalp
IAS Forum, Mumbai Pune

Under guidance of 2 IAS officers-

Amrutesh Aurangabadkar,AIR 10,2011
&

Ajay Kumar,AIR 135,2013 and,

Jyoti Ramdas Madam, Delhi

And Santosh Rokade Sir.

Features:

ü  Individual feedback session after every test in Mumbai and

ü  in Pune THROUGH social media,VC by above officers .

ü  Extensive discussion sessions twice in a month in Pune and
weekly in Mumbai.

ü  Emphasis on structuring answers

ü  Incorporation of contemporary writings on thinkers in
Paper-I

ü  Inputs from Newspapers and Magazines in both Papers

ü  Additional selective reading for enrichment to meet
requirements of  unexpected questions

 Date          Test Topics  

Week 1    -Sociology as science.

                        -Stratification and mobility  

                        -Karl Marx

                        -
Emile Durkheim

                         -Max
Weber                                                       

                                              

Week 2         -R. Merton

                         -Mead

                        -T.
Parson  

                         -Indian
Sociologists.

Week 3        -Works and
economic life.      

                         -Politics
and society

                         -Religion
and society

                         -System
of kinship               

                         -Social
changes in modern society

Week 4       -Perspective on the
study of the Indian society.

                         -Impact
of colonial rule on Indian society

                         -Rural
and agrarian social structure

                         -Caste
system

                         -Tribal
communities of India

Week 5        -Social class
in India

                         -Systems
of kinship in India

                         -Religion
and society.

                          -vision
of social change in India.                                       

                          -Rural
and agrarian transformation in India.

Week 6 
       -Industrialization and urbanization
in India.

                          -Politics
and society.

                         -
Social movements in India and Population dynamism.

                          -
Challenges of social transformation.

Week 7         -Full
Syllabus paper –I,           -Full Syllabus of paper –II

                                   

Postal Test series available

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Rokade,

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