Syllabus

Course Code: M-SOCE-011    Course Name: Rural Sociology

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Rural Sociology: Development, Nature & Scope; Significance of village studies; Rurbanism; Universalization and Parochialization.
2 Rural Social Structure: Agrarian Mode of Production, Agrarian Social Structure &Class relations, Land Ownership & Agrarian Relations; Jajmani System; Rural Family-Structure and Change; Caste-tribe Settlements.
3 Rural Economy and Polity: Agrarian Sector in National Perspective; Agrarian Reforms; Land acquisition issues and policy, Depeasantization; The Second Green Revolution; Panchayati Raj, Emerging Pattern of Rural Leadership, Rural Transformation
4 Rural Problems: Agrarian Unrest & Peasant Movements, Rural Poverty, Bonded Labour, Unemployment; Food Security; Problems of Health and Housing; Changing Intercommunity Relations & Violence.
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