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Optional · Sociology (Papers I & II)

25 topics · 2 sections — from the official UPSC syllabus. Study material lands topic by topic.

Paper I · Fundamentals of Sociology

  1. 1
    Sociology - The Discipline
    1. 1.Sociology – The Discipline8 min
  2. 2
    Sociology as Science
    1. 1.Sociology as Science9 min
  3. 3
    Research Methods and Analysis
    1. 1.Research Methods and Analysis11 min
  4. 4
    Sociological Thinkers: Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Parsons, Merton, Mead
    1. 1.Sociological Thinkers: Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Parsons, Merton, Mead14 min
  5. 5
    Stratification and Mobility
    1. 1.Stratification and Mobility11 min
  6. 6
    Work and Economic Life
    1. 1.Work and Economic Life13 min
  7. 7
    Politics and Society
    1. 1.Politics and Society22 min
  8. 8
    Religion and Society
    1. 1.Religion and Society13 min
  9. 9
    Systems of Kinship
    1. 1.Systems of Kinship13 min
  10. 10
    Social Change in Modern Society
    1. 1.Social Change in Modern Society13 min

Paper II · Indian Society: Structure and Change

  1. 1
    Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society: Indology, Structural Functionalism, Marxist Sociology
    1. 1.Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society: Indology, Structural Functionalism, Marxist Sociology12 min
  2. 2
    Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Society
    1. 1.Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Society11 min
  3. 3
    Rural and Agrarian Social Structure: The Village, Land Tenure and Land Reforms
    1. 1.Rural and Agrarian Social Structure: The Village Idea and the Evolution of Land Tenure13 min
  4. 4
    Caste System: Perspectives, Features, and Untouchability
    1. 1.Caste System: Perspectives, Features, and Untouchability16 min
  5. 5
    Tribal Communities in India: Definitional Problems
    1. 1.Tribal Communities in India: Definitional Problems, Geographical Spread, Colonial Policies, and Issues of Integration and Autonomy10 min
  6. 6
    Social Classes in India: Agrarian, Industrial and Middle Classes
    1. 1.Social Classes in India: Agrarian, Industrial and Middle Classes10 min
  7. 7
    Systems of Kinship in India: Lineage, Descent, Family and Marriage
    1. 1.Systems of Kinship in India: Lineage, Descent, Family, Household and Patriarchy13 min
  8. 8
    Religious Communities in India and the Problems of Religious Minorities
    1. 1.Religious Communities in India and the Problems of Religious Minorities18 min
  9. 9
    Visions of Social Change in India: Planning, Law and Education
    1. 1.Visions of Social Change in India: Planning, Law and Education10 min
  10. 10
    Rural Development, Cooperatives and Agrarian Transformation
    1. 1.Rural Development, Cooperatives and Agrarian Transformation in India14 min
  11. 11
    Industrialization and Urbanisation in India
    1. 1.Industrialization and Urbanisation in India13 min
  12. 12
    Politics and Society in India: Nation, Parties and Decentralization
    1. 1.Politics and Society in India: Nation, Parties, Regionalism and Secularization14 min
  13. 13
    Social Movements in Modern India: Peasants, Women, Dalits, Environment
    1. 1.Social Movements in Modern India: Peasants, Women, Backward Classes and Dalits, Environment, Ethnicity and Identity18 min
  14. 14
    Population Dynamics: Size, Composition, Growth and Family Planning
    1. 1.Population Dynamics: Size, Composition, Growth and Policy in India17 min
  15. 15
    Challenges of Social Transformation
    1. 1.Challenges of Social Transformation19 min

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