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MOST PRECISE SOCIOLOGY MATERIAL FOR IAS EXAMTable of ContentsUnit-I (Sociology - The Discipline)Modernity and Social Changes in Europe and Emergence of SociologyScope of the Subject and Comparison with Other Social SciencesScope of SociologySociology and Other Social SciencesSociology and Political ScienceSociology and EconomicsSociology and HistorySociology and PsychologySociology and Social AnthropologySociology and Common SenseUnit-II (Sociology as Science)Science, Scientific Method and CritiqueMajor Theoretical Strands of Research MethodologySymbolic InteractionPhenomenologyPositivism and its CritiqueFact, Value and Objectivity1. HypothesisNon Positivist Methodologies2. Sampling3. Observation4. QuestionnaireUnit-III (Research Methods and Analysis)Qualitative and Quantitative MethodsTechniques of Data CollectionVariablesSamplingHypothesisValidity and ReliabilityVALIDITYRELIABILITYUnit-IV (Sociological Thinkers)KARL MARXDialectical Materialism and Historical MaterialismHistorical MaterialismMode of ProductionAlienationClass StruggleEMILE DURKHEIMDivision of LabourSocial FactsSuicideReligion and SocietyDurkheim on EducationMAX WEBERSocial Action Theory (Weber's View of Subject Matter)Sociological Methodology of WeberAuthority and BureaucracyBureaucracy and Developing SocietiesProtestant Ethic and Spirit of CapitalismTALCOTT PARSONSSocial SystemPattern VariablesROBERT K. MERTONManifest and Latent FunctionsConformity and DevianceReference GroupsG.H. MeadSelf and IdentityUnit-V (Stratification and Mobility)Social StratificationSocial ExclusionPoverty and DeprivationTheories of Social StratificationMarxist's (Conflict) Theory of StratificationMax Weber's Theory of Social Stratification (Trinitarian Model)Class:(Class, Status group, Gender, Ethnicity and Race)Status Group:Gender:Race and Ethnicity:Social Mobility(Types of mobility, Open and closed system, sources and causes of mobility)Unit-VI (Work and Economic Life)(Social organization of work in different societies - Slavery, feudal and capitalist society.)Feudal SystemCapitalist SocietyFormal and Informal Organization of WorkInformal Sector:Labour and SocietyUnit-VII (Politics and Society)Sociological Theories of PowerPower ElitesPressure GroupsPressure Groups and DemocracyPressure groups and Political partiesPolitical PartiesNationStateCitizenshipDemocracyCivil SocietyIdeologyProtestAgitationSocial MovementsTheories of Social MovementsCollective ActionRevolutionUnit-VIII (Religion and Society)Religion and Society Sociological Theories of ReligionAnimism(Animism, Monoism, Pluralism, Sects, Cults)Polytheism (Pluralism) and MonotheismSect and CultReligion in Modern Society:(Religion and Science, Secularization, Religious Revivalism)Religious Fundamentalism and RevivalismUnit-IX (Systems of Kinship)System of Kinship Family, Household and MarriageHousehold Vs. FamilyContemporary TrendsHousehold and Marriage in U.S. and EuropeTypes and Forms of FamilyLineage and DescentPatriarchy and Sexual Division of LabourUnit-X (Social Change in Modern Society)Social Change in Modern SocietySociological Theories of Social Change(1). Evolutionary Theory of Social Change:(2). Cyclic Theory of Social Change:(3). Conflict Theory of Social Change:Development and DependencyAgents of Social ChangeEducational Social ChangeScience, Technology and Social Change