Sociology-I
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University · LL.B. Semester 1
Unit I — Sociology
The Meaning, Definition and Significance · Origin & Development of Sociology · Sociological Perspective and Relationship with Law
Unit II — Basic Concepts
Society, Community, Institution, Association, Status and Role, Social norms · Family and Kinship, Religion, Education, Polity and Law
- Basic concepts
- Society (Meaning & Characteristics, Types of Society, Pluralistic Nature
- Social groups (Meaning & Characteristics, Types of & Groups
- Norms, Values, Community, Associations, Institutions, Status and Role, Socialization, Culture, Social structure and Social system
- Social Institutions
- Family — Meaning, Functions of Family, Theories of Origin of Family, Types of Family, Changing Patterns of Family
- Kinship (Meaning, Types of Kinship, Degrees of Kinship, Kinship Usages, Kinship & Descent)
Unit III — The Individual and Society
Culture- Characteristics and components. Theories of culture · Socialization-Stages, Process and Agencies. Theories of Socialization
Unit IV — Social Stratification and Social Change
Meaning · Theories of social stratification · Theories and factors of social change · Law, social change and social control · Law and social integration
- Social Stratification — caste, class, sex and gender, race and ethnicity
- Change — Social change
- Meaning, Characteristics, factors or causes of social change, processes of social change (Westernization, Modernization, Industrialization, Sanskritisation, Liberalization, Globalization)
- Theories of social change: Evolutionary Theories, Cyclical Theories, Functionalist Theories, Conflict Theories)
- Social Control — Meaning and Purpose, Types of social control-formal and informal
- Law and social change
Unit V — Social Research Method
Social research strategies · Research designs
- Social Research — Nature and Purpose, Types of methodology — comparative, descriptive, diagnostic, exploratory, experimental
- Research methods — documentary, empirical and survey method
- Tools of data collection — observation, interview, questionnaire and schedule, case study, sampling, Stages of data collection — conceptualizing problem, laying down hypothesis, defining the variables, choosing the tools of data collection, phase of data collection, data analysis