SYLLABUS – POST GRADUATE

(SOCIOLOGY-CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM)

SEMESTER -I

C.C 1.1 – Western And Marxist Sociological Thought

Module I
(a) Industrial Revolution, French Revolution and Enlightenment- Montesquieu and Saint Simon- Origin of
Sociology.

(b) Durkheim- Methodology, Social Fact, Division of Labour and Suicide.

(c) Simmel- Formal Sociology, Place of Money, Objective Culture.

Module II
(a) Marxism and Sociology- Marx on Dialectical Materialism, Base and superstructure, Historical
Materialism, Ideology , Revolution.

(b) Marxist Theory of Class- Marx on State and Bureaucracy- Alienation.

C.C 1.2 :Modern Sociology Theory

Module I
(a) Development of Sociological Theory- Social and Intellectual Forces- Modern Sociological Theory-
Definition and Characteristics- Building Blocks of Theory.

(b) Functional Theory- Basic Proposition- Radcliffe Brown, Talcott Persons, R.K. Merton- Neo-
Functionalism.

Module II (Advanced Sociological Theory)

(a) Theory Of Structuration – Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu

(b) Feminist Theory- Cultural Constitution of Gender, Theories of Gender Differences, Gender Inequality and
Gender oppression.

C.C 1.3: Indian Sociological Thought

Module I
(a) Development of Sociology in India- Difference Phases

(b) Social Thinking of Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore and M.K.Gandhi.

Module II
(a) Contribution of M.N.Srinivas and G.S.Ghurye to Indian Sociology.

(b) Contribution of N.K.Bose and B.R.Ambedkar.

C.C 1.4: Quantitative Research Methods

Module I
(a) Social Research: Concepts, Hypothesis, Theory, Types of Social Research

(b) i. Major steps in Social Research

ii. Research Design: Types of Research Design

(c) Sampling: Principles, Techniques and Design

 (d) Survey Research: Questionnaire and Interview

(e) Data Processing and Analysis

Module II
(a) Importance of Studying Statistics in Sociology

(b) Basic Concepts

(c) Measures of Central Tendency- Mean, Median, Mode

(d) Measures of Dispersion- Quartile Deviation, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation

(e) Correlation

(f) Testing of Hypothesis

C.C 1.5: Sociology of Social Relations

Module I
(a) Conceptualising Relationship- Features, Types, Motivations- People getting
together, Forms ofTogetherness, Forces of Social attraction.

(b) Social Interaction: Communications, Observations, Interpretation, Response, Structural

Conditions ofinteraction. Politics of Interaction: Dimensions of Power in everyday
Interactions.

Module II
(a) In Search of Intimacy: Loners
and Strangers. Intimacies:
Family, Kingship, Friendship.

(b) Intimacies: Love and Sexuality- Plastic Sexuality

(Anthony Giddens)On line Intimacies- Intimacies on
Sale.

READINGS:

C.C 1.1 – Western And Marxist Sociological Thought

1. Abraham, J.H. & Morgan, 1985, Sociological Thought from Comte to Sorokin, Wyndham
Hall Press
2. Adams, B.N. & Sydie R.A. 2000, Sociological Theory, Pine Forge Press.
3. Aron, Raymond, 1981, Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. I & II, Penguin.
4. Bottomore, T. 1985. Theories of Modern Capitalism. London: Unwin Hyman Ltd.
5. Calhoun, Craig et al. 2002: Contemporary Sociological theory, Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
6. Collins, Randal. Three Sociological Traditions, Oxford University Press.
7. Durkheim, E. 1961, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (5th edition). Collier Books
8. Durkheim, E, 1982, The Rules of Sociological Method. Macmillan.
9. Durkheim, E, 1993, The Division of Labour in Society. The Free Press
 10. Durkheim, E, 1997, Suicide. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
11. Giddens, Anthony 1994, Capitalism and Modern Social Theory, Cambridge University
Press.
12. Morrison Ken, 1995. Marx, Durkheim, Weber – formation of Modern Social Thought. Sage
Publication.
13. Nisbet, R. A. 1976. The Sociological Tradition. London: Heinemann.
14. Ritzer George, 2000, Sociological Theory, Mc.Graw Hill, 5th edition.
15. Tucker, K.N. Classical Social Theory. 2002. Blackwell Publication.
16. Turner, B.S The Blackwell companion to social theory
17. Zetlin Irvin. 1981, Ideology and the Development Sociological Theory
18. Weber, M. 1949, Methodology of the Social Sciences. New York: The Free Press.
19. Weber, M 2002. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Blackwell Publishers.
20. Bottomore,T. 1999, Dictionary of Marxist Thoughts - Wiley Blackwell
21. Kolakowski, Laszek. 2008, Main Currents Of Marxism - W.W. Norton & Company.
22. Hughes, John. J. Peter Martin & W. W. Sharrock. 1995. Understanding Classical Sociology-
Marx, Weber, Durkheim. Sage
23. Morrison, Ken. 1995. Marx, Durkheim, Webar: Formation of Modern Social Thought, Sage
Publication.
24. Kumar, Ravi. 2016, Contemporary Readings In Marxism, Aakar Books, New Delhi
25. Cornforth, M. 2015, Dialectical Meterialism, Aakar Books, New Delhi
26. McLellan, David and Karl Marx. 1972 . The Thought of Karl Marx: An Introduction. New
York: Harper & Row.

C.C 1.2 :Modern Sociology Theory

CC 1.2. MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

1. Anthony Elliot and Charles Lemert, 2014. Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory,
Routledge.
2. Baert, Patrick. 1998. Social Theory in the Twentieth Century. New York. NYU Press.
3. Collins, Randall. 1994. Four Sociological Traditions. New York. OUP5
4. Turner, 1995. The Structure of Sociological Theory
5. Wallace and Wolf, 1990. Contemporary Sociological Theory
6. Abrahamson, Mark. 1978. Functionalism. Prentice Hall.
7. Elliot, Anthony and Lemert, Charles. 2014. Introduction to Contemporary Social
Theory. Routledge.
8. Ritzer, George (2011): Sociological Theory, McGraw- Hill: New York, 5th Edition.
9. Ritzer, George (2005): Encyclopedia of Social Theory, Vol.I & II, Sage: London
10. Calhoun, Craig et al. 2012: Contemporary Sociological theory, Wiley Blackwell Publishers
Ltd, 3rd Edition.
11. Giddens, Anthony (1994): Capitalism and Modern Social Theory, Cambridge University
Press: Cambridge.
 12. Giddens, Anthony (2013): The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of
Structuration, University of California Press, Berkeley& Los Angeles.
13. Webb, Jen, Tony Schirato & Geoff Danahar (2002): Understanding Bourdieu, Sage: London.
14. Craib, I. (1997): Classical Social Theory, Oxford University Press: New York.
15. Giddens, Anthony and Turner, Jonathan (eds). (1987): Social Theory Today, Polity Press:
Cambridge.
16. Adams Bert N., Sydie R. A., (2011): Sociological Theory, Vistaar: New Delhi.
17. Jackson, S. and S. Scott (eds.), 2002, Gender: A Sociological Reader, London: Routledge,
Introduction, Pp. 1‐26.

C.C 1.3: Indian Sociological Thought

1. Bandyopadhyay, Bholanath and Krishnadas Chattopadhyay (eds.) (2018): Founders of Sociology

in India, Leviant Books: Kolkata.
2. Momin, A.R (ed.) (1996): The Legacy of G.S. Ghurye, Popular Prakashan: Bombay.
3. Nagla, B.K. (2012): Indian Sociological Thought, Rawat Publications: Jaipur.
4. Patel. Sujata (1998): The Nostalgia for the Village: M.N. Srinivas and the Making of Indian Social
Anthropology, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 49-61.
5. Pramanick, Swapan Kumar (1996): Sociology of G.S. Ghurye, Rawat Publications: Jaipur.
6. Shah, A.M (1996): 'M. N. Srinivas: The Man and his Work' in A. M. Shah, B. S. Baviskar and
E. A. Ramaswamy (eds), Social Structure and Change. Vol. 1 Theory and Method. An Evaluation
of the Work of M. N. Srinivas, Sage Publications: New Delhi.
7. Srinivas, M.N. (1959): The Dominant Caste in Rampura, American Anthropologist, New Series,
Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 1-16.
8. Srinivas, M.N. (1979): The Fieldworker and the Field: A Village in Karnataka, in Shah, A.M,
E.A. Ramaswamy and M.N. Srinivas (eds.), The Fieldworker and the Field, Oxford India: New
Delhi.
9. Upadhyay, Carol (2000): The Hindu Nationalist Sociology of G.S. Ghurye , paper presented at the
National Workshop on Knowledge, Institutions, Practices: The Formation of Indian Anthropology
and Sociology at the Institute for Economic Growth, New Delhi.
10. Dhanagare. D. N. 1993, Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology, Rawat Publications
11. Bela Dutta Gupta. 1972. Sociology in India. Calcutta: Centre for sociological Research.
12. Diskhit Sinha. 2010. Rabindranather Palli Punargather Prayas. Paschimbanga Bangla Academy.
13. Ambedkar, B.R. 1944. Annihilation of Caste. OUP Or Jullender: Bheem Patrika.
14. Gandhi, M.K., 1938, Hind Swaraj. Ahmedabad: Navjivan Publishing House
15. Bose N. K, 2019. Studies in Gandhism: A Selection: The Asiatic Society
16. Bandyopadhyaya, Jayantanuja, 1969. Social and political thought of Gandhi: Allied Publishers.
17. Bose, N.K. 1963, Cultural Anthropology, Calcutta: IAP.
18. Bose, N.K. 1971, Tribal Life in India, Delhi: NBT
19. Keer, D, 1954 Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Life & Mission: Popular Prakashan.
20. Tagore, Rabindranath, 2015. Nationalism : Fingerprint Publishing
C.C 1.4: Quantitative Research Methods

1. Bailey, K. (1994). The Research Process in Methods of Social Research. 4th ed. The Free Press,
New York NY 10020.
2. Baker, T.L.1999. Doing Social Research. 3rd ed. Mcgraw-hill Book Company.
3. Babbie, Earl. 2010. The Practice of Social Research. 12th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing
Company/Cengage Learning.
4. Goode, W. E. and P. K. Hatt. 1952. Methods in Social Research.New York: McGraw Hill.
5. Bryman, Alan. 2004, Quantity and Quality in Social Research, New York: Routledge.
6. Creswell, J W. (2009). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods
Approaches, 3rd ed. Sage Publications, California.
7. Young, P.V. Scientific Social Surveys and Research. PHI-Learning. New Delhi.
8. Raftery A E. ‘Statistics in Sociology, 1950-2000’ ,Journal of the American Statistical Association,
Vol. 95, No. 450, (June 2000),pp. 654-661.
9. Gupta, S. P. (2007). Elementary Statistical Methods. Sultan Chand &Sons. Pp. 155-168, 173-180,
187-197.
10. Gupta, S. P. (2007). Elementary Statistical Methods.Sultan Chand &Sons.Pp. 263-277.
11. Elifson,K.W., Audrey Haber and Richard Runyon. 1982. Fundamentals of Social Statistics,
Addison Wesley
12. Fielding, J. L, Gilbert, G.N. 2000, Understanding Social Statistics, Sage.
13. Kalof L. and Dietz T., 2009, Introduction to Social Statistics: The Logic of Statistical Reasoning,
Wiley Blackwell
14. Leonard W.M., 1996, Basic Social Science , Stipes Publishing Company
15. Lynch M. , 2013, Using Statistics in Social Research, Springer
16. McTavish, D.G. &Loether, H.J. 2015, Social research: An evolving process, Pearson India
Education Pvt Ltd.
17. Nachmias, D. &Nachmias, C. 1981, Research methods in the social sciences, New York: St.
Martin’s Press.

C.C 1.5: Sociology of Social Relations

1. Bauman, Zygmunt. 1995. ‘Forms of Togetherness’, in Life in Fragments: Essays in

Postmodern Morality, Wiley- Blackwell, pp. 44-50.
2. Certeau, Michel de. 1984. ‘Walking in the City’ in The Practice of EverydayLife. University
of California Press, Berkeley.
3. Giddens, Anthony. 1992. ‘Love, Commitment and the Pure Relationship’, in The
Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in Modern Societies, Stanford,
California: Stanford University Press, pp: 49-64.
4. Karp, David and William Yoels. 1993. ‘Culture and Organization of Everyday life’, in A
Sociology of Everyday Life, Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers, pp: 5-30.
5. Sim, Stuart. 2007. ‘Where Silence Matters: Language and Speech’ in Manifesto for Silence:
Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise, Edinburgh University Press, pp: 157-164.
6. Zeev, Aaron Ben. 2004. ‘The Seductive Space’ from Online Emotion on the Internet,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp:1-25.
 SEMESTER – II

C.C 2.1.: Western and Post-

Marxist Sociological Thought
Module I
(a) Max Weber- Methodology, Concept of Social Action, Types of Authority with special
reference to bureaucracy, Protestant ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
(b) Vilfredo Pareto- Logical and non-logical Action, Residues and Derivations, Elites and
Circulation of Elites
(c) Karl Mannheim- Ideology and Utopia, Sociology of Knowledge, Planned Reconstruction Of
Society
Module II
(a) Russian Marxism with special reference to Bukharin’s sociological views, Frankfurt School-
Marcuse and Habermas.
(b) Western Marxism- Greamsci on civil society and hegemony, Althusser’s structural Marxism.

C.C 2.2 : Modern Sociological Theory:

Module I
(a) Conflict theory- Emergence, Basic Propositions, Contributions of R. Dahrendorf, Lewis Coser
and R. Collins.
(b) Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology- Basic propositions, contributions of Alfred
Schutz, Peter Berger and Luckmann and Harold Garfinkel.
Module II
(a) Structuralism and Post Structuralism- Levi Strauss, Michel Foucault, Derrida.
(b) Reflexive Modernity and Post Modern Theory- Anthony Giddens, Beck, Bauman, Lyotard and
Baudrillard

C.C 2.3 : Sociology of Social Movement

Module I
(a) Conceptualising Social movement : its nature and factors – Classification of Social Movements
: Old and New movements
– Their characteristics feature.
(b) Theories of Social movements : Marxist Theory and Subaltern Studies, Functionalist Theory (
M.S Gore, Yogendra Singh,
T.K Oommen), Relative Deprivation Theory( Ted Gurr), Resource Mobilization Theory and Identity
Oriented Theory.
Module II
(a) ‘Old’ social movements – Peasant Movements and Agrarian struggles, Tribal Movements,
Worker’s Movements, Students and Youth Movements.
(b) ‘New’ social movements- Ecology and Environment movements, Women’s
movements, Dalit movements, Ethnic movements, Human Rights Movements.

C.C 2.4 : Sociology of Social Environment

Module I
(c) Sociology of Environment- Emergence as a discipline.
Emerging Theories- Marx, Dunlap and Catton, and Radhakamal Mukherjee
(a) Environmental Issues in Social Life- Water, Population, Sanitation, Pollution, Energy,
Housing, Disaster- problem of Global Warming- Ecological Degradation
Module II
(a) Global Environmentalism- Environmental Justice, Laws- Conferences at International and
National Level.
(b) The Debate over Development and Environment.
Gender and Environment (Eco-Feminism), Environmental Movement with special reference to India.

C.C. 2.5: Urban Sociology:

Module I
(a) Urban Sociology- Origin, nature and scope, basic differences
between urbanism and urbanization. Theories of the city- Max Weber,
 Simmel, Louis Wirth, Toennies, and Durkheim.
(b) Typologies of the city- Pre- industrial, Post- industrial

Module II
(a) Traditional Urbanism and urbanization in India, Approaches to the
study of urbanization in India History of Urbanization in India- Early
Historical, Medieval, British and Post independence period.
(b) Urbanization policy and planning. Urban social problems- Poverty, Slum, Crime.

READINGS:

C.C 2.1.: Western and Post-Marxist Sociological Thought

1. Collins, Randall. 1994. Four Sociological Traditions. New York. OUP

2. G. Ritzer, 1996. Sociological Theory.
3. Turner, 1995. The Structure of Sociological Theory
4. Wallace and Wolf, 1990. Contemporary Sociological Theory
5. Bert N. Adams and R.A. Sydie. 2002. Sociological Theory. Sage, Vistara
6. Parsons, T. and E. Shils (eds). 1951. Towards a General Theory of Action. New York: Harper
and Row Publishers
7. Horkheimar. M and Adorno. T.W. The Dialectic of Enlightenment. 2002. Stanford University
Press. Stanford: California. pp 1-34. Chapter 1, The Concept of Enlightenment
8. Collins, Randall. 2004. Theoretical Sociology: Rawat publications
9. Craib, Ian. 2015. Modern Social Theory, Routledge
10. Cohen,Stephen F.(1980): Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography, 1888-
1938.
11. Mclellan, David: Marxism after Marx.
12. Held , David(1980). Introduction to Critical Theory: Hokheimer to Habermas. University of
California Press.
13. Bottomore, Tom(1992) . The Dictionary of Marxist Thought.
14. Kolakowski, Leszek ( 1981). Main Currrents of Marxism, vol. III : The Breakdown. New York :
Oxford University.
15. Waters, Malcolm, Modern Sociological Theory, 1994,
16. Assiter, Allison, 1984. " Althusser and Structuralism". British Journal of Sociology. London
School of Economics.

C.C 2.2 : Modern Sociological Theory

1. Collins, Randall. 1994. Four Sociological Traditions. New York. OUP5
2. G. Ritzer, 1996. Sociological Theory.
3. Turner, 1995. The Structure of Sociological Theory
4. Wallace and Wolf, 1990. Contemporary Sociological Theory
5. Bert N. Adams and R.A. Sydie. 2002. Sociological Theory. Sage, Vistara
6. Parsons, T. and E. Shils (eds). 1951. Towards a General Theory of Action. New York:
7. Harper and Row Publishers
 8. Horkheimar. M and Adorno. T.W. The Dialectic of Enlightenment. 2002. Stanford
9. University Press. Stanford: California. pp 1-34. Chapter 1, The Concept of
10. Enlightenment
11. Collins, Randall. 2004. Theoretical Sociology: Rawat publications
12. Craib, Ian. 2015. Modern Social Theory, Routledge
13. Young, Robert, 1981. Untying the Text : A Post-structuralist Reader, Routledge & Kegan Paul..
14. Deliege, Robert, Translated by Nora Scott. 2004, Levi Strauss Today: An Introduction to
Structural Anthropology. New York: Oxford Burke
15. Rabinow, Paul ed., The Foucault Reader, London: Penguin Books, 1984 (ps. 51-120,170-289).
16. Foucault, Michel, The Archaeology of Knowledge, New York: Pantheon Books 1971, (Chaps.
1,2).
17. Best, Stevens and Kellner, Douglas. 1991. Post Modern Theory.
18. Elliot, Anthony and Ray Larry. 2002. Key Contemporay Social Theorists. Blaclwell Pub
19. Elliot, Anthony and Lemert, Charles. 2014. Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory.
Routledge
20. Turner, Bryan.S. (Ed.) 1990. Theories of Modernity and Post Modernity. Sage.
21. Levi-Strauss, Claude Structural Anthropology, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963, Selected
chapters.
22. Beck, Ulrich, 1992. Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. London ; Newbury Park, Calif.:
Sage Publications.
23. Baudrillard, Jean, 1994. Simulacra and Simulation. Ann Arbor :University of Michigan Press.
24. Baert, Patrick. 1998. Social Theory in the Twentieth Century. New York. NYU Press

C.C 2.3 : Sociology of Social Movement Module I

25. Shah, Ghanshyam. 2004. Social Movements in India: A Review of Literature. SAGE: New
Delhi
26. K. Chattopadhyay and A. Choudhuri (Eds.) 2010. Bharater Samajik Andolan, Levant Books,
Kolkata.
27. Wilkinson, P. 1971. Social Movement. London: Pall Mall Press Ltd.
28. Eyerman, R. and Jamison. 1991. Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach. Polity Press:
Cambridge.
29. Guesfield, J.R. (ed.). 1971. Protest, Reform and Revolt: A Reader in Social Movements. John
Wiley & Sons: New York
30. Rao, M. S. A. 1987. Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward
Classes Movements in India. New Delhi:
31. Manohar. Scott, A. 1991. Ideology and New Social Movements, London: Unwin Hyman.
32. Dhanagare, D. N. 1983. Peasant Movements in India 1920-1950. New Delhi: Oxford University
Press.
33. Baruah, S., 2010, ‘The Assam Movement’ in T.K. Oommen (ed.) Social Movements I: Issues of
Identity, Oxford University Press: New Delhi, pp.191-208.
 34. Chanda, Piyali (2014): Women’s Movement in India, in Chakraborty, Basabi (ed.): Various
Aspects of Women’s Studies, Urbee Prakashani: Kolkata.
35. Gandhi, N. &Shah, N. (1993): Issues at Stake: Theory and Practice in the Contemporary
Women’s Movement in India, Kali for Women, New Delhi.
36. Khullar, M. (ed.) (2005): Writing the Women’s Movement: A Reader, Zubaan: New Delhi.
37. Kumar, Radha (2006): The History of Doing: An Illustrated Account of Movement for
Women’s Rights and Feminism in India, 1800-1990, Zuban (an imprint of Kali for Women.
Originally published in 1993): New Delhi.
38. Menon, N., (ed.) (1999): Gender and Politics in India, Oxford University Press: Delhi, pp. 342-
369.
39. Shah, G. ( 2001): Dalit Identity and Politics, Sage Publications: New Delhi, Pp.17-43

C.C 2.4 : Sociology of Social

Environment
1. Environmental Sociology by John Hannigan, Routledge, London, 2002.
2. Environmental Sociology : Indian Perspectives by Sukanta Bhattacharya, Levant Books, Kolkata.
2010.

Further Readings.
1. Rachel Carson - Silent Spring, Boston, 1962.
2. Ramchandra Guha - Social Ecology, Oxford India Paperback, 1998.
3. Ramchandra Guha - Environmentalism : A Global History, Oxford University Press, 2000.
4. Our Common Future WCED, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1989.
5. Vandana Shiva - Ecology and Politics of Survival, Sage Publication, 1991.
6. Grundmann, Reiner - 'The Ecological Challenge to Marxism ' in New Left Review, May to June,
1991.
7. Vandana Shiva - Staying Alive. Zed Books, London, 1989.
8. Ghanashyam Shah (edt) - Social Movement and the State, Sage, New Delhi, 2002.
9. T.K. Oomen - State and Society in India, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1990.
10. Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva - Ecofeminism, Rawat Publication, Jaipur, 2010.

C. C. 2.5: Urban Sociology

1. Ahluwalia, Ishwar Judge, Ravi Kanbur & P.K. Mohanty (eds.) (2014): Urbanisation in India:
Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward, Sage Publications: New Delhi.
2. Abrahamson, Mark. 2013. Urban Sociology: A Global Introduction, Cambridge University
Press.
3. Flanagan, William. 2010. Urban Sociology. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
4. Jayapalan, N 2002. Urban Sociology. Atlantic Publishers.
5. Mann, P. T. 1970. Approach to Urban Sociology. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
6. Kosambi, Meera. 1994. Urbanization and Urban Decelopment in India, ICSSR.
7. Lefebvre, Henri et al. 1996. Writings on cities. Wiley.
8. Paddison, Ronnan. (2001). Handbook of Urban Studies, India: Sage.
9. Das, Amiya Kumar (2007): Urban Planning in India, Rawat Publications: Jaipur.
10. Kar, Samit (2013): Critical Perspectives of City Life, Platinum Publishers: Kolkata.
11. Mohanty, G.S (2005): Modern Sociology (Globalisation and Urban Sociology), Vol. 1, Isha
Books: New Delhi.
12. Padawangi, Rita (2018):Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia, Routledge:
Singapore.
13. Purohit, Ashok (2012): Urbanisation in India, RBSA Publishers: New Delhi.
14. Ramachandran, R (1997): Urbanization and Urban Systems in India, Oxford: New Delhi.
15. Rao, M.S.A (ed.) (1992): Urban Sociology in India, Orient Longman: New Delhi.
16. Rao, M.S.A., C. Bhat & L.N. Kadekar (eds.) (1991): A Reader in Urban Sociology, Orient
Longman: New Delhi.
17. Sivaramakrishnan, K.C, Amitabh Kundu and B.N. Singh (eds.) (2007): Oxford Handbook of
Urbanization in India, Oxford: New Delhi.
18. Upreti, H.C.(2004): Urban Slums and Dimensions of Poverty, Pointer Publishers, Jaipur.
 SEMESTER – III

C.C 3.1 – Sociology of Health and Illness

Module I
(a) Sociological Perspective of Health and Illness- Class and Health- Ethnicity and Health-
Distinctionbetween Health and Illness.

(b) Theoretical Approaches – Parsonian Functionalism and the Sick Role- symbolic
Interactionism and Social Construction of Illness- Marxist Approach- Post – modern
Approach- Humanitarian Approach .

Module II
(a) Sociology of Disability
(i) Individual model of Disability- Social model of Disability.

(ii) Disability, Law and public Policy(with reference to India)

(b) Gender Health and Caring- Women, Medicine and Reproduction- Assistive Reproductive
Technology, Women and Health inequalities- Medical images of Women-Women and aging.

C.C 3.2 :Industrial Sociology

Module I
(a) Industrial Sociology- Nature and Scope, Industrialization, Industrialism, Industrial
Society, Post-industrial Society.

(b) Work- work Process, Work Culture, Work Ethics, ScientificManagement School- Human
relationsSchool- Post- modern view.

Module II
(a) Managers of Enterprise : Their Power, Positions and Politics.
Industrial Labour Force : building the Industrial Labour Force, Problem of
Labour Surplus. Industrial workers in Indian Context : Trade Union with special
references to India.

(b) Industry and Community- Industry and Social Stratification- Industry and Family.

C.C 3.3 :Political Sociology

Module I
(a) Political Sociology- Emergence, Scope and Development.
Political Culture- Definition and Nature, Agencies of Political Socialization.

(b) Power, Hegemony and Domination- Karl Marx, Max Weber and Elite theorists (Pareto,
Michels, Millsand Mosca).

Module II
(a) Politics in India- Political Party, Pressure Group, Election Commissions and Voting Behaviour.

(b) Ethnic Politics in India- Caste and Politics in India- Religion and Communalism- Secularism
and Crisisof Secularism in India- Judicial Activism.

(c) Democracy and Political Culture in India.

READINGS:

C.C 3.1 – Sociology of Health and Illness

 1. Biswamoy Pati, Mark Harrison, 2009. Edited The Social History of Health and Medicine in
Colonial India, Routledge.
2. Conrad Peter. 2018. The Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives; Sage.
3. Jonathan Gabe, Michael Bury, Mary Ann Elston 2004. Edited Key Concepts in Medical
Sociology
4. G. Wilson: Understanding Old Age.
5. Kevin White 2017. An Introduction to the Sociology of Health and Illness; Sage.
6. Kumar,Deepak: Disease and medicine in India: A Historical Overview.
7. Madhu Naglaedited. Readings in Indian Sociology: Volume IV: Sociology of Health
8. Mohammad Akram Sociology of Health; Rawat Publications, 2014.
9. Morten Knudsen, Werner Vogd. 2015. Edited. Systems Theory and the Sociology of Health
and Illness: Observing Healthcare. Routledge.
10. Fine, M. and Asch, A. (1988). Disability Beyond Stigma: Social Interaction, Discrimination
and Activism, Journal of Social Issues, 44(l) pp. 3-21.
11. Goodley, Dan. 2011. Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction, Sage Publications,
New Delhi.
12. Nagi, S.Z. (1965). Some Conceptual Issues in Disability and Rehabilitation, in M.B. Sussman
(ed.), Sociology and Rehabilitation, Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association.
13. Srivastava, Prashant & Kumar, Pradeep. 2015. Disability, Its Issues and Challenges:Psycho
Social and Legal Aspects in Indian Scenario, Vol 18 No. 1 Delhi Psychiatry Journal.
14. Calasanti, T. M. 2001. Gender, Social Inequalities and Aging, Rowman Altamira.
15. Chen, Martha. 1998. Widows in India, New Delhi, Sage.
16. Cohen, Lawrence. 2000. No Ageing in India, University of California Press.
17. Lindheim, Steven R. and others. 2014. The Impact of Assisted Reproduction on Soci0-
Cultural Values and Social Norms. Advances in Anthropology,4,227-242.

C.C 3.2 :Industrial Sociology

1. Bell, Daniel (1976): The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, Heineman: London: Introduction,
pp.12-45.
2. Bhowmik, Sharit K. (2012): Industry, Labour and Society: Orient Blackswan: New Delhi.
3. Breman, J., (1999): “The Study of Industrial Labour in Post Colonial India: The Formal Sector”,
Contributions to Indian Sociology, 33(1&2), pp.1-41.
4. Breman, Jan. (2003): “The Informal Sector” in Veena Das, (ed.) The Oxford India Companion to
Sociology and Social Anthropology, Oxford University Press: New Delhi , pp. 1287-1312.
5. Brown Richard, John Child & S.R. Parker, M.A. Smith (1981): The Sociology of Industry, Studies
in Sociology 1: Routledge: London.
6. Edgell, Stephen (2006): “Unpaid Work-Domestic and Voluntary Work‟ in The Sociology of
Work: Continuity and Change in Unpaid Work, Sage: New Delhi, pp.153-181.
7. Gilbert, S.J.-(1985): Fundamentals of Industrial Sociology, Tata Mac Graw Hill Publishing Co.
Ltd., New Delhi.
8. Grint, Keith (2005): The Sociology of work: Introduction. Polity Press: London.
 9. Kumar, Krishan (1999): From Post-industrial to Post-modern Society, Oxford: Blackwell
Publishers Ltd., Chapter 2 and 6, pp. 6-35 and 154-163.
10. Miller, C. Delbert and William H. Form (1951): Industrial Sociology: An Introduction to the
Sociology of Work Relations, New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers.
11. Ramaswamy E. A. and Uma Ramaswamy (1981): Industry and Labour, Oxford University Press:
New Delhi, Chapter 3, Pp.33-65.
12. Schneider Eugene (1979): Industrial Sociology, Tata Mac Graw Hills: New Delhi.
13. Seth,N.R.(ed)-(1982): Industrial Sociology in India, Allied Publishers: Kolkata.
14. Subramanya, G. (2006): Principles of Industrial Sociology, Sapna Book House: Bangalore.

C.C 3.3 : Political Sociology

1. Ali Ashraf and L. N. Sharma-Political sociology , Orient Blackswan, 2012
2. T.B. Bottomore: Political Sociology ,Pluto Press, 1993
3. T.B. Bottomore: Elite and SocietyRutledge, 2017
4. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay: Political Sociology, K.P. Bagchi Publisher, 1977.
5. S. Chakraborty ed. Political Sociology, Trinity, 2016.
6. Pradip Basu (ed): Political Sociology Setu Publication, 2015
7. Rakhahori Chatterjee: Politics India, The Sate Society Interface , Intl. Academic Publication,
2002
8. Shefali Roy: Society And Politics in India Understanding Political Sociology, PHI Learning ,
2014
9. Z. Hasan: Politics and Party Politics in India, OUP, 2004.
 SEMESTER – III

CEC 3.1 – Sociology of Gender

Module I
(a) Social Construction of Gender.
Concept of Gender in Sociology- Critique of Mainstream Sociology- Sociology vs. Gender
Studies.

(b) Gender in History- Views of Frederick Engels, Julliet Mitchell, Gerda Lerner, Sigmund
Freud and J. Lacan, Simon-de-Beauvoir, Mckinnon and Brown Miller.

Module II
(a) Different Approaches to Gender Studies- Liberal, Radical, Socialist- Marxist, Post- Modern.

(b) Women’s Movement in Western Countries- Different Waves: First, Second and Third.

(c) Methods of Gender Studies- Feminist Methodology.

CEC 3.2: Sociology of Crime and Deviance

Module I
(a) Social notion Of Crime and Deviance- Criminology as a discipline.

(b) Theories of Crime and Deviance.

i) Classical School: Beccaria, Benthen, Lombroso and Garofalo.

ii) Structural- Functional Theories on Crime and Deviance- major Assumptions.

iii) Chicago School on Crime and Deviance- Ecology and Social Disorganization- The
City, SocialSpace and Crime.

Module II
(a) i) The Labelling Perspective on Deviance.

ii) Feminist Approaches to Crime and Deviance.

(b) i) Power, Knowledge and Sexuality- Foucauldian Perspective

ii) Post- modernism and Criminological Theory.

iii) Technology and Crime- varieties of Cyber Crime- Crime Statistics.

READINGS:

CEC 3.1 – Sociology of Gender

1. Rege Sharmila - Sociology of Gender: The Challenge of Feminist Thought, Sage India, New
Delhi, 2003.
2. Bowden Peta and Mummery Jane - Understanding Feminism, Rawat Publications, New Delhi,
2012.
3. Chakraborty Basabi ( Edited) - Women’s Studies : Various Aspects. Urbee Prakashan, Kolkata,
2014.
4. Walby, S - Theorising Patriarchy, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1990.
5. Whelehan, I - Modern Feminist Thought, New York, University Press, 1995.
6. Chakraborty, Uma - Gendering Caste through a Feminist Lens, Stree, 2003.
7. Freedman, Jane - Feminism, Viva Press Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2002
8. Chaudhuri, Maitreyee - Feminism in India, Zed Publication, 2005.
9. Kumar Radha - The History of Doing : An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women’s
Rights and Feminism in India, Zubaan, 2006.
10. John Mary - Women's Studies in India: A Reader, Penguin Books, 2008.
11. Kempa, Sundra and Squires, Judith (ed) - Feminisms, Oxford University Press, 1997
12. Jackson,S and Jones, J ( ed) - Contemporary Feminist Thought, New York University Press,
New York, 1998.
13. Donavan Josephine - Feminist Theory : The Intellectual Traditions of
American Feminism, Continuum, New York, 2004.
14. Oakley, Ann - Experiments in Knowing: Gender and Methods in the Social Sciences,
Cambridge, Polity, 2000.
15. Stanley L and Wise, S - Breaking out Again: Feminist Ontology and Epistemology, Routledge,
London, 1993.
16. Stanley, L (Ed). Feminist Praxis - Research Theory, Epistemology in Feminist Sociology.
Routledge, 2013
17. Betty Friedan. The Feminine Mystique. New York: Norton, 1963
18. Susie Tharu and K. Lalita, (edts) Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the Present. Volumes I
& II , OUP
19. KamlaBhasin. What is Patriarchy?” Kali For Women, New Delhi. 1993
20. Harding, Sandra G. 1987. Feminism and methodology: social science issues. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press.
21. Hammersley, M. (1992). On Feminist Methodology. Sociology, 26(2), 187-206.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038592026002002 Harding, S. (1987). Is there a Feminist
Method? In Harding, S. (Ed.), Feminism and Methodology. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press.
22. Sen, Sudarshana, ‘The Epistemolofical and Methodological Assumptions in Feminist Research’
In Aleaz , B (Ed.), Revisiting Qualitative Methods in Social Science Research, 2019, Orient
Blackswan.
23. Haraway, Donna.(1988) “Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the
Privilege of Partial Perspective”, Feminist Studies, 14 (3) (Autumn), pp.575-599.xxx
24. Fuller, Margaret. (1997).Woman in the Nineteenth Century and Other Writings .Oxford,
Oxford University Press.
25. Gillis, S ,G. Howie & R. Munford (Ed).(2007).Third Wave Feminism : A Critical Exploration.
(2nd Edition).London & New York, Palgrave Macmillan.
26. Tong, Rosemarie.(2018) “Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction”. New
York,Routledge.
27. Wollstonecraft, Mary. (1992).Vindication of the Rights of Woman. New York. W. W. Norton
28. Basabi Chakraborty and RajashreeBasu, ‘PrasangaManabividya’ ,(Bengali)
29. Basabi Chakraborty, Nariprithibibohuswar (Bengali)
CEC 3.2: Sociology of Crime and Deviance
1. Ian Marsh. 2007. Theories of Crime, Routledge.
2. Jeffery T. Walker .2017. Social, Ecological and Environmental Theories of Crime,
Routledge.
3. William J Jenkins. 2017. A General Theory of Crime, Routledge.
4. Larry J. Siegel. 2016. Criminology: Theories, Patterns and Typologies, Cengage
Learning.
5. Paddy Hillyard .2004.Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously
6. Rowland Atkinson - 2014. Shades of Deviance: A Primer on Crime, Deviance and
Social Harm, Routledge
7. Steve Hall, Simon Winlow. 2012. New Directions in Criminological Theory
8. Steve Hall – 2012. Theorizing Crime and Deviance: A New Perspective, Sage.
9. Beccaria, C. (1764). On crimes and punishments (all)
10. Becker, H. (1963). Outsiders. New York: Free Press
11. Bentham, J. (1791). Panopticon: or the Inspection House. Dublin: Thomas Byrne.
12. Bursik, R. (1988). Social disorganization and theories of crime and delinquency:
Problems and prospects. Criminology, 26(4):519–51
13. Cohen, S. (2011 [1972]). Folk Devils and Moral Panics. Routledge
14. Erikson, K. T. (1966). Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance.
New York: John Wiley and Sons
15. Kornhauser, R. R. (1978). Social sources of delinquency: An appraisal of analytic
models. University of Chicago Press Chicago
16. Kruttschnitt, C. (2016). The politics, and place, of gender in research on crime.
Criminology, 54(1):8–29
17. Morenoff, J. D., Sampson, R. J., and Raudenbush, S. W. (2001). Neighborhood
inequality, collective efficacy, and the spatial dynamics of urban violence.
Criminology, 39(3):517–558
18. Rafter, N. H. (1997). Creating Born Criminals. Chicago: University of Illinois Press
19. Sampson, R. J., Raudenbush, S. W., and Earls, F. (1997). Neighborhoods and
violent crime: A multilevel study of collective essay. Science, 277(5328):918?924
20. Stewart, E. A., Schreck, C. J., and Simons, R. L. (2006). ‘I Ain’t Gonna Let No One
Disrespect Me’: Does The Code Of The Street Reduce Or Increase Violent
Victimization Among African American Adolescents?’ Journal of Research in
Crime and Delinquency, 43(4):427–458
 SEMESTER – IV

C.C 4.1 – Field Work and Dissertation

CEC 4.1 – Sociology of Gender (2)

Module I
(a) Women in Ancient Indian texts: Manusmriti, Arthashastra.

(b) Women’s Empowerment: The Process and Different Dimensions. Concept of New Man.

(c) Different problems faced by women in Domestic and Public Life: Rape, Eve teasing, etc.

Module II
(a) Indian Law and Women, Women in Labour Market and Unorganised Sector.

(b) Women in Media: Film and Advertisement.

(c) Women and Globalization.

CEC 4.2: Sociology of Crime and Deviance – 2

Module I
(a) Crime and Violence: Murder – Crime against women : Rape, Dowry Death, Eve teasing –
Trafficking and problem of sex workers – Types of Female Criminality.

(b) Crime against Children – Child Labour – Sexual Abuse of Children – Juvenile Delingnancy
and Juvenile Justice – Crime against Senior Citizens.

Module II
(a) Economic Offences and Political Corruption in India – Drug Addiction and Drug Trafficking.

(b) Human Rights and their Violation – Human Rights act in India: The national commission on
Human Rights, West Bengal Human Rights Commission – Custodial Crimes and Human
Rights.

OEC 4.1: Media Studies

Module I
(a) Introduction To Media Studies: Theories of Media and Communication, media Culture and its
Development.

(b) Mass Culture and Popular Culture: Print Media and Visual Media, Uses and Abuses of
Media.

Module II
(a) Radio and Television: Their Emergence and Development : Television in Everyday life,
Television as a Medium of Interaction, Television as a Medium of Entertainment.

(b) Film : Commercial Film and Art Film: Evolution of Indian Cinema, Contemporary Indian
Cinema : Bengali and Hindi.
OEC 4.2: Gerontology
Module I
(a) Concept of Gerontology – Nature and Scope of Gerontology, Gerontology and Geriatrics,
Gerontology and other Social Sciences.

(b) Theories of Ageing – Activity Theory, Disengagement Theory, Structural-FunctionalFramework,

Exchange Theory, Critical Theory.

Module II
(a) Definition of Old Age, Old Age Problems , Solutions of Old Age Problems/Alternatives of Old Age
Problems, Old Age Problems in Indian Perspective, Government Policies Regarding Old Age.

(b) Elderly Abuse – Its Meaning and Nature, Various Types of Elderly Abuse, Policies taken by the
Government of India for Elderly Abuse and Neglect.

READINGS:

CEC 4.1 – Sociology of Gender (2)

1. Kumar Rakesh - Women, Society and Law, Crescent Publishing Corporation, 2010.
2. Khan Ahmed Sarfaraz and Afaq A - Women, Law and Human Rights, Asia Law House, 2010.
3. The Blackwell Reader in Gender, Work and Organisation- Oxford, Blackwell, 2003.
4. Delamont, S - Feminist Sociology, Sage Publication, London, 2003.
5. Jackson, S and Scott, S - Gender : A Sociological Reader,Routledge, London, 2001.
6. Dasgupta, Sinha and Chakraborty ( edited) - Media, Culture and Popular Culture in India - Tracking
Change and Continuity, Sage Publication, 2011.
7. Srinati, D - An Introduction to theories of Popular Culture, Routledge, London, 1995.
8. Mohanty Chandra Talpade - Feminism without Borders : Decolonizing Theory, Practising Solidarity,
Zubaan, New Delhi, 2003.
9. Goffman Erving - Gender Advertisement, Harper and Row, New York, 1987.
10. Bhaskar Ira - " Myth and Ritual - Ghatak's Meghe Dhaka Tara ", Journal of Arts and Ideas, April- June,
1983.
11. Mulvey Laura - Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema in " Visual and Other Pleasures ", Indiana University
Press,Bloomington, 1989

CEC 4.2: Sociology of Crime and Deviance – 2

1. Beccaria, C. (1764). On crimes and punishments (all)

2. Becker, H. (1963). Outsiders. New York: Free Press

3. Bentham, J. (1791). Panopticon: or the Inspection House. Dublin: Thomas Byrne (all) – NOTE: Bentham
was not nearly as influential as people say he was, but he’s in every textbook, probably because of Foucault.

4. Bursik, R. (1988). Social disorganization and theories of crime and delinquency: Problems and prospects.
Criminology, 26(4):519–51

5. 4.Cohen, S. (2011 [1972]). Folk Devils and Moral Panics. Routledge

6. Erikson, K. T. (1966). Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance. New York: John Wiley
and Sons
7. Kornhauser, R. R. (1978). Social sources of delinquency: An appraisal of analytic models. University of
Chicago Press Chicago

8. Kruttschnitt, C. (2016). The politics, and place, of gender in research on crime. Criminology, 54(1):8–29

9. Morenoff, J. D., Sampson, R. J., and Raudenbush, S. W. (2001). Neighborhood inequality, collective
efficacy, and the spatial dynamics of urban violence. Criminology, 39(3):517–558

10. Economic Offences: A Treatise of Economic and Social Offence- Sharma & Nagpal.

11. Socio-Economic Offences: Leading Cases and Materials- Dr. Ashok K. Jain. Ascent International.

12. Mohan, Shivam.‘Economic Offences in India: Impact Analysis’; Satyam Law International, 2017

13. Singh, J.S.P. Socio-Economic Offences-. Sri Sai Publications, 2017.

14. Singh, Ratan and Varindar Singh ‘’Socio-Economic Offences in India. Universal Law Publishing, 2015.

15. Concept and the Protection of Human Rights. মানবাধিকার - ধিন্ময় চিৌিুরী। চে'জ।

16. HumanRights-N.Jayapalan. Atlantic Publishers.

17. Bohan, Upasana and Ujjaini Borthakur Human Rights in the Contemporary Era, Evincepub Publishing

18. Law,Justice and Human Rights in India : Short Reflections. Kalpana Kannabiran.

19. Violation of Human Rights.- B.K.Panda and Sukanta Sarkar. Kalpaz Publications. 2015.

20. A Handbook of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. S.Sambudham.

21. Daly, K. (1998): "Gender,Crime and Criminology" in M.Tonry(ed.) The Handbook. Of Crime and
Punishment, New York: Oxford University Press.

22. Devasia,L. and Devasia, V. V. (1989): "Introduction" in L.Devasia and V.V Devasia(eds.) Female Criminals
and Female Victims, Nagpur: Dattsons.

23. Ghosh,S.(1986): Female Criminals in India, New Delhi: Uppal Publishing.

24. Ghosh, S.K.(1993): Women and Crime, New Delhi: Ashish Publishing House.

25. Nagla, B.K. (1982): "Women and Crime: A Sociological Analysis of Women Criminality in India", Indian
Journal of Social Work, XLIII(3) October issue.

26. Lilly, J.R.,Cullen,F.T. and Ball,R.A(1989): Criminological Theory, London: Sage.

27. 2. The Sage Dictionary of Criminology(2001): compiled & edited by McLaughlin and Muncie, London,
Sage.
OEC 4.1: Media Studies

1. Appadurai, A. The social life of things: commodities in cultural perspective, Cambridge University Press,
1986. 31

2. Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity at Large: The Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation, Oxford University Press,
1996.

3. Benjamin, W. 1969. The Work of Art in the age of Mechanical Reproduction. Illuminations.New York;
Schocken Books

4. Campbell R., 1997, Media and Culture

5. Curran, J. & M. Gurevitch (Eds.). Mass Media and Society. London: Hoddar Arnold, 2005

6. Danesi M., 2009, Dictionary of Media and Communications, Routledge

7. Hall, S. (1980) 'Cultural Studies: two paradigms', Media, Culture and Society 2, 57-72

8. Herman, E.S. (Eds.). Global Media: The New Missionaries of Corporate Capitalism. New Delhi: Madhyam
Books, 1998

9. Kohli, V. The Indian Media Business. London: Sage, 2003.

10. Marris, P. and S. Thornham (Eds.). Media Studies: A Reader. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University P, 1999

11. Storey, J (Ed.). What is Cultural Studies: A Reader.London: Arnold, 1996.

12. Thomas, P.N. (Eds.). Who Owns the Media. London: Zed Books, 2004.

13. Uberoi, Patricia. Freedom and destiny: gender, family, and popular culture in India. Oxford University
Press, 2006.

14. Williams, R. 1962 Communications. Penguin: Harmondsworth

OEC 4.2: Gerontology

1. Chakraborty, Prafulla (2014): Sunset Years of Life, Urbee Prakashani: Kolkata.

2. Kaur, Harpreet (2017): Elder Abuse and Legal Protection, Central Law Publications: New Delhi.

3. Mc Donald, Lynn and K.L. Sharma (2011): Ageism and Elder Abuse, Rawat Publications: Jaipur.

4. Paltasingh, Tattwamasi (ed.) (2015): Caring for the Elderly: Social Gerontology in the Indian Context,
Sage Publications: New Delhi.

5. Quadagno, Jill S. (1980): Readings in Social Gerontology/Aging: The Individual and the Society, St.
Martin’s Press: New York.
6. Ramamurti, P.V. & D. Jamuna (2004): Handbook of Indian Gerontology, Serials Publications: New
Delhi.

7. Sebastian, Daliya (2013): Ageing and Elder Abuse, Rawat Publications: Jaipur.

8. Sharma, O.P. (2008): A Textbook of Geriatrics and Gerontology/Geriatric Care, Viva Books: Kolkata.

9. Stuart-Hamilton, Ian (ed.) (2011): Introduction to Gerontology, Cambridge University Press, United
Kingdom.