ESO4/14 Society Stratification (IGNOU Help book for ESO-4/14 in English Medium)

ESO-4/14 Society & Stratification

CONTENTS COVERED

Block- 1 Introducing Social Stratification

Unit-1 Social Stratification: Meaning and Approaches

Unit-2 Approaches to Social Stratification

Unit-3 Caste and Class in India

Unit-4 Stratification: Implications of Gender and Ethnicity

Block- 2 Explaining Social Stratification

Unit-5 Marx and Weber

Unit-6 Parsons and Davis

Unit-7 Coser and Dahrendorf on Social Classes

Unit-8 Theories of Stratification: Towards and Synthesis Lenski, Luhmann, Berghe

Block- 3 Ethnic Stratification

Unit-9 Ethnicity as a Basis of Stratification

Unit-10 Tribal Ethnicity : The North-East

Unit-11 Religious Ethnicity : The Case of the Punjab

Unit-12 Linguistic Ethnicity in India

Block- 4 Gender Differentiation and Ethnicity

Unit-13 Gender as a Basis of Discrimination

Unit-14 Formation of Gender Identities

Unit-15 Gender Status and Power

Unit-16 Women’s Empowerment : Some Illustrations

Block- 5 Explaining Caste in Indian Society

Unit-17 The Basis of Caste Hierarchy: Purity and Pollution

Unit-18 Dimensions of Caste: Rituals and Power

Unit-19 Caste Identity: Attributional and Interactional Approaches

Unit-20 Caste Dynamics: Economic and Political

Block- 6 Marginalised Communities and Stratification

Unit-21 Status of Dalits

Unit-22 Other Backward Classes

Unit-23 Scheduled Tribes

Unit-24 Marginalised Groups and Their Changing Status

Block- 7 Class in Indian Society

Unit-25 Agrarian Class Structure

Unit-26 Industrial Classes

Unit-27 Middle Classes in India

Unit-28 Class Conflict

Block- 8 Social Mobility

Unit-29 Concepts and Forms of Social Mobility

Unit-30 Social Mobility in Caste and Class

Unit-31 Factors and Forces of Social Mobility

Unit-32 Consequences of Social Mobility

QUESTION PAPERS

1. Solution Paper - June 2007

2. Solution Paper - Dec 2007

3. Solution Paper - June 2008

4. Solution Paper - Dec 2008

5. Solution Paper - June 2009

6. Question Paper - Dec 2009

7. Question Paper - June 2010

8. Question Paper - Dec 2010

9. Question Paper - June 2011

10. Question Paper - Dec 2011

11. Question Paper - June 2012

12. Question Paper - Dec 2012

13. Question Paper - June 2013

14. Question Paper - Dec 2013

15. Question Paper - June 2014

16. Question Paper - Dec 2014

17. Question Paper - June 2015

18. Question Paper - Dec 2015