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IndustrialSociologySOC474

AmmanMadan

MAJORTHEMESOFCOURSE
Introduction to sociology. Basic contours of the sociologicalapproach.1 Keythemesinthestudyofindustrialsociety:summaryof main issues from Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber: integration, anomie; alienation, class struggle, transition from feudalism to capitalism; impersonality, technicalrationality,bureaucratization,etc.6 Different forms of material production, distribution and exchange.4 Origins of industrial society. Early industrialization in England,Germany,France,Japan,USSRandUSA.4

MAJORTHEMES(cont.)
IndustrializationinIndia.4 Shifts in modes of organization scientific management, human relations and contingency approaches. Group processes.4 Late industrial society. Formal knowledge, the consumer society,cultureindustry,reflexivemodernity.3 Labourrelations.Collectivebargaining.Differentkindsof tradeunions.4 The future: multiple models of industrialization: collectivist,anarchist,freemarket,etc.trajectories.8 ProjectPresentations5

READINGS

AtphotocopyshopinHallI Nosingletextbook.Theclassisyourtextbook. Readingsaresupplementarytexts,notmaintexts.

USEOFQUALITATIVE FEEDBACK

NS:NotSatisfactory.Notunderstood. B:Borderline.Rarelygivenonlyinborderlinecases whereIamunsurewhetherornotthestudenthas understood. S:Satisfactory.Understoodthebasicconceptsand abletoapplythem. G:Good.Understoodthebasicconceptsandableto applythemandabletodiscusstheissueina discerningandcriticalmanner. E:Excellent.SameasinGoodandhasdoneextra readingsthataddsignificantlytounderstanding.

WEIGHTAGE

2Classroomexercises10each,total20 2MidSemesterexams20each,total40 Project20 EndSemester20

OVERALLGRADING
NotSatisfactory==F Borderline==UsuallyalsoF,veryrarelyD Satisfactory==C Good==B Excellent==A

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