Syllabus
Pune University Syllabus of - PG Courses, M.A Sociology-Semester-III,SO 014/016 Sociology of Development
Concepts And Trends : Development, Human Development, Social Development, Economic Development, Ecological Development & Sustainable Development.
Sociological Perspectives: Marx, Weber, Schumpeter & McClelland
Theories: Dependency, World Capitalist System, Neo-imperialism & Feminist Development.
Paths of Development: Western model, Japanese model & Third World models – modernisation & socialist development
Alternate World Views: Schumacher’s ‘Small is Beautiful’, Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Hind Swaraj’ & Africa’s ‘Appropriate Technology’
References:
1. Alavi, H.D. and Shanin, T. (eds.): Introduction to the Sociology of Developing Societies, London: MacMilan, 1982.
2. Harrison, D.H.: The Sociology of Modernization and Development, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1988, pp.1-174.
3. Wallerstein, I.: The Capitalist World Economy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979.
4. Preston, P.W.: The Theories of Development, London: Routledge-Kegan Paul, 1982, Chapter-4.
5. Desai, A.R.: Essays on Modernization of underdeveloped Societies, Vols. I and II, Bombay: Thacker and Co., 1971, pp.13-24, 80.
6. Schumacher, E.F.: Samll is Beautiful, London: ABACUS, 1973, pp. 136-185.
7. Webster, Andrew: Introduction to the Sociology of Development, London: McMillan, 1984.
8. Guha, Ramachandra : Sociology and the Dilemma of Development, New Delhi: OUP, 1994.
9. UNDP: Human Development Report, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
10. Frank, Andre Gunder : The Development of Underdevelopment, Monthly Review, June, 1989.
11. EPW Research Foundation: Social Indicators of Development for India, Economic and Political Weekly, May 14, 1994.