I.
General Sociology
1. Individual: Sociability or the sociality of man.
2. Culture: Meaning and Characteristics (Culture is variable, learnt, social, shared,
transmissive, dynamic and adaptive), types (Material, Non –material), functions
(transfer of knowledge, define situation, provide behaviour pattern, moulds
personality) and elements of culture (norms, values, beliefs, sanctions,
customs).Culture and Socialization; formal and non-formal socialization,
transmission of culture, cultural relativism. Sub-cultures. Ethnocentrism and
xenocentrism, Cultural lag, High culture and popular culture. Multiculturalism,
assimilation, and acculturation.
3. Society: Meaning and characteristics. Community; meaning and characteristics.
Individual and society. Relationship between individual and society. Two main
theories regarding the relationship of man and society (i) the social contact
theory and (ii) the organismic theory. Social and cultural evolution of society
(Hunting and Gathering Society, Herding and Advance Herding Society,
Horticultural Society, Agrarian Society, Industrial Society, Post modern Society).
4. Social Interaction: Caste and classes, Forms of social classes, Feudal system
in Pakistan, Social Mobility-nature of social mobility and its determinants in
Pakistani society, Culture of poverty.
5. Social Control: Mechanisms of social control-formal and informal means of
social control, Anomie, Alienation and social Integration-Means of social
integration in Pakistani Society.
6. Social and Cultural Change and Social Policy: Processes of Social and
Cultural Change-discovery, Inhibitions to social and cultural change in Pakistan,
Social planning and directed social and cultural change, Effect of
Industrialization, Urbanization, Modernization and Modern Means of
Communication on Social Change.
7. Public Opinion: Formation of public openion, concept of opinion leader,
characteristics of opinion leadership.
8. Community: The rural community, Traditional Characteristics of rural life, The
urban community, Rural – Urban convergence, Urbanism, Future of cities in
Pakistan.
9. Social Institutions: The nature and genesis of institutions, The process of
institutionalization, Functions of Social Institutions: Family, Religion, Education,
Economy and Politics.
10.Social Problems in Pakistan: High population growth rate, Rural –urban
migration. Issues of technical/vocational training, Deviance and street crime,
Unemployment, illiteracy and School drop out, Smuggling, Prostitution, Poverty,
146
Revised Scheme and Syllabus for CSS Competitive Examination
Drug Addiction, Child Labour and Abuse, Bonded Labour, Social customs and
Traditions affecting Women in Pakistan, Violence Against Women and Domestic
Violence, Issues concerning the Elderly in Pakistan.
● Sociological Theory:
Three sociological perspectives: Structural Functionalism, Symbolic
interactions and Conflict. Theorists: Ibn-i-Khaldun, Spencer, August
Comte, Emile Dukheim, Max Weber, Karl Marx, Parson.
● Methods of Sociological Research:
Scientific Method, Steps in research, Types of Questionnaire Research
Design, Surveys, Observation and Case Studies.
SUGGESTED READINGS
S.No. Title
Author
1. Sociology : A down to earth approach
James M. Henslin
2. Methods of Social Research
Baily
3. Poverty Curtains
Dr. Mehboob-ul-haq
4. Contemporary Sociological Theories
Pitrim Sorokin
5. Master of Sociological Thought Lewis A.Coser
6. Sociology
Ogbum &Nimkoff
7. Social Change and History
Robert Nisbet
8. Feudal System in Pakistan Nawab Haider Naqvi
9. The Sociology of Rural Life
Lynn Smith, T.
10. Sociology-Social Structure and Social Conflict
Kerbo, Harold R. (1989).
11. Sociology: An Introduction to the Science of Society Koening Samuel
12. Marriage and The Family
Lee, Alfred Mclung and Lee, Elizabeth Briant (1961).
13. The Design of Social Research, Ackoff, Russel, L. (Latest ed.)
14. An Introduction to the History of Sociology Barnes, H.E. (Ed.) (1966)
15. Pakistani Society Akbar Ahmad, S.
16. Contemporary Sociological Theories Pitrim Sorokin
17. Sociology,10th edition
John, J. Macionis. 2004.
18. Research Methodology Neuman, Lawrance (Rvs. Ed.)
19.
Sociological Theory Ritzer, Georg, (1988).
