SOCIOLOGY CSS SYLLABUS (100 MARKS)
I. General Sociology
1. Individual
- Sociability or the sociality of man
2. Culture
- Meaning and characteristics
- Variable
- Learnt
- Social
- Shared
- Transmissive
- Dynamic
- Adaptive
- Types of culture
- Material
- Non-material
- Functions of culture
- Transfer of knowledge
- Define situation
- Provide behaviour pattern
- Moulds personality
- Elements of culture
- Norms
- Values
- Beliefs
- Sanctions
- Customs
- Culture and socialization
- Formal socialization
- Non-formal socialization
- Transmission of culture
- Cultural relativism
- Sub-cultures
- Ethnocentrism
- Xenocentrism
- Cultural lag
- High culture
- Popular culture
- Multiculturalism
- Assimilation
- Acculturation
3. Society
- Meaning and characteristics
- Community
- Meaning
- Characteristics
- Individual and society
- Relationship between individual and society
- Theories regarding the relationship of man and society
- Social contact theory
- 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
- Determinants in Pakistani society
- Culture of poverty
5. Social Control
- Mechanisms of social control
- Formal means
- Informal means
- Anomie
- Alienation
- 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
- Directed social and cultural change
- Effects of
- Industrialization
- Urbanization
- Modernization
- Modern means of communication
- Social change
7. Public Opinion
- Formation of public opinion
- Concept of opinion leader
- Characteristics of opinion leadership
8. Community
- Rural community
- Traditional characteristics of rural life
- Urban community
- Rural–Urban convergence
- Urbanism
- Future of cities in Pakistan
9. Social Institutions
- Nature and genesis of institutions
- Process of institutionalization
- Functions of social institutions
- Family
- Religion
- Education
- Economy
- Politics
10. Social Problems in Pakistan
- High population growth rate
- Rural–urban migration
- Issues of technical and vocational training
- Deviance
- Street crime
- Unemployment
- Illiteracy
- School drop out
- Smuggling
- Prostitution
- Poverty
- Drug addiction
- Child labour
- Child abuse
- Bonded labour
- Social customs and traditions affecting women in Pakistan
- Violence against women
- Domestic violence
- Issues concerning the elderly in Pakistan
II. Sociological Theory
- Structural Functionalism
- Symbolic Interactionism
- Conflict
- Theorists
- Ibn-i-Khaldun
- Spencer
- August Comte
- Emile Durkheim
- Max Weber
- Karl Marx
- Parson
III. Methods of Sociological Research
- Scientific method
- Steps in research
- Types of questionnaire
- Research design
- Surveys
- Observation
- Case studies
FPSC RECOMMENDED BOOKS List for SOCIOLOGY CSS SYLLABUS
| 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) |
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