Sociology CSS Syllabus (100 MARKS)
Pakistan is a multicultural and multilingual country, which comes with its own social problems. Check the FPSC Sociology CSS Syllabus to cover the topics. Check Sociology CSS Past Papers to see how FPSC has tested topics such as culture, social change, social institutions, and social problems in Pakistan
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) |
FPSC Official Sociology CSS Syllabus
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