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Power and Politics in Contemporary India A Sociological View
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Important dates
Certificate Exam Date
Start Date : 25 Apr, 2026
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Roorkee |
The Syllabus
Introducing Political Sociology
- What is Political Sociology? Scope and Key Concerns
- Classical Origins: Karl Marx
- Classical Origins: Max Weber
- Marx, Weber and Conservation Practice
- Power Elites and Reproduction of Inequality
Power, Authority, and Legitimacy
- Bourdieu and Reproduction of Classes
- Antonio Gramsci and Hegemony
- Foucault and Governmentality
- Steven Lukes and Three Dimensions of Power
- Ranajit Guha: Dominance without Hegemony and General Configuration of Power
State Formation and the Postcolonial State
- Nature of State: Louis Althusser and Ideological State Apparatus
- Nature of State: Miliband-Poulantzas Debate
- Sudipta Kaviraj: Critique of Passive Revolution in India
- Pranab Bardhan: India’s Ruling Elites and Development Politics
- Partha Chatterjee: Civil and Political Society
Political Subjectivity and Citizenship
- Nations and Nationalism: Anthony Smith
- Nations and Nationalism: Benedict Anderson
- Nations and Nationalism: Partha Chatterjee
- Nations and Nationalism: G. Aloysius
- Citizenship and Social Class: T.H. Marshall
Kinship, Caste, and Community
- Kinship and Political Authority in South Asia
- Political Articulations of Caste: From Hierarchy to Mobilisation
- Intersections of Caste and Democracy
- Community, Identity, and Moral Economies
- Case Study: Dalit-Bahujan Politics and Assertion
Class, Inequality, and Political Economy
- Class, Hegemony, and Political Mobilisation
- Political Sociology of Agrarian Change and Land
- Urban Informality and Class Politics
- Labor, Precarity, and Informal Workers' Movements
- Political Lives of Labour in India
Religion, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Difference
- Ethnicity, Community, and State Recognition
- Sociology of Communalism and Secularism
- Religion, Morality, and the Political Field
- Political Rituals and Symbolism
- Subnationalism: Separate Koshal Statehood Movement in India
Social Movements and Collective Action
- Classical and New Social Movement Theories
- Political Process Model and Resource Mobilisation
- Subaltern Movements: Adivasi, Dalit, Women
- Urban Protests and Anti-State Mobilisations
- Case Study: Chipko Movement
Governance, Development, and the NGO State
- Sociology of Development and Post-development Critique
- From Government to Governance: Neoliberal Transitions
- The Role of NGOs and Donor-Driven Agendas
- The State, Welfare, and Targeted Governance
- Case Study: The Rise of Self-help Groups and Micro-politics: Kudumbashree, Kerala
Law, Justice, and Political Legitimacy
- Legal Pluralism and the Sociology of Law
- Rights-based Mobilisation and Judicial Politics
- Courts as Sites of Negotiation and Performance
- Customary Law, Gender, and the State
- Case Study: PIL, Judicial Activism, and Chilika Bachao Andolan
Media, Representation, and Political Culture
- Political Communication and Public Discourse
- Visual Politics: Symbols, Posters, and Performances
- Popular Culture and the Construction of the Political
- Media, Surveillance, and the Manufacturing of Consent
- Case Study: Human-Elephant Conflict in Media
Rethinking the Political
- Politics of the Margins and Hidden Transcripts (James Scott)
- Gender and Political Sociology: Beyond Representation
- The Political in the Everyday: Affect, Emotion, and Intimacy
- Decolonising Political Sociology: Southern and Indigenous Epistemologies
- Final Synthesis: What is the Political Today?
Articles
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