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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Environment and Society Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

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Major elective · Sociology · Semester 6 · TY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

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Syllabus for Environment and Society

Major elective · Sociology · Semester 6 · TY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

Practise with the Semester 6 past papers. They are from the old syllabus, so check each topic against this one.

Module 1: Environmental Sociology- Introduction

  • a Environmental Sociology – Origin and Development
  • b Ecology, Eco- Socialism
  • c Natural Capitalism, Eco Spiritualism

Module 2: Environmental Theories

  • a Environmental Theories- Classical and Contemporary
  • b Human Exemptionalism Paradigm (HEP)
  • c New Ecological Paradigm (NEP)

Module 3: Environment and Development

  • a Analysis of Risk – Beck and Giddens
  • b Critique of development: Gandhi (Hind Swaraj)
  • c SDGs – Zero Hunger, Affordable and Clean Energy)

Module 4: Contemporary Environmental Concerns and practices In India

  • a Towards Environmental Protection – Vanarai NGO, Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel Report (Eco-Sensitive Zones)
  • b Privatization of Water: Issues and Challenges
  • c Local Strategies and Innovation in Environmental Protection: Johads, Indigenous/Ecofriendly Technologies

Reference Books

  • 1 Gadgil Madhav. (2014): Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel: A Play in Five Acts Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 49, No. 18 (MAY 3, 2014), pp. 38-50
  • 2 Hannigan, J. (2006): Environmental Sociology, Second Edition, Routledge, New York
  • 3 Harper, C. 2004. Environment and Society: Human Perspectives on Environmental Issues. Pearson.
  • 4 Clean Energy -https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/energy/
  • 5 Rangrajan, Mahesh (ed) (2007) ‘Environmental issues in India: A reader’. Pearson.
  • 6 Social ecology- https://www.communalsim.org/Arcchive/wiseprint.html.
  • 7 Sociology of Environment:https://www.jstor.org/stable/2945955
  • 8 Zero Hunger - https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/hunger/
  • 9 Case study on Johads of Rajasthan- http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/13315
  • 10 www.environment-ecology.com/environemnt -writings/114environemntal sociology.html
  • 11 Local strategies and i Local strategies and innovations in environmental protection - https://egyankosh.ac.in › handle
  • 12 Environment Friendly Technologies: Concept and Needhttps://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/60153/1/Environment%20Friendly%2 0T echnologies-%20Concept%20and%20Need.pdf
  • 13 What IsEco-FriendlyTechnology?-https://www.treehugger.com/what-is-eco- friendly technology-4864056
  • 14 https://www.cppr.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Gadgil-report.pdf
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