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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Social Movements Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Social Movements

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

Module 1: Introduction to social movement

  • 1 Concept, Definition and Characteristics of Social Movement
  • 2 Types of Social Movements
  • 3 Forms of collective action

Module 2: Approaches to study of Social Movement

  • 1 Structural functional and Conflict
  • 2 Relative Deprivation and Resource Mobilization
  • 3 Subaltern studies And New Social Movement

Module 3: Social Movement in the post-independence era

  • 1 Labour movement
  • 2 Dalit panther movement
  • 3 Peasant and agrarian movement

Module 4: New Social Movement in India

  • 1 Environmental movement
  • 2 Civil rights/Democratic rights movement
  • 3 Struggles of PAPs (Project Affected Persons)

Text Books

  • 1 Oomen, T.K. 2004. Nation, Civil society and Social Movements: Essays in Political Sociology. Sage Publications. New Delhi
  • 2 Rajender Singh. 2001. Social Movements Old and New: A Post-Modernist Critique. Sage publications. New Delhi.
  • 3 Ray, Raka; Katzenstein, Mary, FainsodKatzenstein. 2005 (Eds). Social Movements in India. Poverty, Power and Politics. OUP: New Delhi.
  • 4 Shah, Ghanshyam. 2004. Social Movements in India: A review of the literature. Sage Publications: New Delhi
  • 5 Dalit panthers an authoritative history by J.V. Pawar (Author, Introduction), Rakshit Snawane Forward Press e-book www.forwardpress.in 6. Sundar, Nandini. 2016. The Burning Forests: India's war in Bastar. Juggernaut Publishers. 11 Journal Reference:
  • 1 Ajay, G and Vijay, G. (2000).Civil Society, State and Social Movements. EPW 35(12).
  • 2 Banarjee, S. (2011). Anna Hazare, Civil Society and the State. XLVI(36).
  • 3 ChandhokeNeera.(2012). Whatever has happened to civil society. EPW XLVIL (23) 4. Dubhashi. P. 2002. People's Movement against Global Capitalism. EPW 37 (6)
  • 5 Judge, Paramit (2011). An ambiguous actor: People in people‘s movements. EPW XLVI (46).
  • 6 Maoist movement in India. Economic and political Weekly, Vol XLI, 29. (July, 2006).
  • 7 Nelson A. Pichardo. New Social Movements: A Critical Review. Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 23. (1997), pp. 411-430.
  • 8 Paul D'Anieri; Claire Ernst; Elizabeth Kier. New Social Movements in Historical Perspective. Comparative Politics, Vol. 22, No. 4. (Jul., 1990), pp. 445-458.
  • 9 Sanghvi. S. 2007. The New People's Movements in India. EPW 42 (50).
  • 10 Jogdand. 2000. New Economic Policy and Dalits Jaipur: Rawat
  • 11 Jogdand P.C (1991) Dalit Movement in Maharashtra New Delhi: Kanak Publication
  • 12 Dhanagare D N(1993) "Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology",Rawat Publication, Delhi.
  • 13 ShahaGhanshyam,(2004)"Social Movements in India: A review of the literature, Sage Publication, New Delhi.
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