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PSC Rank -4 Premkeerth Vydyula - Thank You.Sociology Mains || How to revise before D-Day. This course is an in-depth exploration of sociology for UPSC civil services and IAS candidates. It covers topics ranging from sociology basics to in-depth stratification and power theories, including Pareto’s circulation of elites and Mosca’s theory of power. It also goes into the works of Karl Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Parsons, Merton, Ghurye, Desai, Srinivas and others, covering their theories of social change, religion, modernisation, labour, kinship and other topics. Furthermore, it covers issues such as violence against women, communalism, tribal communities, informally-employed workers, child labour and sexual harassment. In preparing for the exam, students are provided with strategy videos, a book review, an FAQ and model answers, as well as weekly question discussion groups. This course also gives students an understanding of sociology current affairs and public policy. All this is intended to enable a more deep and nuanced understanding for writing in-depth answers. Overall, this course provides a comprehensive approach for those taking the UPSC civil services and IAS examination.

Syllabus

Sociology for UPSC Mains || Civil Services || IAS - Strategy to write in-depth Answers.
Introduction to High Quality Sociology Series - Sociology for UPSC.
Sociology for UPSC- Sociology Super Basics.
Sociology for UPSC : EQUALITY - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 1.
Sociology for UPSC : INEQUALITY - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 2.
Sociology for UPSC : EXCLUSION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 3.
Sociology for UPSC : POVERTY & DEPRIVATION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 4.
Sociology for UPSC : HIERARCHY vs STRATIFICATION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 5.
Sociology for UPSC: THEORIES OF STRATIFICATION INTRO - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 6.
Sociology for UPSC : MARX's THEORY OF STRATIFICATION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 7.
Sociology for UPSC : PARSONS THEORY OF STRATIFICATION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 8.
Sociology for UPSC : DAVIS AND MOORE's THEORY OF STRATIFICATION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 9.
Sociology for UPSC : ULRICH BECK's THEORY OF STRATIFICATION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 10.
Sociology for UPSC : WARNER's THEORY OF STRATIFICATION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 11.
Sociology for UPSC : WEBER's THEORY OF STRATIFICATION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 12.
Sociology for UPSC : CLASS BASED SOCIAL STRATIFICATION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 13.
Sociology for UPSC : STATUS BASED SOCIAL STRATIFICATION - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 14.
Sociology for UPSC : GENDER Based Social Stratification - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 15.
Sociology for UPSC : RACE Based Social Stratification - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 16.
Sociology for UPSC : CASTE vs RACE - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 17.
Sociology for UPSC : ETHNICITY Based Social Stratification - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 18.
Sociology for UPSC : SOCIAL MOBILITY - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 19.
Sociology for UPSC : Social Mobility - Avenues and Consequences - Chapter 5 - Paper 1 - Lecture 20.
Sociology for UPSC : Introduction to Power - Chapter 7 - Lecture 21.
Sociology for UPSC : Theories of Power - Pareto - Circulation of Elites - Lecture 22.
Sociology for UPSC : Theories of Power - Mosca - Lecture 23.
Sociology for UPSC : Theories of Power - Robert Michels - Iron Law of Oligarchy - Lecture 24.
Sociology for UPSC : Theories of Power - CW Mills - Power Elite - Lecture 25.
Sociology for UPSC : Theories of Power - Burnham and Bottomore - Lecture 26.
Sociology for UPSC : Theories of Power - Criticism of Elite Theories - Lecture 27.
Sociology for UPSC : Pluralist Theories of Power - Lecture 28.
Sociology for UPSC : CONFLICT Theories of Power - Marx and Foucault - Lecture 29.
Sociology for UPSC : MICHAEL MANN'S Theory of Power - Lecture 30.
Sociology for UPSC : Political Parties - Lecture 31.
Sociology for UPSC : Pressure Groups - Lecture 32.
Sociology for UPSC : Democracy - Lecture 33.
Sociology for UPSC : State 1 - Lecture 34.
Sociology for UPSC : State 2 - Lecture 35.
Sociology for UPSC : Globalisation's Impact on State - Lecture 36.
Sociology for UPSC : CITIZENSHIP - Lecture 37.
Sociology for UPSC : Nationalism - Lecture 38.
Sociology for UPSC : NATIONALISM AND GLOBALISATION - Lecture 39.
Sociology for UPSC : NATION - Lecture 40.
Sociology for UPSC : Revolution - Lecture 41.
Sociology for UPSC : CIVIL SOCIETY - Lecture 42.
Sociology for UPSC : Protest & Agitation - Lecture 43.
Sociology for UPSC : Social Movements - Lecture 44.
Sociology for UPSC : Herbert Blumer - Theory of Social Unrest - Lecture 45.
Sociology for UPSC : Neil Smelser's - Strain Theory - Lecture 46.
Sociology Classes (Resuming) For UPSC || IAS.
Sociology for UPSC : Emergence of Sociology - Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 47.
Sociology for UPSC : Scope of Sociology - Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 48.
Sociology for UPSC : Socio and History Comparison - Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 49.
Sociology for UPSC : Socio and Economy Comparison - Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 50.
Sociology for UPSC : Socio and Common Sense - Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 51.
Sociology for UPSC : Socio and Political Science Comparison - Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 51.
Sociology for UPSC : Socio and Anthropology Comparison - Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 52.
Sociology for UPSC : Revision - Socio Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 52.
Sociology for UPSC : Socio and Psychology Comparison - Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 53.
Sociology for UPSC : Socio and Philosophy Comparison - Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 54.
Sociology for UPSC : Revision - Socio Test Chapter 1 - Paper 1 - Lecture 53.
Sociology for UPSC : Socio and Science - Chapter 2 - Paper 1 - Lecture 54.
Sociology for UPSC : Socio and Scientific Method - Chapter 2 - Paper 1 - Lecture 55.
Sociology for UPSC : Positivism and its Critique - Chapter 2 - Paper 1 - Lecture 56.
Sociology for UPSC : Fact Value and Objectivity - Chapter 2 - Paper 1 - Lecture 57.
Sociology for UPSC : Non-Positivist Methodologies - Chapter 2 - Paper 1 - Lecture 58.
Sociology for UPSC : Revision - Socio Test Chapter 2 - Paper 1 - Lecture 59.
Sociology for UPSC : Quantitaive & Qualitative Methodologies - Chapter 3 - Paper 1 - Lecture 60.
Sociology for UPSC : Critical School + Feminist + Post-Modernist - Chapter 3 - Paper 1 - Lecture 61.
Sociology for UPSC : Sampling + Case Studies - Chapter 3 - Paper 1 - Lecture 62.
Sociology for UPSC : Life Histories, Interview, Ethography, etc - Chapter 3 - Paper 1 - Lecture 63.
Sociology for UPSC : Secondary Sources - Chapter 3 - Paper 1 - Lecture 64.
Sociology for UPSC : Reliability, Validity & Hypothesis - Chapter 3 - Paper 1 - Lecture 65.
Sociology for UPSC : Karl Marx - Introduction- Lecture 66 (PDF Attached).
Sociology for UPSC : Karl Marx - Historical Materialism - Lecture 67 (PDF Attached).
Sociology for UPSC : Karl Marx - Class Struggle - Lecture 68 (PDF Attached).
Sociology for UPSC : Karl Marx - Alienation - Lecture 69 (PDF Attached).
Sociology for UPSC : Durkheim - SOCIAL FACTS - Lecture 70.
Sociology for UPSC : Durkheim - DIVISION OF LABOUR - Lecture 71.
Sociology for UPSC : Durkheim - THEORY OF SUICIDE - Lecture 72.
Sociology for UPSC : Durkheim - RELIGION - Lecture 73.
Sociology for UPSC : WEBER - Introduction and Social Action - Lecture 74.
Sociology for UPSC : WEBER - Ideal Types - Lecture 75.
Sociology for UPSC : WEBER - Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism - Lecture 76.
Sociology for UPSC : TALCOTT PARSONS- Social Action - Lecture 77.
Sociology for UPSC : TALCOTT PARSONS- Social System - Lecture 78.
Sociology for UPSC : ROBERT MERTON - Functional Postulates - Lecture 79.
Sociology for UPSC : ROBERT MERTON - Functional Paradigm - Lecture 80.
Sociology for UPSC : ROBERT MERTON - Middle Ranged Theories - Lecture 81.
Sociology for UPSC : ROBERT MERTON - Deviance - Lecture 82.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : GH MEAD (complete) - Lecture 83.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Religion - PART 1 - Lecture 84.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Religion - PART 2 - Lecture 85.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Religion - PART 3 - SECTS & CULTS - Lecture 86.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Religion - PART 4 - Religion and Science - Lecture 87.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Religion - Secularisation - PART 5 - Lecture 88.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Religion - PART 6 - Religious Revivalism - Lecture 89.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Religion - PART 7 - Fundamentalism - Lecture 90.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Family 1 - Lecture 91.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Family 2 - Lecture 92.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Works & Economic Life Part 1 - Lecture 93.
Sneak-Peek into Sociology Crash Course for UPSC || IAS || Civil Services.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Works & Economic Life - Formal - Informal Work - Lecture 94.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Works & Economic Life - Labour & Society - Lecture 95.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Social Change in Modern Society: Theories of Social Change - Lecture 96.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Social Change in Modern Society: Education & Social Change - Lecture 97.
Sociology Mains - Development and Dependency - Chapter 10, Paper 1.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Paper - 2 : GS Ghurye - Lecture 98.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Paper - 2 : Indology - Lecture 99.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Paper - 2 : MN Srinivas - Lecture 100.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Paper - 2 : MNS (Criticism) - Lecture 101.
Violence Against Women - Important for Mains & Sociology - IAS || Mains || Sociology.
Sociology for UPSC || IAS : Paper - 2 :A1 AR Desai - Lecture 102.
Sociology Paper 2 - A1 Complete - Lecture 103 for UPSC || IAS.
Sociology Paper 2 - A-2 Part 1 - Social Background of Indian Nationalism - Lecture 104.
Sociology Paper 2 A2 Part 2 Modernisation of Indian Tradition.
Soicology Paper 2 - B1 Part 1 - Idea of Villages and Village Studies for UPSC || IAS.
Soicology Paper 2 - B1 Part 2 - Agrarian Social Structure, Land Reforms, Land Tenure System.
Sociology Paper 2 - B2 Part 1 - Caste System.
Sociology Paper 2 - B2 (Part 2) - Caste System.
Sociology Paper 2 - B2 (Part 3) - UNTOUCHABILITY.
Sociology Paper 2 - B3 -Tribal Communities in India.
Communalism - Important for Mains & Sociology - IAS || Mains || Sociology.
Sociology Mains - Informal Sector - Chapter C3, Paper 2.
Child Labour - Important for Sociology & GS-1 for UPSC || IAS.
Sociology Paper 2 - B4 Part 1 - Agrarian Class Structure, Industrial Class Structure.
Socio Paper 2 - B4 Part 2 - Middle Classes in India.
Sociology Paper 2 - B 5 - System of Kinship in India.
Ranjeeta Sharma (Rank - 130) - Sociology Test Paper Video Solution.
Sociology Batch for 2020 UPSC Civil Services (with FAQs).
Srushti Deshmukh - Sociology Strategy.
Sociology as an Optional & 2020 Batch Details + Schedule.
Weber - Bureaucracy.
Sociology Paper 2 - Why Untouchability at Latent Level || Social Issues for UPSC || IAS.
Sociology Paper 2 - Sexual Harassment at Work Place || Social Issues for UPSC || IAS.
How to Ace Sociology 2019.
Sociology Mains 2019 - Paper 1 Discussion and Analysis.
Sociology Mains 2019 - Paper 2 Discussion and Analysis.
Sociology Book Review - The Trap of Meritocracy - By Daniel Markovits.
All Sociology Related Queries - Answered.
How to Prepare Sociology Current Affairs | Important People to Read in Newspapers for UPSC Sociology.
Sociology - Chapters to read from Ritzer and Haralombos.
Sociology - Important Topics for Mains 2020 || UPSC.
Sociology - Last 4 Days Before the Exam || UPSC Mains 2020.
Sociology Paper-1 || Mains 2020 || UPSC.
Sociology Paper-2 || Mains 2020 || UPSC.
UPSC || Sociology || 4 Types of Students.
7-Things To Do Before Starting Your UPSC Journey || UPSC 2022.
Sociology || Weekly Question Discussion || Paper-1, Chapter-1.
Sociology || Weekly Question Discussion || Paper-1, Chapter-2.
Sociology || Chapter 3 || Paper 1 || Weekly Question Discussion || Phenomenology || Positivism.
Sociology || Chapter 4 || Paper 1 || Weekly Question Discussion || Durkheim || Weber || Religion.
Sociology Live Session - Discussing 3 Terms for Socio Vocabulary.
Sociology || Chapter 5 || Paper 1 || Weekly Question Discussion.
Real Life & Sociology.
Sociology 48 Days Answer Writing Initiative - Explainer Video.
Homo Interneticus || The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the Mobile Phone.
The Power of Bollywood: Gramsci's Hegemony in India || PSIR for UPSC.
Population Related Important Terms || Social Issues || Sociology for UPSC || IAS.
Sociology vs Sociology Optional.
Pegasus and Panopticon- Digital Surveillance Today and relevance for PSIR.
Do you know Answer to this Sociology Question?.
Sociology Optional for UPSC || IAS - Whitehead's Contention || Sociology PYQ.
Sociology FADs (Frequently Asked Doubts).
Sociology Students @ Sleepy Classes .
Tell Me More About Sociology || Batch 5 of 2022.
Sociology Current Affairs Videos.
UPSC Rank - 2 Jagrati Awasthi Thank You.
UPSC Rank 2 Jagrati Awasthi calls Sleepy Classes one of the best online platforms for preparation..
Sleepy Classes- Best and most Affordable platform for your UPSC Preparation.
Sociology Optional Toppers Batch for 2021 Mains and 2022 Attempt.
Sociology Limited Edition Question Series - Episode 1: Chapter-1 + 2 || Sociology Paper-1.
Sociology Limited Edition Question Series - Episode 3: Chapter 3 || Sociology Paper - 1.
Sociology Limited Edition Question Series - Episode 4: Chapter B1 & B2 || Sociology Paper - 2.
How to Criticise Karl Marx? 5 Points || Ralf Dahrendorf || Sociology.
Discussing Sociology Past Year Question Papers || Topic Wise Segregation || Sociology Optional.
Sociology Limited Edition Question Series - Episode 2: Chapter - A1 + A2 || Sociology Paper - 2.
Sociology Limited Edition Question Series - Episode 5: Chapter 4 (Thinkers) || Sociology Paper - 1.
Sociology Limited Edition Question Series - Episode 6: Chapter B3 & B4 || Sociology Paper - 2.
Sociology Limited Edition Question Series - Episode 7: Chapter 5 || Sociology Paper - 1.
Sociology Limited Edition Question Series || C-1 and C-2 : Quick Structures.
Sociology Limited Edition Question Series || C3 and C4 Quick Structures.
The Great Resignation - Explained in Hindi.
3 I's that can help you explain things holistically || Sociology of Answer Writing.
Sociology Limited Edition Question Series - Episode 13 : Chapter 9 || Sociology Paper - 1.
3 Features of Post-Industrialism || Daniel Bell || Sociology Shorts.
Essay Paper 2021 - How Sociology Might Have Saved Your Day ✊✊.
Essay Paper UPSC Mains 2021 - How To Approach Philosophical Topics.
Sociology PYQs (Paper-2) + PYQs Test Series.
Sociology Paper 1 (2021) - Discussion with Sources.
Sociology Current Affairs - How To Make Them (Step by Step Approach).
“Little Republics” - 1 Sociology Mains Question in 1 Minute.
Sociology Paper 2 (2021) - Discussion with Sources.
Sociology || ABCD Framework || Question on Cooperatives.
A Game of Sociology - Learn, Apply and Get A Feedback.
Sociology 24-Day Answer Writing Course - Details.
Sociology 2023 Batch Launch.
3 Things || That We Add in Our Courses || That Get Us A Rank in UPSC || and A Discount Announcement.
Sociology Quiz to Check Your Retention.
Starting Sociology With Week 0.
3 Russian Sociologists.
Incredible Women Sociologists ‍.
Talk with Shekhar Sir (Delhi).
UPSC Sociology - Is Launching मंगलयान on मंगलवार a Coincidence?.
UPSC Sociology- Karl Marx’s "The Communist Manifesto".
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Why Modi ji Carries A Lot of Power #shorts.
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