Social Stratification (MANE 006)
Assignment Answers – 2024-25
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- Identify and discuss the various forms of inequality that exists in human societies.
- Discuss pastoral communities and shifting cultivators in the context of social differentiation.
- Discuss the three main types of authority.
- Examine and discuss Durkheim’s three forms of solidarities.
- Write short notes on any two of the following: a. Polygenesis versus Monogenesis b. Tribalism and ethnicity c. Talcott Parsons’ theory of social action d. The elite class
- Elucidate the conditions that led to the creation of stratification and marginalisation.
- Evaluate the role of media in the construction of gender.
- Examine Indian social mobility and social structure.
- Discuss the negotiation of power in the domestic space as highlighted in Karin Kapadia’s Siva and her Sisters.
- Write short notes on any two of the following: a. ICTs and Social Embeddedness b. Caste based affirmative action c. Social mobility due to education d. Peers and socialisation
Course Code: MANE-006
Assignment Code: MANE-006/ASST/TMA/2024-2025
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