Description
MANE–006: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Course Code: MANE-006
Assignment Code: MANE-006/ASST/TMA/2024-2025
Total Marks: 100
Note: Attempt a total of five questions. All questions carry equal marks. The word limit for 20
marks question is 500 words and for 10 marks question is 250 words. Attempt at least two
questions from each section.
SECTION-A
1. Identify and discuss the various forms of inequality that exists in human societies. 20
2. Discuss pastoral communities and shifting cultivators in the context of social differentiation. 20
3. Discuss the three main types of authority. 20
4. Examine and discuss Durkheim’s three forms of solidarities. 20
5. Write short notes on any two of the following: 10+10
a. Polygenesis versus Monogenesis
b. Tribalism and ethnicity
c. Talcott Parsons’ theory of social action
d. The elite class
SECTION–B
6. Elucidate the conditions that led to the creation of stratification and marginalisation. 20
7. Evaluate the role of media in the construction of gender. 20
8. Examine Indian social mobility and social structure. 20
9. Discuss the negotiation of power in the domestic space as highlighted in Karin Kapadia’s Siva
and her Sisters. 20
10. Write short notes on any two of the following: 10+10
a. ICTs and Social Embeddedness
b. Caste based affirmative action
c. Social mobility due to education
d. Peers and socialisatio
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