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Indira Gandhi National Open University
Core Course in M.A. Sociology
MSO-001: Sociological Theories and Concepts
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Programme Code: MSO
Course Code: MSO-001
Assignment Code: MSO-001/AST/TMA/2026-27
Maximum Marks: 100 Weightage: 30% Answer any five questions selecting at least two from each of the sections. Your answers should be in about 500 words each.
Section I
1. Discuss the contribution of Levi-Strauss and Edmund Leach to the understanding of social structure.
2. Delineate the role of concept and theory in sociological analysis.
3. Examine the distinction between Marxian and Weberian ideologies.
4. What is power? Discuss the instruments of power.
5. What is entrepreneurship? Explain the perspective of Schumpeter on entrepreneurship.
Section II
6. What is modernity? Discuss Giddens’ concept of modernity.
7. What is citizenship? Discuss its various types.
8. Explain the roles and functions of civil society in a democracy.
9. Compare and contrast post-structuralism and post-modernism.
10. Discuss the elements of caste in gender stratification
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