MSO-2 EM 2024-25 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

Description

Indira Gandhi National Open University
Core Course in M.A. Sociology
MSO-002: Research Methodologies and Methods
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Programme Code : MSO
Course Code : MSO-002
Assignment Code: MSO-002/AST/TMA/2024-25
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Answer questions from both the sections.
Marks
Section –A
Answer any two of the following questions
1. What is phenomenology? Explain with reference to the contribution of
Martin Heideggar to understand phenomenology.
25
2. What is positivism? Discuss Giddens’s critique of positivism. 25
3. Explain the comparative method. Discuss its scope in social science
research.
25
4. Discuss the participatory approach to social research. Compare and contrast
it with conventional research methodologies.
25
5. Critically examine the nature and scope of feminist method in social science
research.
25
Section-B
Write a research report on any one of the following topics in about 3000 words.
1. Impact of transnational migration on Indian Society. 50
2. Relevance of open and distance learning as a means of empowerment of the
socially excluded and marginalized people in India.
50
3. Relevance of caste in contemporary politics. 50
You can write this report based either on review of literature, or data collected from the primary
sources.
For review of literature you are to select either two books or four research articles published recently
on the selected topic of your choice. Write a review article focusing on the location of the study,
methodology followed and the main findings of these studies.
For the primary source you are to collect two case studies and write a report on the selected topic in a
comparative framework. While writing the report spell out clearly the objectives and the problems of
the study and
 problematise the issue within the existing/available literature,
 elaborate your observations, finding and conclusion coherently, and
 make proper referencing at the end