MANE-006 IGNOU Solved Assignments 2024-25

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MANE–006: Social Stratification

Course Code: MANE-006

Assignment Code: MANE-006/ASST/TMA/2024-2025

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.

2.Discuss pastoral communities and shifting cultivators in the context of social differentiation.

3.Discuss the three main types of authority.

4.Examine and discuss Durkheim’s three forms of solidarities.

5.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

Section–B

6.Elucidate the conditions that led to the creation of stratification and marginalisation.

7.Evaluate the role of media in the construction of gender.

8.Examine Indian social mobility and social structure.

9.Discuss the negotiation of power in the domestic space as highlighted in Karin Kapadia’s Siva and her Sisters.

10.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