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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
M.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -SOCIOLOGY
SECOND SEMESTER APRIL 2018
17/16PSO2MC01- CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Date: 17-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
PART A
Answer the following in about 30 words each: (10X 20)
1. What is sociological theory?
2. Define Structuralism.
3. What is latent and manifest function
4. Write note on Coser's image on society.
5. What is a critical theory?
6. What is symbolic Interactionism?
7. What does George Homans mean by Inductive strategy?
8. Define Ethnomethodology.
9. What is value proposition?
10. Define Post Modernism.
PART B
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each: (5X 40)
11. Write a brief note on Analytical Functionalism.
12. Describe Giddens Structuration Theory.
13. Differentiate between phenomenology and ethnomethodology.
14. Identify and describe the types of actions in the theory of communicative action.
15. How does social exchange theory help us in understanding the nature and course of human behaviour.
16. Explain Althusser's ideas about Neo-Marxism.
17. Describe how Michel Foucault's social theory is an example of post-structuralism.
PART C
Answer any TWO questions in about 1,200 words each: (2X 20= 40)
18. Discuss G.H .Mead's analysis of MIND, SELF and SOCIETY.
19. Examine in detail the contributions of Robert Merton in the development of functional analysis.
20. Delineate Ralf Dahrendorf's explanation of authority as the central theme in social conflict.
21. Explain George .C .Homans exchange behaviourism in detail.