How Do Working Moms Impact Society? Relevance: Sociology: Social Stratification & Mobility, Work & Economic Life, Kinship System,Social Change What
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Sociology Optional Paper – I
What is Functionalism?
Relevance: Sociology What is functionalism? Functionalism, also called structural functional theory, sees society as a structure with interrelated parts designed
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Sociological Theories of Social change
Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Social Change Classical- Evolutionary Theory of Change Evolutionary theories are based on the assumption that societies
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Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Social Change Social change is a change in the social structures and functions of those Structures.
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Compare and contrast Karl Marxs and Max webers analysis of the modern phenomena of capitalism | Sociology Optional for UPSC Civil Services Examination | Triumph IAS
Compare and contrast Karl Marxs and Max webers analysis of the modern phenomena of capitalism Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Sociological
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Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Religion and society Monism is a religious-philosophical worldview in which all of reality can be reduced
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Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Thinkers: Religion and society Animism refers to the belief/FAITH that not ONLY HUMANS, BUT non-human entities
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According to Robert K. Merton, deviance results not from pathological personalities but from the ‘culture and structure of society itself’. Evaluate Robert K. Merton’s ‘middle range theory of deviance’.
Relevance: Sociology Paper I: Thinkers: Robert Merton: Deviance Approach: Description of ‘middle range theory’, in theory formulation in sociology Sociological
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Relevance: Sociology paper I: thinkers Wright Mills explains elite rule (Theory of Power Elite) in institutional terms.
Continue readingExplain the transition from class-in-itself to class-for-itself, according to Karl Marx.
Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: thinkers Model Answer format- Karl Marx distinguished between a ‘class in itself’ and a ‘class
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The elite theory of power (Relevant For Sociology Optional UPSC Paper I) The Elite Theory of Power is a fundamental
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Relevance: Sociology: paper I: Thinkers Parsons regards power as something possessed by society as a whole. As such power is
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Max Weber’s Theory on Power (Relevant for Sociology Paper I) Max Weber deals power primarily in the context of
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Marxian Theory of Power (Karl Marx) (Relevant For Sociology Optional Paper I) Marx does not give a clear definition of
Continue readingExplain Karl Marx’s theory of class struggle. Evaluate the theory in terms of its significance in explaining contemporary reality.
Relevance: Sociology paper I: Thinkers: Karl Marx Model Answer format- Karl Marx developed his theory of class-struggle in his
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