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Sociolological Theory 1 Question Paper

Sociolological Theory 1

Course:Bachelor Of Arts Sociology

Institution: University Of Nairobi question papers

Exam Year:2012

SECOND YEAR EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

CSO 201 : SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY I

DATE: 10TH FEBRUARY, 2012 TIME: 9.00 AM - 11.00 A.M

INSTRUCTIONS:

Answer ANY THREE Questions.

1. Identify any Five characteristics of structural functionalism and discuss their relevance in contemporary Kenya Society.

2. Discuss Karl Marx and Ralf Dahrendorf theses on social conflict theory,indicating your reasons for supporting or not supporting their theses.

3. What is social stratification? Using Max Weber's 'orders of social stratification,' discuss how the Kenyan society is stratified.

4. "While the Bureaucracy is a good example technocratic rationality,the Protestant Ethnic and the spirit of capitalism illustrates Traditional Action".
Critically discuss this statement.

5.Compare and contrast Herbert mead's ideas on symbolic Internationals with those of Erving Goffman.

6. Rational Choice Theory presents social life as governed by reciprocity and cost-benefit analysis: Discuss the extent to which you agree with this postulation?

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