LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034.
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – economics
FourTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2003
SO 4200 / SOC 200 – SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMIC LIFE
26.04.2003
9.00 – 12.00 Max : 100 Marks
PART – A (10´ 2=20 marks)
Answer ALL the questions in 30 words each.
- Explain mercantilist’s ideas on power.
- What did Durkheim mean by mechanical solidarity?
- What is ideology?
- State the meaning of ‘social stratification’.
- Write a short note on Robert Blauner’s concept of alienation.
- Elucidate the meaning of formal organization.
- What do you understand by ‘structural change’?
- List out the ‘differentiations’ accompanying development.
- Bring out Myrdal’s notion of ‘vicious circle of under-development’.
- What is meant by ‘subsistance agriculture’?
PART – B (5´ 8=40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions in 300 words each.
- Explain Keyne’s views on state.
- Highlight Marx’ ideas on religion and economy.
- Point out the factors determining the upward mobility of immigrants.
- Briefly comment on stereotypes about businessmen.
- Bring out the social correlates of food consumption.
- Briefly discuss the techno-economic and ecological aspects of development.
- Furnish a brief description of saving behaviour in Asia.
PART – C (2´20=40 marks)
Answer any TWO questions in 1200 words each.
- Discuss the recent trends in Economics and Sociology.
- Examine industrial conflict and different modes of resolving the same.
- Evaluate the role of ideology in relation to Economy.
How do discontinuities in differentiation cause social disturbances and conflict?