SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 16

Topic : Sociological Thinkers: Robert.K.Merton and G.H.Mead

(1) How could one use Merton’s concept of “Deviance” to understand the Traffic problem in urban India? (250 words)

(2) Using Merton’s concepts of “Manifest and Latent” functions , explain the persistence of corruption in Indian Society.(200 words)

(3) Mead’s notion of “Self”.(200 words)

(4) Critically analyze the contributions of G.H.Mead to “Symbolic Interactionism”. (250 words)

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