For the two hour exam, you will be expected to answer two questions from a choice of four. While the question choices will be on specific topics, you will be expected to demonstrate a critical appreciation of social theory at work, as outlined in the Intended Learning Outcomes. No books or notes will be allowed into the examination, this includes dictionaries. Core Readings This list comprises the minimum required reading for the course. Links to these readings and more detailed reading lists are available on the KLE, where you will also find questions to guide your reading preparation.
Weber, M (1905) “The Spirit of Capitalism and the Iron Cage”, in Lemert, C. (2010) Social Theory: The multicultural and classic readings [e-book] Westview Press: Boulder, CO. pp104-108 Burrell, G & Morgan, G (1992) Sociological paradigms and organisational analysis: elements of the sociology of corporate life. pp. 1-20, Surrey,: Ashgate. Kim, E. C. (2009).
“‘Mama’s Family’: Fictive kinship and undocumented immigrant restaurant workers”, Ethnography, 10(4), 497-513 Marx, K (1844) “Estranged Labour”, in Lemert, C.
(ibid) pp32-38 Durkheim, E (1893) “Mechanical and Organic Solidarity” & (1902) “Anomie & The Modern Division of Labour”, in Lemert, C. (ibid) pp73-78 Weber,M (1909-1920) ”The Bureaucratic Machine” & “The Types of Legitimate Domination” in Lemert, C. (ibid) pp108-114 & 116-119 Foucault, M (1976) “Power as Knowledge” in Lemert, C. (ibid) pp473-479 Brown, A. et al. (2010) ‘Invisible walls and silent hierarchies: A case study of power relations in an architecture firm’, Human Relations, 63(4), 525 – 549.
The Term Paper on English Sample Question Paper
Question Paper Design SA 2 English Communicative Classes IX & X Code No. 101 The design of the question papers in English Communicative for classes IX & X has undergone a few changes. They are as under: Section A –Reading: 20 marks (Question 1-4) In the existing scheme of the question paper Students answer questions based on four unseen passages carrying five marks each –all the ...
Butler, J (1990) Gender Trouble: feminism and the subversion of identity, New York: Routledge [pp1-8] Leonard, P. (2003), ‘Playing’ doctors and nurses? Competing discourses of gender, power and identity in the British National Health Service. The Sociological Review, 51(2): 218–237. Myrdal, G (1944) “The Negro Problem as a Moral Issue” in Lemert, C. (ibid) pp249-251 Burdsey, D. (2004).
‘One of the lads’? Dual ethnicity and assimilated ethnicities in the careers of British Asian professional footballers. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 27(5), 757-779.
Grint K & Woolgar S (1997) “Theories of Technology” in The Machine at Work Polity Press: Cambridge pp6-38 Jolivet, E. , & Heiskanen, E. (2010) Blowing against the wind—An exploratory application of actor network theory to the analysis of local controversies and participation processes in wind energy. Energy Policy, 38(11), 6746–6754. Ritzer, G (2001) “The McDonaldization of Society” in Explorations in Social Theory: from metatheorizing to rationalization [Chapter 10] Bryman, A. (1999) “The Disneyization of Society” The Sociological Review, 47: 25–47.
