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KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUI STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Surya Kumar Bhuyan School of Social Sciences
Home Assignment for
4th Semester: 2025
SUBJECT: SOCIOLOGY
COURSE: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
Last Date for Submission- 25-09-2025
Total Marks: 50

[Assignments are required to be written in your own language. Copying in toto from the learning materials will carry less score]
QA. Answer the following questions. 10×3=30
Q1: Discuss Gramsci’s view on hegemony and the state
Q2: What are the differences between elite and pluralist theory?
Q3: Discuss the agencies of political socialisation.
QB. Answer the following question. 10×1=10
Q1: What role do grassroots political movements play in protecting local environments? Discuss with examples.
QC. Answer the following question. 10
Q1: Define bureaucracy. What are its characteristics?