MSO-002 IGNOU Solved Assignments 2025-26 English Medium

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MSO-002 IGNOU Solved Assignments 2025-26 English Medium Available

Section-A

Answer any two of the following questions

1. What is phenomenology? Explain with reference to the contribution of Martin Heideggar to understand phenomenology.

2 What is positivism? Discuss Giddens’s critique of positivism.

3. Explain the comparative method. Discuss its scope in social science research.

4. Discuss the participatory approach to social research. Compare and contrast it with conventional research methodologies.

5. Critically examine the nature and scope of feminist method in social science research

Section-B

Write a research report on any one of the following topics in about 3000 words.

1. Impact of transnational migration on Indian Society.

2 Relevance of open and distance learning as a means of empowerment of the socially excluded and marginalized people in India.

3. Relevance of caste in contemporary politics.

You can write this report based either on review of literature, or data collected from the primary sources.

For review of literature you are to select either two books or four research articles published recently on the selected topic of your choice, Write a review article focusing on the location of the study, methodology followed and the main findings of these studies.

For the primary source you are to collect two case studies and write a report on the selected topic in a comparative framework. While writing the report spell out clearly the objectives and the problems of the study and problematise the issue within the existing/available literature, elaborate your observations, finding and conclusion coherently, and make proper referencing at the end.