UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS

YEARLY EXAMINATIONS

MAY 2016

PROGRAMME BSc (HONS) SOCIOLOGY – YEAR 3

BSc (HONS) SOCIOLOGY (SPP: GENDER STUDIES) – YEAR 3 & RESIT

MODULE NAME SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALISATION

DATE WEDNESDAY MODULE CODE SOCI 3001Y(5)

18 MAY 2016

TIME 09.30 – 12.30 DURATION 3 HOURS

HRS

NO. OF QUESTIONS 5 NO. OF QUESTIONS TO 3

SET BE ATTEMPTED

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

There are 2 sections in this paper: Section A and Section B.

Section A consists of 1 question which is compulsory.

Section B consists of 4 questions. Answer any 2 questions from Section B.

Answer 3 questions in all.

All questions carry equal marks.

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SECTION A

Question 1 is compulsory.

Question 1

(a) “State-centred classifications of the global system based on income, trade, resources,
quality of life and socio-economic blocs, although generates a wealth of data, result in
conceptual confusion and general inconclusiveness in understanding the global system.”

Critically analyse the above statement with reference to the Marxist Sociologist
Leslie Sklair’s theory of the global system.
[25 marks]

(b) “Held et al. (1999) argue that it is possible to distinguish between three broad schools of
thought in the conceptualization of globalization.

Outline the main features of the three tendencies in the conceptualization of

globalization.
[15 marks]

[Total: 40 marks]

SECTION B

Answer any 2 questions from this section.

Question 2

(a) In what ways are global environmental problems a result of modernization?

[10 marks]

(b) Analyse the major implications of global warming on global socio-economic

development.
[10 marks]

(c) Outline the major environmental strategies which could be adopted for the
sustainable development of the island state of Mauritius
[10 marks]

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Question 3

(a) By giving suitable examples, what do you understand by the term Cultural
Globalization.
[5 marks]

(b) Critically examine the sociological significance of the three perspectives on global
flows of culture, namely differentialism, hybridization and convergence in
understanding contemporary cultural globalization.
[25 marks]

Question 4

(a) Explain the origin and meaning of neoliberalism.

[10 marks]

(b) By giving suitable examples, examine the role of the International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank in the global spread of neoliberalism.
[10 marks]

(c) Analyse how the basic principles of neoliberalism have been applied to the
Mauritian economy during the last decade.
[10 marks]

Question 5

(a) Explain what do you understand by religious fundamentalism.

[10 marks]

(b) Critically examine the socio-political origins and contemporary strategies of

global political Islam.
[20 marks]

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