UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
COURSE: CSO 302: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
SEMESTER: September-December 2009 [Module II]
CAT QUESTIONS [Released: 3.00 pm, 5th October 2009]
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS
1. Critically discuss the nine rules of Sociological method suggested by Giddens, highlighting what you consider to be the value that they add to the practice of qualitative sociological research in Africa to-day.
2. What is experimental research? Briefly discuss what you consider to be three of the most promising experimental designs for qualitative research in Sociology, and explain why you think so.
3. Briefly discuss the following pairs of terms, showing the main features of each term and how the terms in a pair resemble or differ from each other:
a) Hermeneutic Circle and Hermeneutic Interpretation
b) Content Analysis and Literature Review
c) Naturalistic Observation and Surveillance.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Saturday 24th October 2009, strictly from 11.00–12.00noon only.
NOTE:1. I prefer typed answers. Expected length of each CAT submission: 6 to 10 typed, double-spaced pages only
2. Additional marks will be awarded for answers which display originality of thought, as well as critical thinking. Marks will be deducted for Xeroxing published or other works, and for lack of seriousness (i.e. for sketchy, “bulletized” and/ regurgitated answers)
3. Your answer should clearly demonstrate, through citations, that you have engaged in noteworthy library reading for this CAT.
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Monday, October 05, 2009
Thursday, June 05, 2008
What Obama's Presidency Would Portend For Africa
In a post dated 4th June 2008, the Blog Admin at politics.nationmedia.com asked: Barack Obama, by clinching the US Democratic ticket, has moved closer to the White House. What would his presidency portend for Africa, given his Kenyan roots?
I thought it was a good question, so I posted the following comment:
Obama, like Mandela and Kofi Annan -- but, sadly, no other leader here (in Kenya or Africa as a whole) right now -- will be a catalytic role model for a new generation of Africans thoroughly disillusioned by the current crop of self-seeking and mean-spirited leaders in Africa.
I hope that, by sheer example emanating from the genuineness and strength of his character, Obama will also jolt at least some of our leaders out of their cocoons of mischief, Machiavellian self-centeredness and sheer bad behaviour -- so that they can at last begin genuinely to serve in the public interest.
In Obama's victory is the essential message that really good guys can finish first. You don't have to break the rules to win -- which is what Hillary (a true "Kenyan politician")tried to do!
Let me add to this post, as I conclude, that Obama represents a new kind of Kenyan -- and American -- politician. The fact that his veins flow with Kenyan blood means that the quality of character he has displayed (may he never lose it!) is not unattainable here. It should not be something that is possible only in America. What has derailed us here is greed and double-speak. We have crooks for heroes -- who have turned our politics into private business. And yet, as Obama says, "Yes we can!" We can have "change we can believe in" -- real, people-focused change.
I thought it was a good question, so I posted the following comment:
Obama, like Mandela and Kofi Annan -- but, sadly, no other leader here (in Kenya or Africa as a whole) right now -- will be a catalytic role model for a new generation of Africans thoroughly disillusioned by the current crop of self-seeking and mean-spirited leaders in Africa.
I hope that, by sheer example emanating from the genuineness and strength of his character, Obama will also jolt at least some of our leaders out of their cocoons of mischief, Machiavellian self-centeredness and sheer bad behaviour -- so that they can at last begin genuinely to serve in the public interest.
In Obama's victory is the essential message that really good guys can finish first. You don't have to break the rules to win -- which is what Hillary (a true "Kenyan politician")tried to do!
Let me add to this post, as I conclude, that Obama represents a new kind of Kenyan -- and American -- politician. The fact that his veins flow with Kenyan blood means that the quality of character he has displayed (may he never lose it!) is not unattainable here. It should not be something that is possible only in America. What has derailed us here is greed and double-speak. We have crooks for heroes -- who have turned our politics into private business. And yet, as Obama says, "Yes we can!" We can have "change we can believe in" -- real, people-focused change.
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