Agents of social change
Key points
- Technology as agent
- State as agent
- Social movements as agents
- Demographic agents
Previous year questions
Questions asked from this topic in UPSC Sociology Optional:
- What do you understand by sustainable development? Discuss the elements of sustainable development as proposed in the UNDP's Sustainable Development Goals Report-2015.
- Assess critically A. G. Frank's theory of development of underdevelopment'.
- Critically examine the contribution of dependency theories in understanding the present global scenario.
- Technology has accelerated the process of development and dependency. Discuss
- Feminist scholars argue that 'New media' is masculine and hence reinforces structural hierarchies rather than reconfiguring them. Comment.
- "Social conflict is both a cause and a consequence of social change." Explain.
- "Socialchangecan bebrought about throughdevelopment".Illustrate from the contemporary situation of India.
- Explain the relevance of the idea of 'cultural lag' in understanding social change.
- Examine the dialectical relation between tradition and modernity in the study of social change.
- Write a short essay on the Latin American perspective on 'dependency'.
- Examine the social dimensions of displacement induced by development.
- Illustrate the conflicts and tensions experienced by societies undergoing social change.