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Bring out a comparative analysis of Marxian and Parsonian views of social change and examine the relevance of each view for social development in contemporary India.

  • UPSC 2004
  • Social Change in Modern Society

Karl Marx and Talcott Parsons stand at opposite poles of the sociology of change. For Marx, change is born of contradiction and moves through class struggle; for Parsons, it is adaptive adjustment by which a system keeps its balance at a higher level of complexity.

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  • Criteria-wise comparison
  • Relevance of the Marxian view for India
  • Relevance of the Parsonian view for India
  • Synthesis
  • Conclusion

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