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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Critically examine the statement, ‘A study of power inevitably involves an investigation of social class’.

  • UPSC 1987
  • Politics and Society

The statement expresses the Marxist position: power is ultimately rooted in the ownership of productive property, so any account of who rules must begin with class. Its strength lies in how often economic and political advantage coincide. The word inevitably is what critics contest, since power also flows from organisation, status, gender, the state and…

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  • The case for the statement
  • The case against "inevitably"
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