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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Examine any two theories of social change in detail.

  • UPSC 2017
  • Social Change in Modern Society

Two theories are worth examining together because they answer one question in opposite ways. Evolutionary theory locates the engine of change inside society, in its own growing complexity; dependency theory locates it outside, in a society's position within a world economy.

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  • I. Evolutionary theory
  • II. Dependency theory
  • Conclusion

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