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Examine the relevance of Parsonian Social System in the present society.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Sociological Thinkers

Talcott Parsons pictured society as a boundary-maintaining system. In it, four sub-systems (economy, polity, societal community, fiduciary) meet the AGIL functions, shared values secure order, and change comes through gradual differentiation. Built on mid-century America, it must be tested against a society that is digital, polarised and exposed to global risk.

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