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How far is the structural functional perspective helpful in understanding changes in contemporary Indian society ?

  • UPSC 2010
  • Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society

The perspective is helpful up to a clearly marked point. It remains the best available grammar for describing how Indian institutions interlock and how the system absorbs pressure; it is progressively less useful as change is driven by conflict, coercion and the market. Put as a degree: it explains persistence and adjustment well, direction and…

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