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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note: Market economy and its social consequences.

  • UPSC 2007, 1996, 1992
  • Industrialization and Urbanisation in India

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A market is not merely a mechanism for clearing prices; it is a social institution that fixes who may transact with whom, on what terms and with what obligation attached. In India its spread has rearranged social structure rather than merely enlarged output.

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  • What the market commodifies
  • Status gives way to contract
  • Mobility and inequality arrive together
  • Risk shifts to the household
  • The protective counter-movement
  • Conclusion
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