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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note : Obstacles to change in Indian society.

  • UPSC 2005
  • Visions of Social Change in India

To call something an obstacle to change suggests inertia — a society too heavy to move. The useful question is different: who is advantaged by the present arrangement, and through what structures, beliefs and institutions do they defend it? Obstacles are best sorted into four kinds.

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  • Structural obstacles
  • Cultural and ideological obstacles
  • Institutional obstacles
  • Reactive resistance
  • Conclusion

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