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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note: Types of social movements.

  • UPSC 1994, 1988
  • Politics and Society

There is no single classification of social movements, because every typology depends on the criterion of classification chosen. Movements have been sorted by the direction and depth of change sought, the locus of change, the social base, the ideology, the means employed and the territory involved. The most analytically useful criterion is the first: what…

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  • Classification by locus and amount of change
  • Classification by the direction of change
  • Other criteria in use
  • Limits of typologies
  • Conclusion

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