- Critically examine the World-Systems theory Of Immanuel Wallerstein in terms of
development and dependency of various nations. (2024) - Discuss various theories of social change. Explain the limitations of unilinear theory of
social change. (2024) - Critically examine the roles of science and technology in social change. What is your
opinion on their increasing trend in ‘online’ education and teaching? (2024) - Assess critically A. G. Frank’s theory of development of underdevelopment’. (2023)
- Trace the trajectory of development perspectives on social change. (2022)
- Critically examine the contribution of dependency theories in understanding the present global scenario. (2021)
- Technology has accelerated the process of development and dependency. Discuss (2020)
- Feminist scholars argue that ‘New media’ is masculine and hence reinforces structural hierarchies rather than reconfiguring them. Comment. (2019)
- Criticize A.G. Frank’s ‘development of underdevelopment’. (2019)
- Does collapse of functionalism and bankruptcy of Marxism coincide with the rupture of modernity? Discuss. (2018)
- Is the theory of cultural lag valid in present times? Discuss. (2018)
- Assess the role of mass media as an agent of social change. (2017)
- Examine any two theories of social change in detail (2017)
- “Social conflict is both a cause and a consequence of social change” Explain. (2016)
- “Social change can be brought about through development”. Illustrate from the contemporary situation of India (2016)
- Explain the relevance of the idea of ‘cultural lag’ in understanding social change. (2015)
- Examine the dialectical relation between tradition and modernity in the study of social change. (2015)
- Write a short essay on the Latin American perspective on ‘dependency’. (2014)
- Examine the social dimensions of displacement induced by development. (150 words) (2013)
- Illustrate the conflicts and tensions experienced by societies undergoing social change. (2013)
- Critically examine the cultural theories of social change with suitable examples. (2013)
- Write short note on the following from a sociological perspective: Theory of Cultural Lag – Ogburn and Nimkoff. (2012)
- ‘Revolutionary changes have some specific characteristics.’ Discuss with examples. (2012)
- Write short note on Development and Dependency from a sociological perspective. (In about 150 words) (2011)
- “Social support mechanism needs to be strengthened for effective implementation of development programmes.” Comment. (2011)
- Discuss World System Theory in the context of modern society. (2011)
- Examine the social dimensions of displacement induced by development. (2010)
- Comment on the critics’ charge that Immanuel Wallerstein’s dependency theory is simplistic and wrong. (2009)
- Write short note : Education as an agent of social change. (2008)
- State significance of social policy in social development. Under what conditions a social policy fails to be effective in its performance ? (2006)
- Human factors involved in directed social change. (2006)
- Discuss mass education as an instrument of social change and modernization. (2005)
- Bring out a comparative analysis of Marxian and Parsonian views of social change and examine the relevance of each view for social development in the contemporary India. (2004)
- Define ‘social policy’. Evaluate the performance of social policy in modernisation of developing societies. (2001)
- Pit rim A. Sorokin sees the course of history as a continuous but irregular fluctuation between two basically different kinds of culture. While explaining this stand of Sorokin, analyse whether it is appropriate to characterize such a notion of change as a cyclical theory of social change. (2000)
- Elaborate on the concept of structural change. Discuss the endogenic factors of structural change in a society, with suitable examples. (1999)
- Critically examine the impact of traditional social structures on the development and functioning of a democratic policy. (1996)
- Explain the classical concept of social change and critically examine the contribution of the linear theories of social change. (1995)
- What is social policy and its relevance to social development? Under what circumstances social policy becomes a hindrance in social development? (1994)
- Write short note : Modernisation. (1991)
- Write short note : Directed social change. (1990)
- How far are social policy and directed social change effective in social development ? (1989)
- Write short note : Theory of underdevelopment. (1988)
- Write short note : Planned development in a democracy. (1985)
- Has development been successful in removing poverty ? Can you relate development to progress ? (1985)
- Examine the relationship between social structure and social change. Has the Indian social structure facilitated or hindered the process of change ? (1984)
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