{"id":22414,"date":"2024-06-18T17:29:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=22414"},"modified":"2024-06-18T17:29:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:59:34","slug":"development-and-dependency-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/development-and-dependency-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Development and Dependency | Sociology Optional Coaching | Vikash Ranjan Classes | Triumph IAS | UPSC Sociology Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">When considering the array of 51 optional subjects for the\u00a0<strong>UPSC Mains Examination<\/strong>, Sociology consistently stands out as a top choice. 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Additionally, for aspirants seeking guidance, renowned educator Vikash Ranjan Sir at <a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRIUMPH IAS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0coaching institutes in Delhi, offer valuable support and resources.\u00a0<strong>Vikash Ranjan Sir<\/strong>\u00a0is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-about-vikash-ranjan-triumphias.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best Sociology Teacher<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Triumph IAS is the<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>best<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>sociology coaching in Delhi<\/strong><\/a>. If you are away from Old Rajendra Nagar, Delhi, you can still complete Journey of UPSC civil service preparation through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online Sociology class<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>The scientific nature of Sociology, coupled with its direct applicability to daily social interactions, renders it a subject that can be comprehended without extensive reference materials, distinguishing it from other optional subjects requiring extensive reading and research.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >What's Inside this Blog!<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/development-and-dependency-2\/#Development_and_Dependency\" title=\"Development and Dependency\">Development and Dependency<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/development-and-dependency-2\/#Development_and_Dependency-2\" title=\"Development and Dependency\">Development and Dependency<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/development-and-dependency-2\/#The_End_of_the_Blog_Development_and_Dependency\" title=\"The End of the Blog: Development and Dependency\">The End of the Blog: Development and Dependency<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/development-and-dependency-2\/#After_Class_Doubts_Session_of_Students_with_Vikash_Ranjan_Sir\" title=\"After Class Doubts Session of Students \nwith Vikash Ranjan Sir\">After Class Doubts Session of Students \nwith Vikash Ranjan Sir<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/development-and-dependency-2\/#Frequently_Asked_Questions_by_UPSC_Sociology_Optional_Students\" title=\"Frequently Asked Questions by \nUPSC Sociology Optional Students\">Frequently Asked Questions by \nUPSC Sociology Optional Students<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/development-and-dependency-2\/#Sociology_Optional_Program_for_UPSC_CSE_2025_2026\" title=\"Sociology Optional Program for \nUPSC CSE\u00a0 2025 &amp; 2026\">Sociology Optional Program for \nUPSC CSE\u00a0 2025 &amp; 2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Development_and_Dependency\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #ff0000;\">Development and Dependency<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\" style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Relevant for Civil Services Examination<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\" style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Paper-1, Unit-10 (Social Change in Modern Society)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: dotted; border-color: #4f3232; background-color: #fcffe8; height: 9259px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 9216px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 809.091px; height: 9216px;\">\n<article id=\"post-23371\" class=\"entry content-bg single-entry post-23371 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-fundamentals-of-sociology\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"entry-content single-content\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Development_and_Dependency-2\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Development and Dependency<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">There are many theories of development and dependency. These theories have strengths and weaknesses.\u00a0<strong>One shortcoming of all of them is that they frequently give short to the role of women in economic development.\u00a0<\/strong>By putting the theories together, however, we should be able to answer a key question facing the 85 percent of the world\u2019s population living outside high-income countries: how can they move up in the world economy?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"marketoriented-theories-of-development-\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Market-oriented Theories of Development :<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The most influential theories of global inequality advanced by\u00a0<strong>British and American economists and sociologists\u00a0<\/strong>were market-oriented theories. These theories assume that the best possible economic consequences will result if individuals are free-uninhibited by any form of government constraint-to make their own economic decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Unrestricted capitalism, if it is allowed to develop fully, is said to be the avenue to economic growth. Government bureaucracy should not dictate which goods to produce, what prices to charge or how much workers should be paid.\u00a0<\/strong>According to market-oriented theorists, governmental direction of the economics of low-income countries results in blockages to economic development. In this view, local governments should get out of the way of development.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"modernization-theory-ww-rostow\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Modernization theory :W.W. Rostow:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Modernization theory argues that low income societies can develop economically only if they give<br \/>\nup their traditional ways and adopt modern economic institutions, technologies and cultural<br \/>\nvalues that emphasize savings and productive investment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">One of the most influential early proponents of such theories was\u00a0<strong>W.W. Rostow,<\/strong>\u00a0an economic adviser to former US President John F. Kennedy, whose ideas helped shape US foreign policy towards Latin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">America during the 1960s. Rostow\u2019s explanation is one version of a market-oriented approach, termed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>\u2018modernization theory\u2019.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>According to Rostow, the traditional cultural values and social institutions of low-income countries impede their economic effectiveness.\u00a0<\/strong>For example, many people in low-income countries, in Rostow\u2019s view, lack a strong work ethic; they would sooner consume today than invest for the future. Large families are also seen as partly responsible for \u2018economic backwardness\u2019, since a breadwinner with many mounts to feed can hardly be expected to save money for investment purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>But to modernization theorists, the problems in low-income countries run even deeper.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2026\u2026The cultures of such countries, according to the theory, tend to support \u2018fatalism\u2019 \u2013 a value system that views hardship and suffering as the unavoidable plight of life. Acceptance of one\u2019s lot in life thus discourages people from working hard and being thrifty in order to overcome their fate. In this view, then, a country\u2019s poverty is due largely to the cultural failings of the people themselves. Such failings are reinforced by government politics that set wages and control prices and generally interfere in the operation of the economy. \u2026\u2026.How can low-income countries break out of their poverty?\u00a0<strong>Rostow viewed economic growth as going through several stages, which he likened to the journey of an aero plane:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The traditional stage :<\/strong>\u00a0This is the stage just described. It is characterized by low rates of savings, the supposed lack of a work ethic, and the so-called fatalistic value system. The aero plane is not yet off the ground.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Take off to economic growth :\u00a0<\/strong>The traditional stage, Rostow argued, can give way to a second one: economic take-off. This occurs when poor countries begin to jettison their traditional values and institutions and start to save and invest money for the future. The role of wealthy countries, like the United States, is to facilitate this growth. They can do this by financing birth control programmes or providing low-cost loans for electrification, road and airport construction, and starting new industries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Drive to technological maturity:\u00a0<\/strong>According to Rostow, with the help of money and advice from highincome countries, the aeroplane of economic growth would taxi down the runway, pick up speed and become airborne. The country would then approach technological maturity. In the aeronautical metaphor, the plane would slowly climb to cruising altitude, improving its technology, reinvesting its recently acquired wealth in new industries and adopting the institutions and values of the high-income countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>High-mass consumption :\u00a0<\/strong>Finally, the country would reach the phase of high mass consumption. Now people are able to enjoy the fruits of their labour by achieving a high standard of living. The aeroplane (country) cruises along on automatic pilot, having entered the ranks of high-income countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Rostow\u2019s ideas remain influential today\u2026<\/strong>\u2026. Indeed, perhaps the prevailing view among economists today,\u00a0<strong>neo-liberalism,\u00a0<\/strong>argues that<strong>\u00a0free-market forces, achieved by minimizing governmental restrictions on business,<\/strong>\u00a0provide the only route to economic growth.\u00a0<strong>Neo-liberalism holds that global free trade will enable all countries of the world to prosper; eliminating governmental regulation is seen as necessary for economic growth to occur.\u00a0<\/strong>Neo-liberal economists therefore call for an end to restrictions on trade and often challenge minimum wage and other labour, laws, as well as environmental restrictions on business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<strong>Sociologists,<\/strong>\u00a0on the other hand, focus on the cultural aspects of Rostow\u2019s theory; whether and how certain beliefs and institutions hinder development (Davis). These include religious values, moral beliefs, belief in magic and folk traditions and practices. Sociologists also examine other conditions that resist change; particularly the belief local cultures have that moral decay and social unrest accompany business and trade.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"dependency-theory-\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Dependency Theory :<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The dependency theorists argue that the poverty of low-income countries stems from their exploitation by wealthy countries and the multinational corporation as that are based in wealthy countries.<\/strong>\u00a0In their view, global capitalism locked their countries into a downward spiral of exploitation and poverty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>During the 1960,s<\/strong>\u00a0a number of theorists questioned market-oriented explanations of global inequality such as modernization theory.\u00a0<strong>Many of these critics were sociologists and economists from the lowincome countries of Latin America and Africa, who drew on Marxist ideas to reject the idea that their countries\u2019 economic underdevelopment was due to their own cultural or institutional faults.\u00a0<\/strong>Instead, they build on the theories of Karl Marx, who argued that world capitalism would create a class of countries manipulated by more powerful countries, just as capitalism of workers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>According to dependency theories,\u00a0<\/strong>the exploitation began with colonialism, a politicaleconomic system under which powerful countries established, for their own profit, rule over weaker peoples or countries. Powerful nations have colonized other countries usually to procure the raw materials needed for their factories and to control markers for the products manufactured in those factories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Although colonialism typically involved European countries establishing colonies in North and South America, Africa and Asia, some Asian countries (such as Japan) had colonies as well.\u00a0<strong>Even though colonialism ended throughout most of the world after the Second World War, the exploitation did<br \/>\nnot: transnational corporations continued to reap enormous profits from their branches in lowincome countries.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>According to dependency theory,<\/strong>\u00a0these global companies, often with the support of the powerful banks and governments of rich countries, established factories in poor countries, using cheap labour and raw materials to maximize production costs without governmental interference.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026<strong>In turn,<\/strong>\u00a0the low prices set for labour and raw materials prevented poor countries from accumulating the profit necessary to industrialize themselves. Local businesses that might compete with foreign corporation were prevented from doing so\u2026\u2026..\u00a0<strong>In this view, poor countries are forced to borrow from rich countries, thus increasing their economic dependency.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Low-income countries are thus seen not as underdeveloped, but rather as mis-developed (Frank; Emmanuel).\u00a0<\/strong>With the exception of a handful of local politicians and business people who serve the interest of the foreign corporations,\u00a0<strong>people fall into poverty. Peasants are forced to choose between starvation and working at near-starvation wages on foreign-controlled plantations and in foreign-controlled mines and factories. Since dependency theorists believe that such exploitation has kept their countries from achieving economic growth, they typically call for revolutionary changes that would push foreign corporations out of their countries altogether (Frank Parkin).<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>While political and military-power is usually ignored by market-oriented theorists, dependency theorists regard the exercise of power as central to enforcing unequal economic relationship.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>According to this theory,<\/strong>\u00a0whenever local leaders question such unequal arrangements, their voices are quickly suppressed. Unionization is usually outlawed, and labour organizers are jailed and sometimes killed. When people elect a government opposing these policies, that government is likely to be overthrown by the country\u2019s military,\u00a0<strong>often backed by the armed forces of the industrialized countries themselves.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026<strong>Dependency theorists point of many examples; the role of the<\/strong>\u00a0CIA in overthrowing the Marxist governments of Guatemala in 1954 and Chile in 1973 and in undermining support for the leftist government in Nicaragua in the 1980s\u2026\u2026.. In the view of dependency theory, global economic inequality is thus backed up by force: economic elites in poor countries, backed by their counterparts in wealthy ones, sue police and military power to keep the local population under control.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Brazilian sociologist Enrique Fernando Cardoso, once a prominent dependency theorist,<\/strong>\u00a0argued more than twenty-five years ago that some degree of dependent development was nonetheless possible-that under certain circumstances, poor countries can still develop economically, although only in ways shaped by their reliance on the wealthier countries (Cardoso). IN particular, the governments of these countries could play a key role in steering a course between dependency and development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"world-system-theory--immanuel-wallerstein\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">World System Theory : Immanuel Wallerstein:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>During the last quarter of a century, sociologists have increasingly seen the world as a single (although often conflict-ridden) economic system. Although dependency theories hold that individual countries are economically tied to one another \u2026<\/strong>\u2026\u2026..world-systems theory, which is strongly influenced by dependency theory,\u00a0<strong>argues that the world capitalist economic system is not merely a collection of independent countries engaged in diplomatic and economic relations with one another, but must instead be understood as a single unit.\u00a0<\/strong>The world-system approach is most closely identified with the work of<strong>\u00a0Immanuel Wallerstein<\/strong>\u00a0and his colleagues. Wallerstein showed that capitalism has long existed as a global economic system, beginning with the extension of markets and trade in Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The world system is seen as comprising four overlapping elements (Chase-Dunn):<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">A world market for goods and labour;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The division of the population into different economic classes, particularly capitalists and workers;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">An international system of formal and informal political relations among the most powerful countries, whose competition with one another helps shape the world economy; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The carving up of the world into three unequal economic zones, with the wealthier zones exploiting<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">the poorer ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">World-system theorists term these three economic zones\u00a0<strong>\u2018core\u2019, \u2018periphery\u2019 and \u2018semi-periphery\u2019.<\/strong>\u00a0All countries in the world system are said to fall into one of the three categories\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Core countries are the most advanced industrial countries<\/strong>, taking the lion\u2019s share of profits in the world economic system. These include Japan, the United States and the countries of Western Europe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Peripheral countries comprise low-income,<\/strong>\u00a0largely agricultural countries that are often manipulated by core countries for their own economic advantage. ,,,,,Examples of peripheral countries are found throughout Africa and to a lesser extent in Latin America and Asia. \u2026..Natural resources, such as agricultural products, minerals and other raw materials, flow from periphery to core, in turn, sells finished goods to the periphery, also at a profits. World-system theorists argue that core countries have made themselves wealthy with this unequal trade, while at the same time limiting the economic development of peripheral countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Finally,\u00a0<strong>the semi-peripheral countries occupy an intermediate position;\u00a0<\/strong>these are semiindustrialized, middle-income countries that extract profits from the more peripheral countries and in turn yield profits to the core countries. Examples of semi-peripheral countries include Mexico in North America; Brazil, Argentina and Chile in South America; and the newly industrializing economics of East Asia. The semi periphery, though to some degree controlled by the core, is thus also able to exploit the periphery. Moreover, the greater economic success of the semi-periphery holds out to the periphery the promise of similar development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Although the world system tends to change very slowly, once-powerful countries eventually lose their economic power and others then take their place<\/strong>. ,,,,,,,,,, For example, some five centuries ago the Italian city-states of Venice and Genoa dominated the world capitalist economy. They were superseded by the Dutch, then the British and currently the United States. \u2026\u2026.Today, in the view of some world-systems theorists, American dominance is giving way to a more \u2018multi-polar\u2019 world where economic power will be shared between the United States, Europe and Asia (Arrighi).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"statecentered-theory\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">State-Centered Theory:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Some of the most recent explanations of successful economic development emphasize the role of state policy in promoting growth.\u00a0<\/strong>Differing sharply from market-oriented theories, state-centred theories argue that appropriate government policies do not interfere with economic development but rather can play a key role in bringing it about. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..A large body of research now suggests that in some regions of the world, such as East Asia, successful economic development has been state-led. Even the World Bank, long a strong proponent of free-market theories of development, has changed its thinking about the role of the state. In its 1997 report \u2018The State in Changing World\u2019, the World Bank concluded that without an effective state, \u2018sustainable development, both economic and social, is impossible\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Strong governments contributed in various ways to economic growth in the East Asian Newly Independent Countries during the 1980s and 1990s.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>East Asian governments have sometimes aggressively acted to ensure political stability, while keeping labour costs low.\u00a0<\/strong>This has been accomplished by acts of repression, such as outlawing trade, banning strikes, jailing leaders and, in general, silencing the voices of workers. The governments of Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore in particular have engaged in such practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>East Asian governments have frequently sought to steer economic development in desired directions. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026For example<\/strong>, state agencies have often provided cheap loans and tax breaks to businesses that invest in industries favoured by the government. \u2026\u2026\u2026.Sometimes this strategy has backfired, resulting in bad loans held by the government (one of the causes of the region\u2019s economic problems during the late 1990s). Some governments have prevented businesses from investing their profits in other countries, forcing them to invest in economic growth at home. Some times governments have owned and therefore controlled key industries. For example, the Japanese government ahs owned railways, the steel industry and banks; the South Korean government has owned banks; and the government of Singapore has owned airlines and the armaments and ship-repair industries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>East Asian governments have often heavily involved in social programmes such as low-cost housing and universal education<\/strong>. \u2026The world\u2019s largest public housing system (outside socialist or formerly socialist countries) have been in Hong Kong and Singapore, where government subsidies keep rents extremely low. As a result, workers don\u2019t require high wages to pay for their housing, so they can compete better with American and European workers in the emerging global labour market. In Singapore, which has an extremely strong central government, well-funded public education and training help to provide workers with the skills they need to compete effectively in the emerging global labour market. The Singaporean government also requires businesses and individual citizen alike to save a large percentage of their income for investment in future growth.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"evaluating-theories-of-development\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Evaluating theories of development<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Each of the four sets of theories of global inequality just discussed has its strengths and weaknesses. Together they enable us to better understand the causes and cures for global inequality.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Market-oriented theories commend the adoption of modern capitalist institutions of promote economic development, as the recent example of East Asia attests.\u00a0<\/strong>They further argue that countries can develop economically only if they open their borders to trade, and they can cite evidence in support of this argument. But market-oriented theories also fail to take into account the various economic ties between poor countries and wealth ones \u2013 ties that can impede economic growth under others. They tend to blame low income countries themselves for their poverty rather than looking to the influence of outside factors, such as the business operations of more powerful nations. Market-oriented theories also ignore the ways government can work with the private sector to spur economic development. Finally, they fail to explain why some countries manage to take off economically while others remain grounded in poverty and underdevelopment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Dependency theories address the market-oriented theories neglect in considering poor countries\u2019 ties with wealthy countries by focusing on how wealthy nations have economically exploited poor ones.\u00a0<\/strong>However, while dependency theories help to account for much of the economic backwardness in Latin America and Africa, they are unable to explain the occasional success story among such low-income countries as Brazil, Argentina and Mexico or the rapidly expanding economies of East Asia. In fact, some countries, once in the low-income category, have risen economically even in the presence of the multinational corporations. Even some former colonies, such as Hong Kong and Singapore, both once dependent on Great Britain, count among the success stories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>World-system theory sought to overcome the shortcomings of dependency theories by analyzing the world economy as a whole.<\/strong>\u00a0Rather than beginning with individual countries, worldsystem theorists look at the complex global web of political and economic relationship that influence development and inequality in poor and rich nations alike.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>State-centred theories stress the governmental role in fostering economic growth.\u00a0<\/strong>They thus offer a useful alternative to both the prevailing market-oriented theories, with their emphasis on states as economic hindrances, and dependency theories, which view states as allies of global business elites in exploiting poor countries. When combined with the other theories \u2013 particularly world-system theory \u2013 state-centred theories can explain the radical changes now trans-forming the world economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_End_of_the_Blog_Development_and_Dependency\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The End of the Blog: Development and Dependency<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/JMABLisy4zaJuGG79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20858\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/FAQ-150x75.png\" alt=\"Sociology optional coaching online , Discover effective strategies on how to prepare for sociology optional without coaching, including insights on the best coaching for sociology optional in Delhi. 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Uncover the top-rated sociology optional coaching through Quora discussions and enhance your preparation for sociology optional with expert advice. \" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions_by_UPSC_Sociology_Optional_Students\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Frequently Asked Questions by<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">UPSC Sociology Optional Students<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> How to prepare for the Sociology Optional without coaching?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Understand the syllabus thoroughly:<\/strong>\u00a0Familiarize yourself with the entire syllabus for both Paper I and Paper II.\u00a0Download the official UPSC syllabus and use it as your roadmap. You can attend <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MzgMDZ9T-zY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sociology Orientation Lectors<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by Vikash Ranjan sir\u00a0 on YouTube<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Build a strong foundation:<\/strong>\u00a0Start with introductory textbooks and NCERT books to grasp core sociological concepts. You can start with Introduction to Sociology books<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Choose reliable study materials:<\/strong>\u00a0Select high-quality textbooks,\u00a0reference books,\u00a0and online resources recommended by experts.\u00a0You can opt for Vikash Ranjan Sir Notes too.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Develop a study schedule:<\/strong>\u00a0Create a realistic and consistent study schedule that allocates dedicated time for each topic.\u00a0Stick to it and track your progress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Take notes effectively:<\/strong>\u00a0Don&#8217;t just passively read.\u00a0Summarize key points,\u00a0create mind maps,\u00a0or use other note-taking techniques to aid understanding and revision.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Practice answer writing:<\/strong>\u00a0Regularly write answers to past year question papers and model questions.\u00a0Focus on clarity,\u00a0structure,\u00a0and critical thinking.\u00a0Evaluate your answers for improvement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Seek guidance:<\/strong>\u00a0You can take free Mentorship on Sociology Optional preparation by Vikash Ranjan sir.\u00a0Connect with Vikash Ranjan sir (7303615329) to share strategies,\u00a0ask questions,\u00a0and stay motivated. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> Can I prepare for Sociology Optional without coaching?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Absolutely! Many aspirants successfully clear the exam through self-study. However coaching can provide structure and guidance, for time bound preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> What are the benefits of preparing without coaching?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Cost-effective:<\/strong>\u00a0Coaching can be expensive,\u00a0and self-study allows you to manage your resources efficiently.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Flexibility:<\/strong>\u00a0You can tailor your study plan to your individual needs and pace.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Independence:<\/strong>\u00a0You develop critical thinking and research skills,\u00a0valuable assets for your career.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> What are the challenges of preparing without coaching?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Discipline and motivation:<\/strong>\u00a0You need self-discipline to stay on track and motivated without external guidance. Coaching and Teacher keeps you motivated.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Access to resources:<\/strong>\u00a0You may need to do extra research to find quality study materials and answer-writing practice opportunities. Teacher help you on this respect.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Doubt clearing:<\/strong>\u00a0You might lack immediate access to someone to address your doubts and questions. Teacher like Vikash Ranjan sir is accessible to his students 24\u00d77 \u00a0\u00a0Mo- 7303615329<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> What additional resources can help me?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Vikash Ranjan Sir&#8217;s YouTube channel and website:<\/strong>\u00a0Offers free Sociology lectures,\u00a0study materials,\u00a0and guidance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Triumph IAS website:<\/strong>\u00a0Provides past year question papers,\u00a0model answers,\u00a0and other helpful resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Public libraries and online databases:<\/strong>\u00a0Utilize these resources for access to relevant books,\u00a0journals, and academic articles.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sociology_Optional_Program_for_UPSC_CSE_2025_2026\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Sociology Optional Program for<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">UPSC CSE\u00a0 2025 &amp; 2026<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScsjvlChw79DhUUiOXyWS4NOFI4-KzTlcwkCMH8QECMkDiyCw\/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"1080\" height=\"4510\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>Loading\u2026<\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When considering the array of 51 optional subjects for the\u00a0UPSC Mains Examination, Sociology consistently stands out as a top choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9351],"tags":[5504,9678,931,9185,9174,9263,9173,9182],"class_list":["post-22414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamentals-of-sociology-vikash-ranjan","tag-best-sociology-optional-coaching","tag-development-and-dependency","tag-sociology-for-upsc","tag-sociology-notes-downloaded","tag-sociology-online-course","tag-sociology-optional-coaching-in-delhi","tag-sociology-optional-in-delhi","tag-sociology-optional-notes"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22416,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22414\/revisions\/22416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}