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Globalization & Social Change
GS-I: Society, History & Geography
Useful for: UPSC Civil Services
Overview
Globalisation since 1991 has reshaped jobs, consumption, family, culture and inequality in Indian society, with both gains and losses.
Key points
- Liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation (LPG) reforms began in 1991.
- The IT and services sectors created new middle-class jobs.
- Globalisation spread consumer culture and new lifestyles.
- Glocalisation blends global and local cultures.
- Women gained new jobs but also faced insecure work.
- Inequality between skilled and unskilled workers widened.
Practice MCQs
From the perspective of definition and scope, which one of the following statements about Globalization & Social Change is correct?
- Globalization transmits capital, technology, ideas, culture and production networks across borders.
- Globalization produces identical social and economic outcomes for all groups and regions.
- Globalization & Social Change is unrelated to institutions, processes or real-world applications.
- Globalization & Social Change has no exceptions or limitations in exam analysis.
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Answer: (a) Globalization transmits capital, technology, ideas, culture and production networks across borders.. Globalization transmits capital, technology, ideas, culture and production networks across borders.
Consider the following statements on Globalization & Social Change and Indian Society, focusing on definition and scope: 1. Globalization produces identical social and economic outcomes for all groups and regions. 2. Social problems can be explained by one cause operating uniformly across every group and region. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2. Neither statement is correct; both are common misconceptions.
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