Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET December 2015 Political Science
The theories of modernisation were criticised by which of the following? Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
- 1. Dependency theories
- 2. Liberal theories
- 3. Underdevelopment theories
- 4. World-systems theories
A1, 2, 3 & 4
B1, 2 & 3
C3 & 4 ✓ Correct
D2 & 4
Correct answer: (C) 3 & 4 — Modernisation theory was criticised by underdevelopment and world-systems theories, so among the options the answer is 3 and 4.
Explanation
★Modernisation theory was criticised by underdevelopment and world-systems theories, so among the options the answer is 3 and 4.
★These approaches reject modernisation theory's assumption of a single Western path of progress.
★Underdevelopment theory holds that poor nations are kept backward by the global order.
★World-systems theory divides the world into an exploiting core and an exploited periphery.
★Dependency theory shares this critique, treating underdevelopment as caused by the core.
★Liberal theories, by contrast, support modernisation rather than criticise it.
★So the liberal option does not belong among the critics.
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