COMMUNICATION AND ADOPTION 3(3+0)

Lesson 41 : Change Process

Economic factor

Economic factors influence the quantity and direction of social change.

• Karl Marx, the chief architect of the economic theory believed that social change is basically the result of economic factors. The mode of production determines the social, cultural, religious and political aspects of society.

• The industrial revolution which stated during 17th century in Europe, slowly entered the entire globe now resulted in movement of production from home to factories. It further resulted in nature of work force from agrarian to industrial labour and the pace of industrialization accelerated.

• Green revolution focused on boosting of farm yields. To achieve this credit, machines, high yielding seeds, irrigation facilities etc were extended as critical inputs, along with land. Relationships based on land, gave way to an employer-employee relationship, commonly seen in industries. As green revolution was confined to only to certain states, seasonal migration occurred from the uncovered states. Inequality among states, and between land and landless widened.