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| Industrialization leads to greater equality, at least in some spheres. For example, caste distinctions do not matter anymore on trains, buses, or in cyber cafes. On the other hand, older forms of discrimination may persist even in a new factory or workplace setting. And even as social inequalities are reducing, economic or income inequality is growing in the world. Often social inequality and income inequality overlap, for example, in the domination of upper-caste men in well-paying professions like medicine, law, or journalism. Women often get paid less than men for similar work. |
| How can we best differentiate the modernization theory of Industrialisation from the early sociological theorists? |
Early sociological theorists saw industrialization as both positive and negative. Modernization theorists see industrialization as inevitable and positive. Both Options 1 & 2. None of the above |
| Both Options 1 & 2. |
| While the early sociologists saw industrialisation as both positive and negative, by the mid 20th century, under the influence of modernisation theory, industrialisation came to be seen as inevitable and positive. Modernisation theory argues that societies are at different stages on the road to modernisation, but they are all heading in the same direction. Modern society, for these theorists, is represented by the West |
