{"id":1397,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/explain-the-political-sociological-approach-in-the-field-of-upsc-psir-2017-2702\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:28","slug":"explain-the-political-sociological-approach-in-the-field-of-upsc-psir-2017-2702","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/explain-the-political-sociological-approach-in-the-field-of-upsc-psir-2017-2702\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain the Political-Sociological Approach in the field of comparative politics and discuss its limitations."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> politics read through society <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Lipset<\/b>\u2019s inversion: society as the starting point, its effect on the state <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> this inversion = the founding claim<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> approach maps state\u2013society relations <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> begins from society, not the state <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> frames its comparative-politics use<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Marx<\/b> (modern founder): society\u2019s basic structure explains political power <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> caste\u2013class ties drive governance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Weber<\/b> widens it: bureaucracy + types of authority, Marx\u2019s view too monocausal <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> strength in the developing world <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> caste, religion, informal groupings shape political behaviour<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>the tilt toward society becomes its weakness <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Huntington<\/b>: <i>sociological reductionism<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state loses autonomy + correlation mistaken for causation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> confined to society, blind to inter-state conflict<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Skocpol<\/b>: bring the state back in <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> society explains much of politics, not all<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> strength and limitation are one coin <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the state must be restored for a complete account<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[68],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1397","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-comparative-politics","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4809,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1397\/revisions\/4809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}