Explain the Origin of Social differences.
Origins of social differences:
- Accident of birth: We don’t choose to belong to our community. We belong to it simply because we were born into it. We experience social differences based on accident of birth in our everyday life.
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Based on choices: Some of the differences are based on our choices. Some people are atheists. They don’t believe in God or any religion. Some people choose to follow a religion other than the one in which they were born. Most of us choose to study a subject of our interest and an occupation where we can excel. All these lead to formation of social groups that are based on our choices.
For example : Nagaland, Uttrakhand and Jharkhand. - Restricting of centre-state relations: The constitutional aiawaigements for sharing power depends on how the ruling parties and leadefifcafellow these arrangements. For a long time, the same party ruled both at the centre and in most of the states. Post 1990 saw the rise of regional parties. Since no single party got a clear majority in the Lok Sabha, the national parties had to enter into an alliance which led to a new culture of power sharing and respect for autonomy of state governments.