Thinker
Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells is central to 24 previous-year questions, spanning 2010 to 2025 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
24Questions
2010–25Years tested
I & IIPaper
9Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Manuel Castells
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
collective identity 5digital divide 5identity politics 5networked social movements 3resource mobilisation 3casualisation 2flexible accumulation 2fundamentalism 2globalisation 2new social movements 2slacktivism 2ascriptive identityasymmetrical warfarecivil societycollective actioncollective versus connective actioncommunal polarisationcultural lag
Where Manuel Castells appears in the syllabus
Every question on Manuel Castells
Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.
2024
2023
- Analyse the sociological interconnections between Social Media and Mass Mobilization in India.
- Do you think that the social media has brought significant changes in the forms of protest? Argue your case.
- Explain how economic globalization has brought changes in the patterns of employment in the 21st century.
2021
2019
2015
2011
- “Science and Technology are major forces accelerating the process of social change.” Comment.
- Rapid urbanization and sustainable development do not go together. Discuss with arguments.
- What are the linkage points between globalisation and the growth of the informal sector ? How have these affected the nature and functioning of the working class ?
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