Read the passages I ,II carefully and answer the question that follows. Each question carries 3mark Passage I Political change and social transformation in the form of revolutions have radically altered the course of human civilization and history, toady the world is witnessing political and social changes arising from the desire f the people all over the globe for greater freedom and a voice in the way they are governed and a better standard of living part of these struggles and processes have become more pronounced in the third world since the end of the East west cold war in the 1980s and in the face of the challenges being posed by the ongoing process of globalization While political and social changes may appear to be distinct phenomena they are analytically inseparable political and social changes refer to alteration or transformation in human behaviour, norms and politico-social institutions such changes are often a collective responds to the need to change or as a tacit recognition of a shift in the prevalent power relations in the society. Therefore the coming to power of a new set of rules or the establishment of a new structures and processes of governance broadly typifies socio-political changes It is important to note that changes can either be positive or negative in most cases political and social changes are caused by certain factors or reasons. These push people to collectively organize themselves to struggle for a change in the existing power relations. Another reasons is to capture political power in the hope of making life better for generally of the people. If politics is defined as who gets what when and how it then implies that the political change refers to an alteration in the form of power and identity of group or class which controls and weilds state power Adapted from Anifowos R and Enemuo F (1999) Element of politics
