Myrdal's well known position on theory of social change and development is that of circular causation and cumulative change. He suspects the validity of constructing universal evolutionary stage of "growth'. These according to him tend to be teleological and often have conservative ideologies latent in them. The crucial factor in development is an 'upward' movement of the social system as a whole with all its component 'conditions'. These conditions for the South Asian countries as described by Myrdal are: (1) output and income; (2) conditions of production; (3) levels of living; (4) attitudes towards life and work; (5) institutions and (6) policies. He assumes a uni-directional causal relationship between these conditions; an "upward and downward' movement in one would cause cumulative movement of similar nature in other conditions too. Value premises related to these conditions might differ from country to country specially in regard to conditions which are treated for their 'independent' (as a goal in themselves) values as different from those having 'instrumental' values. These valuations define ideological contexts of development in each national society, but their selectivity is organically linked with attributes of social system as a whole. The modernization process in India and other South Asian countries, according to Myrdal is heading fast towards a climax and the time for reasonable choice for them is limited. The opportunity for a 'gradualist' approach is also over. Myrdal thinks "it is not more difficult, but easier to cause a big change rapidly than a small change gradually. The prime areas for such big, rapid changes are social and institutional conditions in Indian society. These conditions ( 4 and 5 of the above) hold keys for mobilization of all other condtions of development.