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Explain the role of community power structure in the political decision-making processes in the society. Are power and authority getting broad based in India today?

  • UPSC 1984
  • Politics and Society

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A community power structure is the stable pattern of influence among the individuals, groups and institutions of a community. It matters for political decision-making because formal bodies such as councils, legislatures and panchayats decide only what informal structures allow onto the agenda, and their decisions are carried out through those same structures. Power is broad…

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