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Elaborate the concept of political elite. Explain how social structural origins of political elites influence their political orientations.

  • UPSC 2001
  • Politics and Society in India

A political elite is the stratum of high-status decision-makers who monopolise political power, shape major policy and hold the commanding posts of the state and the parties. Its value as a concept lies in a second claim: elites are recruited from a structured society, and where they come from shapes what they want and whom…

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