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Write short note : Changing social origins of political elites in India.

  • UPSC 1995
  • Politics and Society in India

Elite theory treats minority rule as constant; what varies, and what sociology can measure, is the social base from which the minority is recruited. In India that base has shifted four times since 1947, each shift driven by a change in property, education or electoral competition.

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  • The trajectory
  • The sociology of each shift
  • Where the trajectory stands
  • Conclusion

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