Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer
Analyse the nature of transition from ideology to identity politics in India.
- UPSC 2022
- Politics and Society
Early post-1947 politics spoke the language of ideology: socialism, secular nationalism, planning and the free-market right. From the late 1960s, and decisively after 1990, parties mobilised voters as castes, religious communities, regions and tribes. Daniel Bell (The End of Ideology, 1960) expected the West to settle into consensus. India's transition was different. Ideology did not…
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- 1. The ideological phase (1947 to late 1960s)
- 2. Components of the transition
- 3. The nature of the transition
- 4. Costs and critiques
- Conclusion
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