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Are social movements always influenced by ideologies? Discuss.

  • UPSC 2012
  • Politics and Society

Ideology is a relatively coherent set of ideas that diagnoses what is wrong in society, prescribes a remedy and justifies action. M. S. A. Rao treats ideology, along with collective mobilisation and organisation, as an essential component of a social movement. The question is whether every movement is ideologically driven, or whether some run on…

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  • The case that ideology is always present
  • The case that it is not always so
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