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In the post-liberalization era, Indian politics is moving from ascriptive politics to developmental politics. Comment.

  • UPSC 2017
  • 10 marks
  • Planning and Economic Development

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Ascriptive politics mobilises voters by attributes they are born with — caste, religion, tribe, language — echoing Talcott Parsons's ascription–achievement distinction; developmental politics asks for votes on growth, governance and welfare delivery. The claim that liberalisation has moved India from the first to the second holds only partly: development has been fused with identity rather…

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