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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Critically examine the role of civil society in democracy.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Politics and Society

In the liberal tradition, civil society, the voluntary associations between family, market and state, is the guardian of democracy. Examining this critically means testing the claim against theories and evidence that civil society can also be unequal, uncivil or anti-democratic.

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  • The case for civil society
  • Critiques
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