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Discuss the changing nature of political elites in India.

  • UPSC 2024, 2022
  • 10 marks
  • Challenges of Social Transformation

Political elites are the small stratum holding the commanding positions of the state and the parties. The sociological question is not whether such a minority rules — Gaetano Mosca settled that — but how it is structured: whom it recruits, through which channels, and how far it circulates. Since 1947 its composition has changed far…

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  • From a homogeneous to a plural elite
  • The main directions of change
  • Structure: recruitment, circulation, closure
  • What has not changed
  • Conclusion

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