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Elaborate major sociological theories of power. How do power elite shape the political process in modern societies?

  • UPSC 2026
  • Politics and Society

Max Weber defined power as the chance of an actor to realise his own will in a social relationship even against resistance (Economy and Society, 1922). Theories of power disagree on where power comes from, how widely it is spread and whether its total is fixed. The power elite thesis gives one answer, and its…

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  • Major theories of power
  • How the power elite shape the political process
  • Limits of the elite thesis
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