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Elitist theory of democracy denies the possibility of democracy as ‘rule of the people’. Elucidate.

  • UPSC 2022
  • 15 marks
  • Democracy

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The classical doctrine, from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg formula, assumes a people able to will and to govern. Elite theory claims that an organised minority always governs. The classical elitists deny popular rule outright; the democratic elitists keep the word "democracy" but redefine it as the people's choice of rulers.

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  • The Classical Denial
  • Elite Rule Inside Democracy
  • Democratic Elitism: Redefinition
  • Qualifying the Denial
  • The Indian Evidence
  • Conclusion
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