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Comment in 150 words: Relation between ethnicity and democracy in India.

  • UPSC 2014
  • 10 marks
  • Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics

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Classical modernisation theory expected democracy to dissolve ethnic ties. In India the two have shaped each other instead. Competitive elections politicise ethnicity, and ethnic mobilisation in turn has widened, tested and sometimes strained democracy.

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  • Democracy politicises ethnicity
  • Ethnicity deepens democracy
  • Democracy accommodates ethnicity
  • Where the relation strains
  • Conclusion
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