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Explain briefly the elite theory of democracy.

  • UPSC 2025
  • 10 marks
  • Democracy

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Elite theory holds that every society, democratic or not, is governed by an organised minority. Democratic procedures change how that minority is chosen and legitimised, not the fact of minority rule. It emerged around 1900 as an empirical rival both to classical democratic theory and to Marxism.

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  • Core Propositions
  • Classical and Radical Elitists
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  • Not the Same as Marxism
  • Contribution and Limits
  • Conclusion
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