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Examine the significance of ideological and policy aspects in the structural growth of modern political parties. (250 words)

  • UPSC 2012
  • 20 marks
  • Politics of Representation and Participation

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A party's structural growth is the expansion of its organisation: members, branches, cadres, hierarchy, finance and ancillary bodies. Ideology, a coherent worldview, and policy, a concrete programme, have both shaped that growth. Their relative weight has shifted as parties moved from mass to catch-all and cartel forms.

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  • Ideology as the engine of organisation
  • Policy as the driver of expansion
  • Limits of both
  • Conclusion
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