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Is the rise of social movement a sign of opening up of popular space in political process or decline of representative politics? Examine.

  • UPSC 2013
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  • Politics of Representation and Participation

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Charles Tilly (Social Movements, 1768–2004, 2004) defined a social movement as a sustained series of campaigns, performances and displays through which ordinary people press shared claims on authorities. He also showed that movements grew alongside democratisation, feeding on rights of association, assembly and speech. Their rise therefore admits two readings, and the evidence supports both…

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  • The case for an opening of popular space
  • The case for a decline of representative politics
  • Weighing the two
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