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Is it necessary to evolve a distinct theoretical framework for analyzing emergent politics in the developing world?

  • UPSC 2009
  • 20 marks
  • Politics of Representation and Participation

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Post-war comparative politics met the new states of Asia and Africa with tools built for the West: Gabriel A. Almond's structural-functionalism and the modernisation theory of Lucian W. Pye and others. Their failure to explain post-colonial politics prompted calls for a distinct framework. The case for adapting theory is strong; the case for a wholly…

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  • Why Western frameworks misfire
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