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Comment: Views of Lenin, Mitchels and Duverger on political parties.

  • UPSC 1999
  • 20 marks
  • Concept of Power, Hegemony, Ideology and Legitimacy

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V. I. Lenin, Robert Michels and Maurice Duverger share one question: what organisation does to power. Lenin prescribes organisation as the weapon of revolution. Michels shows that the same organisation turns into oligarchy. Duverger converts both insights into a comparative science of parties and party systems.

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  • Lenin: The Vanguard Party
  • Michels: The Iron Law of Oligarchy
  • Duverger: Structure and Systems
  • What the Comparison Reveals
  • The Indian Illustration
  • Conclusion
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