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What are the theoretical models of societal power? Which one of them is most applicable in advanced industrial societies?

  • UPSC 2019
  • Politics and Society

Societal power is the distribution of power across a whole society: who shapes the decisions of the state and the direction of collective life. The models differ on whether that power is concentrated or dispersed, and on whether its base is economic, organisational or cultural. Which model fits advanced industrial societies has to be settled…

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