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What role can the power of unorganised masses play in bringing about social change in a democratic society?

  • UPSC 1991
  • Politics and Society

Unorganised masses are people who lack durable associations such as unions, parties or movement organisations: the informal poor, scattered voters, spontaneous crowds. India's e-Shram portal alone had registered nearly 32 crore unorganised workers by August 2026. Classical theory doubted that such masses could produce progressive change. Democratic experience shows that their power is real, but…

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  • The sceptical view
  • Channels through which mass power produces change
  • Limits
  • Conclusion

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