Elite is a value-free term inclusive of all who score high on scales of social values, power, wealth, or knowledge. Elite theory of political power nothing but the unequal distribution of resources, skills of leadership and power. This theory seeks to explain power relationships that are now seen in the modern-day era. Often negotiations between […]
Political science
Right to Health as a Fundamental Right – Explained
The preface of the World Health Organization (WHO) defines the term Health broadly as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” and the Constitution of India defines the right to health as “the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health,” As we […]
Identity Movements – LGBTQ and American civil rights movements
Identity movements seek to enhance the acceptability of certain individual characteristics like colour, sex, sexual preferences as definitions of who people are. These movements are also widely used by in sociology to describe the deployment of the category of identity as a means to make political manifestos or promote political ideologies. In this context, let’s […]
Ethnic movements in India – Assam and Gorkhaland movements
Ethnic movements are enacted with the intention of promoting or resisting social change. They are organized by groups who differ in origin, culture, language, religion, territory or phenotype. The word ethnic has been derived from the Greek word ‘ethnos’ which refers to a community of common descent. Ethnic movements are common in multiethnic societies and […]
How to Approach PSIR Optional – A Complete Guide For Beginners
In this article, I am going to discuss the PSIR (Political science and International relations) optional and the Preparation strategies that a few toppers have used. About UPSC UPSC is one of the examinations that witnesses a huge number of people taking it. We all are aware that it has 3 stages: The Preliminary examination, […]
Differentiate between Liberal Feminism and Radical Feminism
Feminism as an organized political ideology has come a long way from its early days. Mary Wollstonecraft in ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ (1792) argued that women should be entitled to the same rights as men on the grounds that ‘human beings’. Feminism through its four waves has grown to bring more and […]
Kancha Ilaiah: Biography, Works, Books, and Criticism
Dalit rights activist Kancha Ilaiah is an Indian writer who was born on 5th October in 1952 in Papaiahpeta (now in the Warangal district of Telangana) in the erstwhile Hyderabad state. He writes in English as well as in Telugu. Also, he played a major role in the movement against the caste system that prevailed […]
