{"id":1060,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-the-ambedkars-view-on-constitutionalism-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2020-1108\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:39","slug":"comment-on-the-ambedkars-view-on-constitutionalism-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2020-1108","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-ambedkars-view-on-constitutionalism-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2020-1108\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the Ambedkar\u2019s view on constitutionalism in 150 words."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> constitutionalism \u2260 mere written Constitution <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> limited govt + rule of law + democracy + accountability <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but legal-social, aimed at transforming an unequal society<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> start from his legal-social premise <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the text limits power, yet its real purpose is to remake society, not just regulate the state<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>legislature = product of social conditions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unlimited legislative power vs constitutionalism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> government as public trust <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> public opinion as preventive check + democratic control of bureaucracy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> text alone insufficient <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> democracy as the edifice <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> constitutional morality (values over caste \/ religion \/ party \/ hero worship) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cmust be cultivated\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>politics confined to constitutional methods, routine civil disobedience rejected (read by some as narrowing popular agitation) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> his defence: without social democracy, constitutionalism stays fragile<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> responsible government + responsible citizenry <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> limited in method, purposive in transforming society<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the text guarantees nothing on its own <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> survives only where constitutional morality and social democracy are cultivated<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[55],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1060","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-indian-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4654,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1060\/revisions\/4654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}