{"id":1409,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-post-colonial-state-was-thought-of-an-entity-that-stood-upsc-psir-2021-2803\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:26","slug":"the-post-colonial-state-was-thought-of-an-entity-that-stood-upsc-psir-2021-2803","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-post-colonial-state-was-thought-of-an-entity-that-stood-upsc-psir-2021-2803\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe post-colonial state was thought of an entity that stood outside and above society as an autonomous agency. Explain."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; 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\">R? state an imported institution, not organic growth \u2192 read as standing outside \/ above society, self-directing \u2192 but appearance only; autonomy relative R2 received view: post-colonial state autonomous, above society \u2192 claim to be tested \u2192 thesis: real as appearance, relative in fact<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">weak civil society \u2192 state as transformation engine, looms above \u2192 Alavi&#039;s overdeveloped state: colonial-built over-powerful apparatus, developed machinery on a transitional base \u2192 imported on pre-modern society = \u201coutside\u201d \u2192 mediates among indigenous bourgeoisie, landed classes, metropolitan capital \u2192 captured by none = relative autonomy = \u201cabove\u201d \u2192 Poulantzas: class equilibrium, long-term dominant-class interests<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">autonomy never absolute \u2192 Shivji &amp; Saul: bureaucracy itself a dominant class \u2192 state a class instrument within society, not above -. external limit: neo-colonialism + Wallerstein\u2019s world-systems \u2192 complete autonomy denied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">aeatiim &amp;! image = appearance, not full reality \u2192 autonomy real but relative (colonial \u2018wey inheritance + class balance) R2 genuine autonomy needs self-reliant development \u2192 India the exception: democracy with development<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[70],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1409","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-state-in-comparative-perspective","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1409","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1409\/revisions\/2632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1409"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1409"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1409"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}