{"id":1411,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/what-are-the-distinctive-features-of-the-post-modern-state-in-the-upsc-psir-2024-2805\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:33","slug":"what-are-the-distinctive-features-of-the-post-modern-state-in-the-upsc-psir-2024-2805","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/what-are-the-distinctive-features-of-the-post-modern-state-in-the-upsc-psir-2024-2805\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the distinctive features of the post-modern state in the advanced capitalist economies? Analyse."},"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> centralised modern state <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> decentralised, flexible, fragmented order <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> authority dispersed + reshaped, not removed<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> drivers: globalization + technology + cultural pluralism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state commands less, coordinates more<\/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>sovereignty erodes (EU, WTO, MNC networks) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Held<\/b>: cosmopolitan democracy + multilevel governance (authority moves up \/ out) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Jessop<\/b>: <i>hollowed-out<\/i> state, functions outsourced to firms \/ NGOs \/ local govt via privatisation-deregulation-PPP (authority moves down) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> identity fragments: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Foucault<\/b> + <b class=\"pq-sc\">Butler<\/b> (race, gender, sexuality) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Fraser<\/b>: <i>redistribution<\/i> balanced with <i>recognition<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> power changes form: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Deleuze<\/b> <i>society of control<\/i> (surveillance + data as rule) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> governance provisional: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bauman<\/b> <i>liquid modernity<\/i> (crisis management over long-term planning)<\/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>\u201cstate retreats \/ loses relevance under globalization\u201d reading <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state persists, reshaped as coordinator<\/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> state = less a central authority, more a mediator among globalization, identity, technology<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> its power survives only by managing actors it can no longer command alone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[70],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1411","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-15-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\/1411","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\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4823,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1411\/revisions\/4823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}