{"id":1414,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/how-big-a-role-does-identity-play-in-determining-political-upsc-psir-2013-2903\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:34","slug":"how-big-a-role-does-identity-play-in-determining-political-upsc-psir-2013-2903","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/how-big-a-role-does-identity-play-in-determining-political-upsc-psir-2013-2903\/","title":{"rendered":"How big a role does identity play in determining political participation in the developing countries? Discuss your answer with suitable illustrations."},"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> West runs on rule of law <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> developing world runs on identity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> identity fills the gap<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> legal institutions weakly rooted <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> identity becomes the key channel of participation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> decisive role<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Pye<\/b>: non-Western process communal \/ loyalty-based <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> mobilise on identity, not issues <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Chatterjee<\/b>: civil society vs political society <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> political society (hawkers, slum dwellers) thrives on identity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Kothari<\/b>\u2019s caste + <b class=\"pq-sc\">Ambedkar<\/b>\u2019s Dalit mobilisation, affirmative action) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Nigeria (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Anderson<\/b>\u2019s \u201cimagined communities\u201d \/ ethnic) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Lebanon (confessional sectarian quota)<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Huntington<\/b>\u2019s double edge <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> empowers the marginalised vs deepens divisions \/ weakens national unity<\/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> role large and defining, not marginal<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> worth conditional <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> widens participation or hardens cleavages<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[46],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[72],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1414","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-46","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-politics-of-representation-and-participation","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1414","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\/1414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4826,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1414\/revisions\/4826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}