{"id":972,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-the-post-colonial-theory-of-the-state-in-about-150-upsc-psir-2020-0205\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:11","slug":"comment-on-the-post-colonial-theory-of-the-state-in-about-150-upsc-psir-2020-0205","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-post-colonial-theory-of-the-state-in-about-150-upsc-psir-2020-0205\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the post-colonial theory of the state in about 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> post-decolonisation, sovereign but built on inherited colonial apparatus <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Brar\u2019s<\/b> relabeling<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> modern apparatus grafted onto a non-modern base <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> category defined by that mismatch<\/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>common insight = apparatus-base mismatch <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Riggs\u2019s<\/b> <i>prismatic society<\/i> (formalism, modern + traditional coexist) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Myrdal\u2019s<\/b> <i>soft state<\/i> (institutions can\u2019t enforce rules <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> blocks poverty alleviation) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Alavi\u2019s<\/b> <i>overdeveloped state<\/i> (superstructure outgrows base <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> relative autonomy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> military-bureaucratic oligarchy, Pakistan)<\/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>thin as a unified state theory <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Myrdal\u2019s<\/b> cultural determinism + <b class=\"pq-sc\">Alavi<\/b> freezing class at independence<\/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> still explains why coercive, top-heavy institutions outlived colonialism<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> best read as a colonial apparatus over a weak base, theorised from three angles<\/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":[44],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-972","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-theories-of-the-state","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/972","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":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4566,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/972\/revisions\/4566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}