‘Demand Polity’ and ‘Command Polity’ are terms associated with :
[amp_mcq option1=”David Washbrook” option2=”Helen I. Tinker” option3=”Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne H. Rudolph” option4=”Rajni Kothari” correct=”option3″]
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UPSC CAPF – 2015
‘Demand Polity’ and ‘Command Polity’ are terms associated with Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne H. Rudolph.
These terms were used by Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph in their seminal works, particularly ‘The Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India’ (1967), to analyze the nature of the Indian political system. ‘Demand Polity’ refers to a system where various social groups and citizens make demands on the state, while ‘Command Polity’ refers to a system where the state directs and controls societal activities. They argued that India exhibited characteristics of both.