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SECTION I
Q. No. 1: Answer the following questions in two sentences
any Six · (12 Marks - 2 marks each)
1.Give a definition of power. How is the exercise of power legitimized in modern Democracy?[2]
Answer
Definition. Max Weber: power is "the probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance". Robert Dahl put it more simply: A has power over B to the extent that A can get B to do something B would not otherwise do.
How the exercise of power is legitimized in a modern democracy:
- A constitution, which creates the offices, confers the powers and fixes their limits, so that every exercise of power has a legal source and a legal boundary.
- Free and fair periodic elections on universal adult franchise, which decide who holds those offices and confer a popular mandate. In India this rests on Article 326 and on the Election Commission under Article 324.
- The rule of law and due process, so that power is exercised through general rules rather than personal command, and is subject to judicial review.
- Accountability: to the legislature, to a free press and to public opinion, and through the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Right to Information Act, 2005.
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