Sociology II · 10 marks · 150 words

Religious beliefs and values influence political ideologies, policymaking, and governance. Analyze the relationship between religion and politics in contemporary India.

Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2023–2025

SecularisationParties, Pressure Groups and ElitesCommunalism and Ethnic ConflictReligious Communities and MinoritiesNation, Democracy and Citizenship

Syllabus: Politics and Society: (a) Nation, democracy and citizenship. (b) Political parties, pressure groups, social and political elite. (c) Regionalism and decentralization of power. (d) Secularization.

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Nelaturu Sreekanth ReddyAIR 151 · CSE 2024 · 178 wordsTheir whole copy

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Religion and politics became complementary to each other to promote and protect their values and agenda.

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* Religion ↔ Politics * Top arrow label: Vote bank, Religion based parties * Bottom arrow label: Policies favouring religion, lobbying, promotion & promotion of religious values

Influence of religious values in Politics, policy making and governance.

(1) Vote bank politics: Many times political parties use religion to get vote bank politics.

Ex! MIM party.

(2) Subjugation of minority rights: At times minorities lack representation in politics due to their religion.

Ex! Low buddhist and jain representation in 18th Lok sabha.

(3) Religion directs policies: Societal resistance to uniform civil code, Same-sex marriages, is playing a major role in not making policies on them.

(4) Religion's role in governance: Religious ideologies promotes governance initiatives. [En!] 'AAP ka Ram Rajya website' by Aam Aadmi party.

(5) Promotion of religion by state: Through initiatives like Hajj subsidy, Hindu tourist circuits, New air port at Bodh gaya.

Sociological views

→ Kanche Illaiah: Today caste ideology such as dalit ideology dominates religion in politics.

→ Yogendra Yadav: Regional identities dominate over religion in politics.

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Indian values such of "Sarva Dharma samabhava" should be upheld to avoid religisation of politics and politisation of religion.

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