10th Class Social Science Popular Struggles and Movements Question Bank Long Answer Type - Gender, Religion and Caste

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    State the similarities and levels of popular mass struggles of Nepal and Bolivia.                          [Foreign 2008]

    Answer:

    Nepal and Bolivia had political conflicts which involved mass uprisings and popular, struggles. In Nepal, the common man supported the demand for restoring democracy and in Bolivia people supported the struggle against the high handedness of the MNCs over municipal water supply i.e., against the policy of an elected government.
    Similarities
    Both these struggles were similar on many grounds and shared some common elements, like:
    (i) Both these were the instances of popular political conflict that led to popular struggles.
    (ii) In both the cases struggle involved mays mobilisation. Public demonstration of mass support, clinched the dispute.
    (iii) Lastly, both instances involved critical role of political organisations.
     
    Level of Popular struggle
    The two movements involved mass mobilisation and public demonstration of mass support. Both these struggles showed how democracy evolved all over the world like:
    - Democracy evolved through popular struggle.
    - Democractic conflict and mobilisation.
    - Democracy and political organisation.
    Thus both the struggles reveal that people's participation and the critical role of political organisations led to the success of their struggles.


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