The troubling state of India's democracy
As India's power and prominence rise on the international stage, its longstanding tradition of democracy is under threat. Since establishing a secular and democratic constitution in 1950, India has held elections at the local, state, and national levels with frequent transitions of power betwee...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Press
2024
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| Series: | Emerging democracies
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3998/mpub.12750150
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| Author Notes: | Šumit Ganguly, Dinsha Mistree, and Larry Diamond, editors |
Table of Contents:
- Electoral Trends and the State of the Party System / Eswaran Sridharan
- The State of the Two Major Parties : BJP and Congress / Eswaran Sridharan
- Regional Political Parties / Ashutosh Kumar
- Redefined Indian-ness and the Decline of India's Democracy / Maya Tudor
- Trends in Public Support for Democracy / Vinay Sitapati
- Federalism and Center-State Relations / Kanta Murali
- The State of the Supreme Court / Ronojoy Sen
- The Bureaucracy / Yamini Aiyar
- The State of the Police / Arvind Verma
- Investigative Agencies / Ajay Mehra
- The Political Causes of Modi's Mixed Record as an Economic Reformer / John Echeverri-Gent, Aseema Sinha, and Andrew Wyatt
- NGOs and Civil Society / Rahul Mukherji
- Ethnic and Religious Tensions / Thomas Blom Hansen
- Hindutva, Caste, and State Vigilantism / Christophe Jaffrelot
- Indian News Media / Taberez Neyazi
- Social Media in Elections : Modi and After / Joyojeet Pal.