The workings of the single member plurality electoral system in India and the need for reform [PDF]
, 2018 India uses single member plurality system (SMPS) to elect the members of the lower house of its national parliament and the state assemblies. Under SMPS, elections are conducted for separate geographical areas, known as constituencies or districts, and ...
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Challenging the Status Quo: Dalit Assertion and Persistent Inequality in Punjab
South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic JournalBuilding on anthropological and sociological literature that has critically examined the “silent revolution” thesis, this paper challenges the notion that political and cultural assertion among the Dalit community signals revolutionary transformation ...
Satendra Kumar, Nicolas Martin
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Disrupting traditional politics: the AAP’s partnerships with civil society activists [PDF]
, 2014 KumKum Dasgupta analyses the Aam Aadmi Party’s decision to forge alliances with development professionals and activists during the 2014 Lok Sabha ...
Dasgupta, KumKum
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The power of positive campaign in the Delhi elections [PDF]
, 2015 The Aam Aadmi Party’s success in the Delhi elections last week has been attributed to a number of factors. Here, Payal Kamat explores their positive campaign tactics, which contrasted with the negative messaging deployed by the ...
Kamat, Payal
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What rights for the Queer Aadmi in India? [PDF]
, 2014 Sudheesh examines the Indian Supreme Court’s recent decision to recriminalise homosexuality, and draws attention to the distinction between ‘constitutional morality’ and ‘public morality’ made by the Delhi High Court in an earlier ...
Ramapurath Chemmencheri, Sudheesh
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Aam Aadmi Party: Partner, what is your politics?
, 2014 यह आलेख आम आदमी पार्टी की दिल्ली में पहली बार सरकार बनने के बाद लिखा गया था। आलेख में आम आदमी पार्टी की सामाजिक न्याय की अवधारणा पर विचार किया गया है। यह लेख बताता है कि पार्टी दलित, पिछड़ों के हितों की परवाह नहीं करती।
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Srdja Popović in conversation with Yogendra Yadav: “Every non-violent struggle supports the same principle – it becomes efficient the moment people take it personally” [PDF]
, 2016 The first LSE India Summit took place in Goa 28-30 January 2016, and featured a wide range of panellists exploring topics from civil society to infrastructure challenges in India.
Popović, Srdja, Yadav, Yogendra
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Kejriwal’s resignation: principled stand or strategic calculation? [PDF]
, 2014 Siddharth Bannerjee analyses the circumstances surrounding Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation from his post as Delhi Chief ...
Bannerjee, Siddharth
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India in 2014:Decisive National Elections [PDF]
, 2015 The much anticipated general election produced a majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of Narendra Modi. The new administration is setting out an agenda for governing.
Wyatt, Andrew
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The Electoral Verdict and After: The Road Ahead for India. Asia Policy Brief 2014/04, June 2014 [PDF]
, 2014 The convincing victory of the BJP in the 2014 Indian general elections came as a surprise to many. Most opinion polls, which had predicted a win for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that it leads, had not ...
Sen, Ronojoy
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