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examines the idea of representative democracy and the manner in which democratic politics may be sought to be crafted as a … framework of democratic citizenship and (b) debates surrounding representative democracy. It consists of three parts; the first …
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PUCL through this statement, wishes to bring to the attention of the people of India, the serious threat to democracy … and challenge all the political parties about their commitment to democracy, rule of law, equitable and sustainable …
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political life. Six decades have gone by since Independence brought hopes that democracy would equilibrate gender representation …
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developing country over the 1960-2004 period. A positive effect of the leader having studied abroad on the level of democracy in …, as well as from his profession. Moreover, it is mainly driven by countries with a poor initial level of democracy. These … results are confirmed by various robustness tests. They propose a new channel through which migration may affect politics in …
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The focus of this paper is on the potential economic factors underlying voter behaviour in a democracy. It develops a …
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This study examines how the economic effects of elections in rural China depend on voter heterogeneity, for which religious fractionalization is taken as a proxy. [BREAD Working No. 366]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/366.pdf].
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the different generations of migration theory and remittances from the development economics perspective, examining in particular the dichotomy between economic and social theory in explaining the nexus between migration and development. [ProGlo Working Paper...
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This paper aims to provide an analytical glimpse of the evolution of forest policies in Odisha in the post-independence era, by unraveling the major stages of evolution of such policies. The paper also seeks to explore the issues of livelihoods, which has attained priority while formulating...
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positions in politics and business across the globe. In many countries, policy-makers have responded by introducing gender … quotas in politics and increasingly, many have expressed an interest in requiring gender quotas for corporate boards. This …
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In India, public policies for human development are politically contested for many reasons like diverse political interests, commitment to specific social bases by political regimes etc. They have rendered human development policies and programmes ploys for political bargaining and clientelism...
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