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Whether timing of the elections leads to riots or not within India. In other words, does timing of elections instigate riots? Using time series crosssectional data for 16 major Indian states for the period 1958 – 2004, it is found that scheduled elections are associated with increase in riots
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Persistence and breakdowns of democracy are the dominant features of Nepali politics.Democracy continues to be … as showing caveats for democratic development. The system building and system maintenance is examined along with some …
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This paper examines the larger issue of how a ‘free’ media performs during times of war with particular reference to US and India using case studies. It focuses on ‘national security’ becoming a major pivot around which the media discourse is shaped. How the media...
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This brief examines one particular criticism of Constituency Development Funds (CDFs): they infringe upon the doctrine … essential for maintaining democracy and good governance, specifically the rule of law and the need for public officials to avoid …
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the formal/informal pair with a view to promoting development. In conclusion it is suggested how partnerships between …
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also important to know Myanmar’s history as it is full of conflicts and has seldom seen sustainable development. The … conflicts of Myanmar have been divided into four periods: 1948–1962, 1962–1988, 1988–2011 and 2011 to today. [ISDP Asia … Paper]. URL:[http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2013-aung-promoting-democracy-in-myanmar.pdf]. …
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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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for the globalisation debate, which has been polarised along ideological grounds, often within a 'state versus the market … are designed and implemented, and a policy framework that can make both these institutions, the state and the market …, complement each other, thus ensuring rapid socioeconomic development. [DSA, Annual conference 2003: Globalisation and Development] …
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The process of development, in any society, should ideally be viewed and assessed in terms of what it does for an … average individual.For any approach or development framework to be meaningful and effective in directing public policies and … programmes it has to be anchored in a social context. More importantly, it should reflect the values and development priorities …
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and the State Governments in securing the progress of our economy, as part of economic reforms is chronicled here …
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