The Federalist Compromise

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ID6286325
AutoresLouise Tillin (0000-0002-2788-9909, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume28
Fascículo3
Páginas64-75
Data de publicação2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
EditoraProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2017.0045
OpenAlexW2730766988
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas14

The institutionalized recognition of diversity within India’s federal system has been crucial for democratic consolidation. Substantial decentralization since the 1990s has made state governments central actors in shaping economic activity and national-election outcomes. However, since his rise to national office in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has projected an image of strong, central leadership. He has made political use of drama and crisis to reach a national audience, echoing a politics last seen under Indira Gandhi. As in that earlier period, federalism remains a critical arena for checks and balances in India’s democracy, especially as concerns grow about majoritarian nationalism

Compromise · Consolidation (business · Decentralization · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Drama · Economics · Federalism · Federalist · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Sociology · State (computer science · Indian Economic and Social Development · Law · Public Administration · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Conflicts