Studying Elections in India
Scientific and Political Debates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2634674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal, Stéphanie Tawa Lama‐rewal (0000-0002-4746-7586, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1960-6060 • E-ISSN: 1960-6060 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/samaj.2784 |
| OpenAlex | W1607701064 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 13 |
Election studies (which are here defined as scholarly work focusing on the major phases of the electoral process, i.e. the campaign, the vote, the announcement of results and subsequent government formation) constitute a distinct sub-genre of studies on democracy, which focuses, so to speak, on the ‘mechanics’ more than on the ‘substance’ of representative democracy. This sub-genre, being relatively more visible than other studies of representative democracy, has specific implications, in the academic but also in the political arena, which are the focus of this critical review of the literature on Indian elections since the 1980s. The paper argues that election studies are really in between science and politics, and that it is important, therefore, to contextualize them
Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citations per year | 0.58 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |