The Troublesome Security State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6287674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Šumit Ganguly (0000-0002-4365-2637, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 117-126 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2017.0050 |
| OpenAlex | W2730198395 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
Seven decades after gaining its independence from the British Empire, India retains all the hallmarks of a functioning democracy: It holds reasonably free and fair elections, has a mostly independent judiciary plus a largely free press, and enjoys a robust and growing civil society. Yet thanks to India’s colonial inheritance as well as weaknesses in some of its key institutions, the country has rarely hesitated to resort to legal crackdowns on personal rights and civil liberties when disturbances break out. Even as India rightly celebrates a nearly unbroken record of democratic rule spanning seven decades, its citizens and political leaders need to take stock of their country’s failure to safeguard certain vital features of the liberal-democratic order
Civil liberties · Colonialism · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Empire · Independence (probability theory · Inheritance (genetic algorithm · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rule of law · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |