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Jul 19, 2019 · Political participation and representation are pillars of a successful democracy. This article explores Indian democracy from the perspective of village-based Dalit women; it is about how Dalit women understand and engage with the ‘political’ and how they see their representatives.
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May 9, 2016 · Jayal’s article indeed demonstrates how a focus on the theories of representation that (more or less implicitly) inform the discourse and practices of political parties challenges widely shared assumptions about the democratization process at work in Indian democracy.
- Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal
- 2016
Changing Patterns of Democracy and Political Representation in India. An Introduction. India is the second most populous country in the world with over 1.2 billion people, and the world’s “largest democracy.”
- Kicking The Can Down The Road
- How Bad Is India’s Malapportionment?
- Reimagining The 2014 Elections
- Possible Solutions
- Notes
Proportional representation is enshrined in India’s constitution, which governs the allocation of seats in the lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha (or “House of the People”). Article 81 requires that each state receive seats in proportion to its population and allocate those seats to constituencies of roughly equal size. Proportional represent...
The ultimate outcome of this persistent deferral is severely unequal representation. Malapportionment was already serious by 2001, when politicians moved to delay seat readjustment for a second time. Writing then, political scientist Alistair McMillandocumented just how drastic over- and underrepresentation had become. According to the 2001 Census,...
Unsurprisingly, reapportionment carries profound implications for political parties. Parties with bases concentrated in fast-growing northern states—like the current ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)—would gain power at the expense of southern regional heavyweights. To illustrate, we simulate the impacts of reapportioning seats on the basis of th...
Barring another constitution amendment, parliamentary seats will not be reallocated until after the 2031 Census. However, this fact should not delay a comprehensive federal discussion of the various dimensions of interstate inequality, including the tricky issue of representation. What solutions might policymakers envision? The first strategy is si...
1In other words, states could internally redraw electoral constituencies to ensure their roughly equal size. However, there would be no changes to the numbers of seats assigned to states. 2The Webster method proceeds as follows: divide the number of seats in the house by the total population. Then divide each state’s population by this “divisor,” r...
Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal. ABSTRACT. Democratic theory has recently been marked by a renewed inter-est in political representation that is manifest in, and proceeds from, a series of theoretical works that radically open up the concept of representation.
Apr 15, 2024 · In pursuing a more low-key approach to democracy promotion, India’s primary objective is to uphold the principle of respecting states’ sovereignty and maintaining cordial relations with other countries – both democracies and non-democracies – in the Global South.
Apr 15, 2024 · As India goes to the polls in 2024, this paper examines the interplay between two dominant narratives on India today: the country’s rise as an increasingly prominent geopolitical and economic actor; and concerns about democratic backsliding.
