Democracy and Diversity: India and the American ExperienceShankar K Bajpai This volume is a comparative study of the Indian and American experiences of democracy. They deal with institutions and ethnicity, idea of the nation-state, linguistic diversity, minorities question, political parties and democratic practices, federalism and decentralization. |
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... seats in alliance with the DMK ( 25.6 per cent and seventeen seats ) while the official Congress ' AIADMK ally got none and 7.8 per cent votes . With the TMC's twenty seats , and those of the Tiwari Congress ( four ) and the Madhya ...
... seats in alliance with the DMK ( 25.6 per cent and seventeen seats ) while the official Congress ' AIADMK ally got none and 7.8 per cent votes . With the TMC's twenty seats , and those of the Tiwari Congress ( four ) and the Madhya ...
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... seats ) and 9.4 per cent votes ( forty - one seats ) respectively , as against the Congress ' 42.7 per cent and 353 seats . After this defeat , the Janata party disintegrated . In 1989 , after a gap of eight years , the party was reborn ...
... seats ) and 9.4 per cent votes ( forty - one seats ) respectively , as against the Congress ' 42.7 per cent and 353 seats . After this defeat , the Janata party disintegrated . In 1989 , after a gap of eight years , the party was reborn ...
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... seats are reserved for these groups in the gram panchayat ( the panchayat executive ) and among the ( 2 ) A uniform 32 - tier PRI structure across the country , with the village , block , and district as the appropriate levels . States ...
... seats are reserved for these groups in the gram panchayat ( the panchayat executive ) and among the ( 2 ) A uniform 32 - tier PRI structure across the country , with the village , block , and district as the appropriate levels . States ...
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Minorities and Indias Democracy | 144 |
Democracy within Parties and the Accommodation | 192 |
Federalism MultiNational Societies and Negotiating | 225 |
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