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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... voters — that is , for the majority of the voters to remove this government . In Britain since 1945 , for instance , all re - elected governments were re - elected in spite of the fact that majorities of the voters voted for opposition ...
... voters — that is , for the majority of the voters to remove this government . In Britain since 1945 , for instance , all re - elected governments were re - elected in spite of the fact that majorities of the voters voted for opposition ...
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... Voters Remain the Same ' , American Political Sci- ence Review , vol . 86 , September 1992 , pp . 725–6 . in what is called a sense of ' efficacy ' on the part of voters . In the US , the NES based at the University of Michigan has ...
... Voters Remain the Same ' , American Political Sci- ence Review , vol . 86 , September 1992 , pp . 725–6 . in what is called a sense of ' efficacy ' on the part of voters . In the US , the NES based at the University of Michigan has ...
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... voters overruling their political representatives in at least four states in a bid to make English the official language . In California , Arizona , Colorado , and Florida , English language amendments to the state constitutions were ...
... voters overruling their political representatives in at least four states in a bid to make English the official language . In California , Arizona , Colorado , and Florida , English language amendments to the state constitutions were ...
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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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