Elections are indispensable to any political system which claims itself democratic. The connection between elections and governance has been one of the important foci in the studies on democracy in both Western and non-Western ...

The standard meaning of democracy-a system of governance by the people, for the people, and of the people-has become a debatable narrative. The hesitation to enlarge the scope of democracy to all its beneficiaries or ...

Multiculturalism's entry into the theoretical realm has helped many societies to solve the problems and conflicts on the basis of religion, language, and ethnicity. Many countries are making an effort to protect the rights ...

Self-governance or local-governance is an idea that received attention from various thinkers from ancient India to modern India. The very presence of continuous discussion on it makes it an important idea in the realm of ...

People's movements and social activists associated with them have actively participated in the debates and discussions on the role of representative institutions. The people's movement's opposition to policy measures that ...

Although the local self-governance has emerged as the key to prosperity, development and good governance in the late 20th Century, yet its history dates back to ancient India. It can be safely hypothesized that the panchayats ...