Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) not only changed election politics but altered the nature of party politics. It generated new interest and enthusiasm among the people about politics but failed to sustain the same. Its hurried decisions ...

The present paper analyses different dimensions of the issue of corruption and evaluates the limitations and success of social movements in curbing this menace.

The role of election in democracy is indeed significant. Elections provide legitimacy to the political system. It facilitates smooth transfer of power. The Election Commission of India is entrusted with the herculean task ...

Unlike in the 2014 Goa Lok Sabha elections, the outcome of the 2019 polls was significantly influenced by regional considerations, including the unresolved mining issue in the state.

The author observes in her chapter on Goa that the state has witnessed regular oscillation of power between the Congress and the BJP in the assembly elections. However, in the Lok Sabha elections, the seats have generally ...

The changing development paradigm in the post-reform period brought along with growth new challenges and concerns. The pressure on land, the question of rehabilitation and resettlement, environmental degradation, growing ...

The paper tries to critically analyse PRIs as agencies of participatory development. The paper argues, lack of will on part of elected representatives proved participatory development rhetorical in Goan village panchayats.

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 ...