Political Science: Recent submissions

  • Between the region and the World: Understanding India's ‘complex’ multilateral diplomacy 
    Tripathi, R. (World Focus. 444; 2016; 17-25.)
    India faces a very complex foreign policy dilemma concerning its regional and multilateral diplomacy today. On one hand it is logical that it should see strengthened regionalism as part of its global push for greater ...
  • Is there a global South? A perspective from South Asia 
    Tripathi, R. (South Asian Survey. 21(1-2); 2014 (published in 2017); 138-150.)
    Much of the writings on the Global South in recent years have focused on the role that some of the emerging economies within the developing world might play in the unfolding global scenario. It is asserted that the rise ...
  • Land, development and resistance: An issue of Mopa International Airport 
    Shringare, A. (mySociety. 10(1n2); 2016; 11-27.)
    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 ...
  • 50 Years of Panchayat Raj in Goa: Retrospect and Prospects 
    Shringare, A.; Desai, P.S.; Tripathi, R. Eds. (Broadway Publishing House, Panaji. 2016; 207pp.)
  • Perspectives on self-governance or local-governance in India: From Gandhi to new social movements 
    Desai, P.S. (50 Years of Panchayat Raj in Goa: Retrospect and Prospects, Ed. by: Alaknanda Shringare, P.S. Desai and Rahul Tripathi. Broadway Publishing House, Panaji. 2016; 7-20.)
    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 ...
  • Challenges to decentralized governance in Goa 
    Shringare, A. (50 Years of Panchayat Raj in Goa: Retrospect and Prospects, Ed. by: Alaknanda Shringare, P.S. Desai and Rahul Tripathi. Broadway Publishing House, Panaji. (); 2016; 195-207.)
    Very recently Goa celebrated 50 years of Panchayati Raj. Government decision to organized year long events to celebrate 50 years of Panchayati Raj triggered many debates over powers and functions of the Panchayat. No doubt ...
  • Karnataka: Change and continuity in 2014 
    Desai, P.S. (India's 2014 Elections: A Modi-led BJP Sweep, Ed. by: Paul Wallace. Sage Publishers, New Delhi. 2015; 358-377.)
    The 2014 elections reveal that there has been change as well as continuity in the electoral politics of Karnataka. Change could be seen on issues like the waning role of third forces in Karnataka politics. Another change ...
  • Politics, new social media and mobilisation in India 
    Tripathi, R. (Contemporary Indian Politics: Internal Dynamics and External Compulsions, Ed. by: H.M. Sanjeev Kumar, et al. Pinnacle Learning, New Delhi. 2016; 186-199.)
    New Social Media (such as blogs, social networking sites and Twitter) has made an interesting penetration in Indian Politics in the recent years. Not only has it attempted to introduce new forms of communication and ...
  • Elections and institutional reforms in India: A case of the Election Commission 
    Shringare, A. (Contemporary Indian Politics: Internal Dynamics and External Compulsions, Ed. by: Sanjeev Kumar H.M., et al. Pinnacle Learning, New Delhi. 2016; 200-210.)
    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 ...
  • Role of opposition in Indian democracy, elections and institutional reforms in India: A case of the Election Commission 
    Shringare, A. (Contemporary Indian Politics: Internal Dynamics and External Compulsions, Ed. by: Sanjeev Kumar H.M., et al. Pinnacle Learning, New Delhi. 2016; 224-235.)
    The presence of opposition parties in the legislature and a recognised Leader of Opposition guarantee the representation of minority views. The recent row over the appointment of Leader of Opposition led to emergence of ...

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