Political Science: Recent submissions

  • Rhetoric of participatory development: An analysis of functioning of PRIs in Goa 
    Shringare, A. (Two Decades of Panchayat Raj in India: Experiences, Issues, Challenges and Opportunities, Ed. by Yatindra Singh Sisodia, Ashish Bhatt, Tapas Kumar Dalapati. Rawat Publications, Jaipur. 2018; 281-289.)
    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.
  • Interpreting fractured mandate of Goa assembly election 2017: A question of representation 
    Shringare, A. (Social Science in Perspective. 9(4); 2017; 511-526.)
    The recently concluded elections in Goa reveal a fractured mandate with no single party able to muster majority seats. Both Congress and BJP registered a decline in their vote share. The major set back was for the BJP which ...
  • Exploring the modern in medieval: Political ideas of Basava 
    Desai, P.S. (Indian Political Thought: Themes and Thinkers (2nd Ed.), Ed. by: Himanshu Roy and Mahendra Prasad Singh. Pearson India Education Services Pvt. Ltd., Noida, UP. 2017; 59-80.)
  • 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 ...

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