Political Science: Recent submissions

  • 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 ...
  • 50 Years of Panchayat Raj in Goa: Retrospect and Prospects 
    Shringare, A.; Desai, P.S.; Tripathi, R.; Eds. (Broadway Publishing House, Panaji. 2016; 207pp.)
  • 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 ...
  • Human rights of the marginalised in India: Need for new understandings 
    Desai, P.S. (Contemporary Indian Politics: Internal Dynamics and External Compulsions, Ed. by: H.M. Sanjeev Kumar, et al. Pinnacle Learning, New Delhi. 2016; 284-292.)
    Marginalised communities in India are entitled to all the rights that constitution has ensured to all the citizens of the country. Apart from general, social economic and political rights they have been provided certain ...
  • Elections and electoral reforms in India: Some questions on their effectiveness and success 
    Desai, P.S. (Contemporary Indian Politics: Internal Dynamics and External Compulsions, Ed. by: H.M. Sanjeev Kumar, et al. Pinnacle Learning, New Delhi. 2016; 211-223.)
    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 ...
  • Voices in the Liberation Struggle: The Case of Goa (1947-61) 
    Raut-Desai, Anita A.
  • Opinion Poll in Goa: An Evaluation of the Method to Settle the Controversy 
    Rodrigues, Maria Do Ceu

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