Talk on  The Merits of Money and “Muscle”: Criminality, Elections and Democracy in India  by Milan Vaishnav,  Associate with the South Asia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.  on Thursday, 29 November 2012 at 12.30 p.m. at Conference Hall-II of the CPR. Milan  has received his PhD in political science from Columbia University.

Blurb

This presentation will review the author’s recent research which tries to understand how democratic elections can coexist with a significant number of politicians implicated in criminal wrongdoing. Specifically, it explores three questions. Why do parties nominate candidates with criminal backgrounds? Why do voters vote for them? And what does their proliferation mean for democratic accountability?  To address these questions, the author draws on a wide body of quantitative and qualitative evidence from India.

Looking forward to seeing you at the session.

With regards,

 

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

 

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