Assessing The Quality of Democracy in India: With Special References to Rule of Law, Participation, Competition
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Since the introduction of an analytical framework to assess the quality of democracy, a large number of scholarly studies have recently made serious efforts to evaluate the quality of democracy around the world. With the above in mind, this study seeks to make an academic contribution to this ongoing scholarly trend by assessing the quality of democracy in India. In doing so, this study will focus on three procedural dimensions of democracy- rule of law, participation, and competition – in order to evaluate the quality of Indian democracy. This study demonstrates that, with regard to the rule of law, India’s development of a free and independent constitutional arrangement indicates that the quality of its democracy is high. Yet due to the rampant corruption, which a threat to the rule of law, the country has still a long way to go. In relation to participation, the quality of Indian democracy is high if one considers the formal rights of political participation. However, critical issues such as a persistently low level of participation by Indian women and youth in decision-making seems to hamper greater political participation. With regard to competition, this study shows that regular democratic elections, the peaceful transformation of powers, and the presence of an independent electoral commission have strengthened the quality of democracy in the country. However, the poor regulation of political parties funding suggests that there are still some issues which need to be addressed for the betterment of Indian democracy. The final section of this study sheds light on the implications of this assessment of the quality of democracy in India.
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Since the introduction of an analytical framework to assess the quality of democracy, a large number of scholarly studies have recently made serious efforts to evaluate the quality of democracy around the world. With the above in mind, this study seeks to make an academic contribution to this ongoing scholarly trend by assessing the quality of democracy in India. In doing so, this study will focus on three procedural dimensions of democracy- rule of law, participation, and competition – in order to evaluate the quality of Indian democracy. This study demonstrates that, with regard to the rule of law, India’s development of a free and independent constitutional arrangement indicates that the quality of its democracy is high. Yet due to the rampant corruption, which a threat to the rule of law, the country has still a long way to go. In relation to participation, the quality of Indian democracy is high if one considers the formal rights of political participation. However, critical issues such as a persistently low level of participation by Indian women and youth in decision-making seems to hamper greater political participation. With regard to competition, this study shows that regular democratic elections, the peaceful transformation of powers, and the presence of an independent electoral commission have strengthened the quality of democracy in the country. However, the poor regulation of political parties funding suggests that there are still some issues which need to be addressed for the betterment of Indian democracy. The final section of this study sheds light on the implications of this assessment of the quality of democracy in India.
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