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Why India has so many parties - and what to do about them
Does India has too many political parties or too little? Actually, given our diversity, we don't have as many parties as we could have had. #Politics #India #PoliticsDecoder #Election Commission #Democracy #Nation
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India ranks 38 in Index of Democracy, Norway tops list
The Economist magazine's Index of Democracy 2012 ranks India 38th among 165 nations with an overall score of 7.52. #Economy #India #NewsTracker #Economist #Index of democracy #rank 38 #populous democracy
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Indo-Pak people's forum condemns assault on Sarabjit, seeks probe
Many Indians, Pakistanis and peace-loving people from across the globe have repeatedly appealed Pakistan to release and repatriate him to India, they said. #India #Pakistan #NewsTracker #Sarabjit Singh #Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy #Kot Lakhpat
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Dear Kejriwal, here's why 'direct democracy' doesn't work
Arvind Kejriwal is pitching for 'direct democracy'. But democratic opinion is not always infallible. And it is susceptible to demogoguery. A civilization lesson on the perils of heeding the 'pasion of the mobs'. #TheLongView #Arvind Kejriwal #Democracy #Direct democracy #Plato #Aristotle
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Will India go the Argentina way toward populist decline?
Neither India nor China can take their growth and political transformations for granted. China may fail to build good institutions, and India may yet fall victim to the lure of mindless populism. #GDP #To The Contrary #Liberal democracy #NotJobsButPassion
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Infosys and the problem with corporate democracies
Succession at Infosys has been contentious and in the public domain. As with an Indian general election, it looks messy. But the problems here are overstated. Infosys is doing something relatively new in India: While such succession looks messy, there is greater stability under the hood. #Succession war #Corporate Democracy #Autocracy #Narayana Murthy #CounterPoint #NotJobsButPassion
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My Joy OnlineChiefs cannot be excluded from Ghana's democracy - Otumfuo
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has advocated for inclusion of chiefs in Ghana’s democracy. Delivering this year’s democracy lecture organised by the National Commission for Civic Education, NCCE, he said traditional authorities cannot be excluded f #Norway #Great Britain
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Crewe & Nantwich GuardianCalls for compulsory democracy lessons gather pace
l-r Winsford E-ACT Academy student Rebecca Hoare, Gemma Clark and Ben Ladley alongside clr Mike Burns, who is supporting their calls for a greater youth understanding of democracy with a Government e-petition WINSFORD E-ACT Academy students have been giv #Australian Capital Territory #Mike Burns #Barack Obama
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The PoliticoFilm looks at democracy's messes
Jason Smith wants to take election fraud from the voter screen to the big screen. The 47-year-old Los Angeles resident has worked in the entertainment industry for 25 years as a writer and actor and is the man behind “ I Voted? ” a one-man documentary th #Alvin Greene #South Carolina #U.S. Democratic Party