TUESDAY (9/18)
IN CLASS:
How do institutions accentuate or moderate political cleavages?
(Rodden)
THURSDAY (9/20)
IN CLASS:
Guest Lecture: Kanchan Chandra: Ethnic Politics in India
Class Discussion of India
READINGS FOR WEEK 3
- Robert Dahl, Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition: 121-123.
- Article by Kanchan Chandra on ethnic politics in India, TBA.
- Arend Lijphart, "The Puzzle of Indian Democracy: A Consociational
Interpretation," American Political Science Review 90:2
(June 1996 ): 258-268.
- Atul Kohli, "Enduring Another Election," Journal of Democracy
9:3 (july 1998): 7-20.
- James Manor, "Making Federalism Work," Journal of Democracy
9:3 (July 1998): 21-35.
- Ashotosh varshney, "Why Democracy Survives," Journal
of Democracy 9:3 (July 1998): 36-50.
- Vasant Sathe, "For a Directly Elected President of India,"
in Arend Lijphart, ed., Parliamentary versus Presidential Goverment:
187-190.
Web Links
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Top: Life scene in Sith temple - Old Delhi.
Bottom: Varanasi (formerly Benares),Located on the left
bank of the Gange river has 800 000 inhabitants and is for Hindus people
the "Holy City" par excellence.
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