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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:WCED Roundtable. The Troubling State of India's Democracy
DESCRIPTION:India’s democracy has long had its share of warts\, but it is now faced with unprecedented challenges. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\, which began its second term in office in 2019\, has shown scant regard for democratic procedures and norms. A hitherto freewheeling\, feisty\, and contentious press has\, for the most part\, been cowed. Investigative agencies are routinely used to target key members of the political opposition. Civil liberties\, which had often been undermined selectively\, are now being regularly curbed. Even the historically independent Supreme Court has been circumspect and uneven in its judgments. \"The Troubling State of India’s Democracy\,\" edited by Diamond\, Ganguly\, and Mistree\, offers a comprehensive assessment of the health of Indian democracy while\, in particular\, it exposes the disturbing trend of accelerating democratic backsliding in India.\n\n\nPanelists: \n\nLarry Diamond\, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI)\, Stanford University\n\nSumit Ganguly\, Distinguished Professor of Political Science & Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations\, Indiana University\, Bloomington\n\nDinsha Mistree\, Research Fellow in the Rule of Law Program at Stanford Law School and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution\, Stanford University. \n\nRespondents: Anindita Adhikari and Nandini Dey\, WCED Postdoctoral Fellows\n   \nReception to follow.\n\nRegister here: http://myumi.ch/Rp7P6\n\n---\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact emergingdemocracies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/110059
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:democracy,Discussion,Emerging Democracies,Lecture,South Asia,Weiser Center For Emerging Democracies
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010
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