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Riggs Symposium Essays

Democracy without capacity?

 

Abstract

What are the consequences for democracy of inadequate state capacity? This essay argues, drawing on the case of India, that democracy without decay results in several pathologies, including democratic dysfunction and a temptation toward authoritarian populism.

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