Comparative Assessments of Indian Democracy

IF 0.3 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Studies in Indian Politics Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1177/23210230231166182

Dishil Shrimankar

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Abstract

In this short note, I wish to underline some of the issues relating to teaching Indian democracy in a comparative perspective. I will underline my own experiences of teaching Indian democracy to a largely Western audience in the United Kingdom. I have been employed, first as a teaching fellow, then as a postdoctoral research fellow and finally as a lecturer in several different British universities. The core substantive part of my teaching has been to teach courses on Indian democracy to undergraduate students. I have taught the Indian experience with democracy as part of a larger course on democratic development to firstand second-year undergraduate students. However, the bulk of my teaching on Indian democracy has been as a specialist third-year course on Indian democracy and Indian politics. In all the classes I have taught on Indian democracy, the main aim has been to understand how India’s experiences inform, and revises, major theories of comparative politics, be it democratic consolidation, economic development, or political violence. At the same time, I have attempted to debunk the picture of Indian citizens and its voters as non-strategic, irrational agents. Finally, in this note, I will also underline how Indian democracy and its politics are very good examples of teaching several research design elements. In this note, I will pick different examples from my own teaching of Indian democracy to underline how Indian politics and its democracy challenges some of the core theories in comparative politics. I will also highlight why India’s exceptionalism is not down to non-strategic, irrational voters and how all this helps drive through several important research design themes.

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印度民主的比较评估

在这篇简短的文章中，我想强调从比较的角度教授印度民主的一些问题。我将强调我自己在英国向西方观众讲授印度民主的经历。我曾在几所不同的英国大学担任过讲师，先是助教，然后是博士后研究员，最后是讲师。我教学的核心内容是给本科生讲授印度民主的课程。我曾将印度的民主经历作为一门关于民主发展的大型课程的一部分教授给一年级二年级的本科生。然而，我在印度民主方面的大部分教学都是作为印度民主和印度政治的专业三年级课程。在我所教授的所有关于印度民主的课程中，主要目的是了解印度的经验如何影响和修正比较政治的主要理论，无论是民主巩固、经济发展还是政治暴力。与此同时，我试图揭穿印度公民及其选民作为非战略性、非理性代理人的形象。最后，在这篇文章中，我还将强调印度的民主及其政治如何成为教授几个研究设计元素的很好的例子。在这篇文章中，我将从我自己教授的印度民主中挑选不同的例子，来强调印度政治及其民主如何挑战比较政治学中的一些核心理论。我还将强调，为什么印度的例外论并非归结于非战略性的、非理性的选民，以及这一切如何有助于推动几个重要的研究设计主题。

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Studies in Indian Politics POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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0.70

自引率

20.00%

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期刊介绍： SIP will publish research writings that seek to explain different aspects of Indian politics. The Journal adopts a multi-method approach and will publish articles based on primary data in the qualitative and quantitative traditions, archival research, interpretation of texts and documents, and secondary data. The Journal will cover a wide variety of sub-fields in politics, such as political ideas and thought in India, political institutions and processes, Indian democracy and politics in a comparative perspective particularly with reference to the global South and South Asia, India in world affairs, and public policies. While such a scope will make it accessible to a large number of readers, keeping India at the centre of the focus will make it target-specific.