Steven I. Wilkinson, assistant professor of political science at Duke University, has published on ethnic conflict in South Asia and elsewhere. He is author of Votes and Violence: Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India (2004).
To everyone's surprise, the Congress party defeated the incumbent BJP in the April-May 2004 parliamentary elections. What caused this political turnaround, and what will be its effects?
The essays in The State of India's Democracy focus on India's economy, society, and politics, providing illuminating insights into the past accomplishments—and continuing challenges—of Indian democracy.
