The Hindu·3 min read·medium
In Conversation with Yogendra Yadav: How does the Opposition’s role change in an ‘electoral autocracy’? | In Focus Podcast
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Political scientist Yogendra Yadav discusses the challenges faced by India's Opposition parties in an environment described as an 'electoral autocracy'. He advocates for a shift from traditional electoral contestation to a 'politics of resistance'.
In recent years, democracy research institutes have been categorising India as a ‘partly free’ democracy, with the V-Dem Institute of the University of Gothenburg classifying India as an “electoral autocracy” from as far back as 2019.
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