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Costs of democracy : political finance in India
If it impossible to conceive of democracies sans elections, why is it impossible to imagine elections without the flood of money in politics? How does every general election in India get more expensive than the last one? Stepping into the mucky terrain to find out what enables the average Indian vote to have a price, Costs of Democracy opens readers' eyes to the opaque and enigmatic ways in which money flows through the political heart of the world's largest democracy. 0In the first in-depth investigation drawing from extensive fieldwork on political campaigns, unique surveys, and creative and innovative data analysis, the contributions chase and unpack the institutional and regulatory context governing the flow of money in politics; the sources of political finance; the need for such large spending; how money flow, operate, and interact with different levels of government.
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Social media as a gateway for young feminists: lessons from the #IWillGoOut campaign in India
Over New Year's Eve in 2016, a slew of sexual assault cases against women came to light in India's tech hub of Bengaluru. Four years prior, against the backdrop of a violent rape in the nation's capital of Delhi, prominent feminists and activists took to the streets as part of mass public protests calling for legal protections for women in India. The response to the New Year's Eve allegations, however, differed in two ways. The first was the conspicuous role social media played for the first time in the feminist movement in India. The second was the leadership provided by young feminists in the country. A coalition of various feminist organisations and individuals banded together to form a collective under the hashtag #IWillGoOut. This article discusses feminist activism over a period of two weeks at the start of 2017, when the #IWillGoOut collective rapidly mobilised widespread public support calling for the safety of women and minorities in public spaces in India. The campaign organised and led marches and events in over 30 towns and cities of India with no formal fundraising effort. I draw on my personal experience of organising the campaign to share insights into its success in transforming online support to offline action using social media. This experience provides a useful example that can be used in other social justice movements in the Indian subcontinent.
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Web sites for e-electioneering in Maharashtra and Gujarat, India
Purpose - The purpose of this exploratory study is to look at how the Internet was used by political parties and candidates during the Indian parliamentary elections of 2009.Design methodology approach - A total of 31 web sites belonging to political parties and their candidates in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were examined for how they were used to mobilize volunteers and voters. An online questionnaire and in-depth interviews were administered to the web site coordinators designers and politicians.Findings - The study found that sites were not used to their maximum potential but instead, merely for publicity, online presence, and to explore the new medium. There was greater reliance by most candidates on traditional media such as rallies and face-to-face interaction. The reason may be due to the limited Internet penetration in India, which also means the Internet may have less influence on voters. Some candidates have shown the way to the potential use of the medium for fund raising and recruiting volunteers. But Indian politicians will likely continue to be cautious in using the Internet.Research limitations implications - This study was limited to the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat and did not consider the impact or the effectiveness of the Internet.Originality value - This is the first such study of the use of web sites for electioneering in India. It also documents the development in the use of the new medium for campaigning in 2009 as compared with the elections of 2004.
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Beyond Electoral Bonds
[...]a recent survey of some 2,577 politicians across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, conducted by the University of California, Berkley, shows that the preponderance of such inscrutable sources of income reaches the zenith for high-level incumbents like a member of Parliament or a lower house in the stateassembly (constituting almost 44% and 47% of their respective incomes). [...]it is no surprise that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government's electoral bond scheme does not break through this opacity, despite the government's drum-beating about its mythical claim for transparency. [...]how does the ECI even determine how much money is \"enough\" for a candidate to contest an election?
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Trump, 'Howdy, Modi!' and the Diaspora: Do Indian Americans Support a Hindutva Agenda?
The RHC even volunteered to raise $25 billion to fund Trump's US-Mexico border wall (Kumar 2018). [...]the fundraising also included an offer to pay a special application fee-a deeply cynical and opportunistic, if also ingenious scheme where deserving \"legal\" immigrants (such as themselves) would pay to stop \"illegal\" immigrants. According to immigration data analysed by the National Foundation for American Policy, the denial rate for new H-1B petitions for \"initial\" employment from 2015 to 2019 has quadrupled from 6% to 24% (Anderson 2019). While slogans and placards at these rallies foreground apparently economic issues such as visas, employability, or US-India trade, Trump's Hindu nationalist fans seemingly have no ideological or ethical quarrel with his social agenda, racism, misogyny, homophobia or Islamophobia. [...]the historical record shows that wealthy Indian-Americans like Kumar-and others of his class-make common cause with Republicans around shared class interests such as fewer taxes, or professional objectives such as tort reform, where Indian-American physicians, who were among George W Bush's top donors, petitioned Bush to float the Indian-American Republican Council in 2001 \"to pursue legislation on medical malpractice and small-business issues (Nordlinger 2005).\" [...]a number of Indian American progressive organisations are challenging the deep-rooted discrimination on the basis of caste, gender, and sexuality.
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Hurricane Beryl Expected to Affect 7 Million People in Texas; Top Democrat House Leaders Want Biden to Exit Race; France's Left-Wing Coalition Wins Most Parliament Seats; New Round of Talks in the Israel-Hamas War; Boeing Accepts Plea Deal with Justice Department. France's Left-Wing Coalition Beats Far Right In Surprise Result; Modi To Visit Moscow For Wide-Ranging Talks With Putin; Biden To Host NATO Summit In Washington This Week; Biden Aims To Reassure Critical Voters in Pennsylvania. Aired 2
Hurricane Beryl is now a Category 1 hurricane as it is expectedto make landfall in Texas and is projected to affect 7 million people.Top Democratic House leaders want President Joe Biden to exit race.More top leaders continue to join the growing calls. In a surprisingturn of events, France's left-wing coalition wins the second and finalround of elections and won the most number of Parliament seats. Thereis a new round of negotiation for a ceasefire and hostage releasebetween Israel and Hamas to be held in Qatar. Boeing has accepted aplea deal with the Justice Department to avoid a criminal trial oversome deadly 737 Max crashes.. A left-wing alliance has won the mostseats in the French parliament, thwarting the far right in a stunningresult to Sunday's second-round vote; despite avoiding a far-rightgovernment, the result means France is plunged into political limbo,with no party reaching an absolute majority, leaving parliamentgridlocked. India's prime minister will meet Russia's president inMoscow in the coming hours. Amid the growing questions over whether heis fit for office, U.S. President Joe Biden getting ready to host someof America's closest allies for the NATO summit; the gathering kicksoff in Washington on Tuesday, marking the 75th anniversary of thealliance. On the last day of 4th of July weekend, President Biden madeanother attempt at reassuring Democrats that he is still the man forthe job by really projecting a show of force in battlegroundPennsylvania. GUESTS: Larry Sabato, Sebastien Maillard
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