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DESCRIPTION:Divided We Govern: the Paradoxes of Power in Contemporary India
 n Democracy What explains the rise of communist\, regional and lower caste
 -oriented socialist parties in modern Indian democracy since 1989? Why hav
 e these parties faced repeated difficulties in constructing a progressive 
 'third force' vis-a-vis the traditionally dominant Congress and Hindu nati
 onalist BJP? What explains the politics\, policies and performance of Thir
 d Front governments in New Delhi? To what extent have these parties reshap
 ed the agendas\, strategies and prospects of their national rivals? And wh
 y does the idea of a third force\, despite its deteriorating political for
 tunes since the late 1990s\, persist in contemporary Indian democracy? Thi
 s talk will address these questions. It demonstrates the paradoxes of powe
 r in a federal parliamentary system such as India\, which create incentive
 s to forge national coalition governments\, yet decrease their chances of 
 surviving. In such circumstances\, the strategies\, tactics and choices of
  political actors become especially significant in determining historic ou
 tcomes. Ruparelia argues the failure of the broader Indian left to judge i
 ts real possibilities has led to its gradual dissolution as a collective p
 olitical formation.
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SUMMARY:South Asia Center presents: Sanjay Ruparelia
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Divided We Govern: the Paradoxes of Power in C
 ontemporary Indian Democracy What explains the rise of communist\, regiona
 l and lower caste-oriented socialist parties in modern Indian democracy si
 nce 1989? Why have these parties faced repeated difficulties in constructi
 ng a progressive 'third force' vis-a-vis the traditionally dominant Congre
 ss and Hindu nationalist BJP? What explains the politics\, policies and pe
 rformance of Third Front governments in New Delhi? To what extent have the
 se parties reshaped the agendas\, strategies and prospects of their nation
 al rivals? And why does the idea of a third force\, despite its deteriorat
 ing political fortunes since the late 1990s\, persist in contemporary Indi
 an democracy? This talk will address these questions. It demonstrates the 
 paradoxes of power in a federal parliamentary system such as India\, which
  create incentives to forge national coalition governments\, yet decrease 
 their chances of surviving. In such circumstances\, the strategies\, tacti
 cs and choices of political actors become especially significant in determ
 ining historic outcomes. Ruparelia argues the failure of the broader India
 n left to judge its real possibilities has led to its gradual dissolution 
 as a collective political formation.<br>
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