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"This book offers an insight into the contribution of the Election Commission of India (EC) to the Indian democratic process through its regulatory role in conducting elections between 1990 and 2019. It elaborates upon the EC's interactions with pivotal state institutions - the parliament, the Supreme Court and political parties - to streamline democratic procedures during the aforementioned period. It demonstrates a comparison between important electoral procedures in India and those in other liberal democracies (Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa, among others) to highlight the role of electoral institutions in democratisation. It also studies the sociopolitical situatedness of the EC as a body that moulds the political culture in India"--
List of contents
Acknowledgements; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Institutions, Institutionalisation and Politics; 3. Transforming India and the Role of Election Commission; 4. Election Commission: Leading the Electoral Administration; 5. Political Parties, Event of Elections and Election Commission; 6. Contestant Information and Voters' Rights; 7. Election Violence; 8. Campaign Funding and Spending; 9. Initiatives to Raise Voter Participation; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography.
About the author
Manjari Katju is professor of Political Science at the University of Hyderabad, India, where she teaches courses on Indian and Comparative Politics. She has researched and written on various facets of Hindu nationalism as well as state institutions in India. She has authored the books Vishva Hindu Parishad and Indian Politics (2003) and Hinduising Democracy: The Vishva Hindu Parishad in Contemporary India (2017). Her research writings can also be found in journals like the Economic and Political Weekly, Studies in Indian Politics and Contemporary South Asia.
