Eswaran Sridharan

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Checkbook Elections?: India

Despite the vibrancy of its democracy, India has struggled mightily to regulate political finance in ways that would both contain the costs of elections and curb impropriety in their funding.

· May 16, 2016
Oxford University Press
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Does India’s Congress Party Have a Future?
October 21, 2015

In the 2014 general election, the Indian National Congress party suffered its worst electoral defeat on record. This decline has raised questions about whether India’s “grand old party” can recapture its past glories.

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Checkbook Elections: Political Finance in Comparative Perspective

In India, the state’s strong involvement in the economy, together with costly elections, has incentivized shadowy links between business, the criminal underworld, and politicians, exacerbating corrupt practices.

· July 16, 2015
Global Integrity, Sunlight Foundation, and The Electoral Integrity Project