Sims, Kearrin (2023) The dual face of India’s democracy. East Asia Forum, 18 October 2023.

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Abstract

[Extract] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the 2023 G20 Summit in New Delhi by stating that ‘India’s G20 presidency has become a symbol of inclusion ... it has become a People’s G20’. This rhetoric gels well with the repeated adage that India is the world’s largest democracy and a bulwark of political freedom against expanding Chinese authoritarianism.

In reality, Modi’s leadership has advanced a politics of occlusion, implementing wide-ranging policies that erode political freedoms and silence advocates of inclusivity.

Item ID:	80738
Item Type:	Article (Editorial)
ISSN:	1839-0242
Keywords:	India; Democracy; civil liberties; human rights
Copyright Information:	This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported Licence.
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2023 06:42
FoR Codes:	44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4404 Development studies > 440405 Poverty, inclusivity and wellbeing @ 100%
SEO Codes:	23 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 2303 International relations > 230304 International political economy (excl. international trade) @ 100%
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