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010			_a 2018320086
020			_a0199487278
082			_a324.780954 _bCOS
245	0	0	_aCosts of democracy :political finance in India
260			_aNew Delhi _bOUP _c2018
300			_axiii, 311p.
520			_aOne of the most troubling critiques of contemporary democracy is the inability of representative governments to regulate the deluge of money in politics. If it is impossible to conceive of democracies without elections, it is equally impractical to imagine elections without money. Costs of Democracy is an exhaustive, ground-breaking study of money in Indian politics that opens readers’ eyes to the opaque and enigmatic ways in which money flows through the political veins of the world’s largest democracy. Through original, in-depth investigation—drawing from extensive fieldwork on political campaigns, pioneering surveys, and innovative data analysis—the contributors in this volume uncover the institutional and regulatory contexts governing the torrent of money in politics; the sources of political finance; the reasons for such large spending; and how money flows, influences, and interacts with different tiers of government. The book raises uncomfortable questions about whether the flood of money risks washing away electoral democracy itself.
650		0	_aCampaign funds
650		0	_aDemocracy--Economic aspects
650		0	_aElection campaign -India
650		0	_aElection finance
650		0	_aPolitical finance
700	1		_aDevesh Kapur,Ed.
700	1		_a Milan Vaishnav,Ed.
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