In 1992, India conducted the world’s largest experiment in local democracy. The 73rd amendment to the Indian Constitution, passed that year, devolved substantial authority over policy implementation to millions of elected...
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Migrants and Machine Politics: How India's Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness (Princeton University Press, 2023)
by CASI Director Tariq Thachil & CASI Non-Resident Visiting Scholar Adam Auerbach (American University)
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Who Knows How to Govern? Procedural Knowledge in India's Small-Town Councils
Tariq Thachil, Adam Auerbach, and Shikhar Singh
American Political Science Review, July 31, 2024