Elections as communitas

Banerjee, Mukulika ORCID: 0009-0002-0309-2214 (2011) Elections as communitas. Social Research, 78 (1). pp. 75-98. ISSN 0037-783X

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Abstract

This essay examines the state of elections within India and discusses why voter turnout remains at approximately 60 percent in a nation where the citizens realize that the material conditions of their lives will not improve from one election to the next. The state of Indian democracy is discussed, and the author concludes that the electoral process provides a sense of community and egalitarianism that suspends the rules of typical social order.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.newschool.edu/cps/social-research/
Additional Information:	© 2011 The New School
Divisions:	Anthropology
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2011 10:46
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 23:52
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/32038

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