The role of political parties in building democracy in India and Pakistan. A party-oriented approach towards democratisation processes
The role of political parties in building democracy in India and Pakistan. A party-oriented approach towards democratisation processes
Author(s): Agnieszka Nitza-MakowskaSubject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Electoral systems, Developing nations, Politics and religion, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Collegium Civitas
Keywords: democracy in Asia; party system in India; party system in Pakistan; nuclear weapon states; criminalisation of politics
Summary/Abstract: Political parties in India and Pakistan consider democracy a desirable regime for their countries. In order to introduce their own vision of a democratic state, they violate rules of free and fair elections, undermining the very procedures that constitute democracy. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League made different kinds of impacts on the democratisation processes in India and Pakistan respectively. In just a few years, the Indian National Congress, contrary to its counterpart in Pakistan, introduced a constitution and organised elections.
Journal: Securitologia
- Issue Year: 1/2016
- Issue No: 23
- Page Range: 159-175
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English