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Corruption and representative democracy [1]

The anti-corruption campaign has shown that a desperate public demands an immediate solution. Citizens have got a taste of direct democracy which is frightening for the privileged manipulators of the system, but liberating for the poor who are usually manipulated. While what the future holds cannot be predicted, the prize at this juncture of the history of Indian democracy is indeed so great that the compulsion in favour of the Jan Lokpal Bill is overwhelming.

Publication Date: 
07/09/2011
Amit Bhaduri [2]
Economic and Political Weekly [3]
46
36
15-17
Tags:
Corruption [4], Anna Hazare [5], India [6], Governance [7], Public Participation [8], Parliament [9], Private Sector [10], Legislation [11]
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