• India's Election: A Democracy Without Freedom? (w/ Alpa Shah)

  • Apr 29 2024
  • Durata: 29 min
  • Podcast
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India's Election: A Democracy Without Freedom? (w/ Alpa Shah)

  • Riassunto

  • India's elections are the world's largest. But in a context in which Modi's political opponents are subject to arbitrary arrest, can we really call the country a democracy?


    LSE Anthropologist Alpa Shah thinks we shouldn't, and in her new book 'The Incarcerations' she explains how the arrest of 16 intellectuals and activists symbolises India's slide into authoritarianism, and even fascism.


    **This is a free preview of a paid episode. To listen to the full interview sign up at patreon.com/crashcoursepod**


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Sintesi dell'editore

India's elections are the world's largest. But in a context in which Modi's political opponents are subject to arbitrary arrest, can we really call the country a democracy?


LSE Anthropologist Alpa Shah thinks we shouldn't, and in her new book 'The Incarcerations' she explains how the arrest of 16 intellectuals and activists symbolises India's slide into authoritarianism, and even fascism.


**This is a free preview of a paid episode. To listen to the full interview sign up at patreon.com/crashcoursepod**


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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