India has the full formal apparatus of a liberal democracy: frequent elections that are mostly free, an independent judiciary, a free press, and perhaps most importantly, autonomous centers of economic and political power. These formal institutions exist alongside informal institutions that are simultaneously supportive of political pluralism and micro-authoritarian in nature. The diffuse nature of political power in India implies that the Indian state is resistant to a military coup, almost uniquely so in the Third World.
The Rise of Narendra Modi
The Rise of Narendra Modi
The Rise of Narendra Modi
India has the full formal apparatus of a liberal democracy: frequent elections that are mostly free, an independent judiciary, a free press, and perhaps most importantly, autonomous centers of economic and political power. These formal institutions exist alongside informal institutions that are simultaneously supportive of political pluralism and micro-authoritarian in nature. The diffuse nature of political power in India implies that the Indian state is resistant to a military coup, almost uniquely so in the Third World.