Understanding Political Developments In India

This class, which focuses mostly on the ‘domestic’ politics of India, has multiple aims. In addition to providing an overview of political developments in India since independence, the seminar assesses the nature of democratic participation and representation in contemporary India – the world’s largest democracy. While the assigned readings for this course have India as their sole focus class participants are encouraged to think comparatively not only across the cases discussed in class but also look at other nations so that we can better understand representation in political life in India.