COVID-19 and the Crisis in Indian Democracy
<p>In the recent global history of constitutional democracies, it is difficult to name a single crisis that has plagued them simultaneously, until the COVID-19 pandemic. The calamity brought in by the virus was universal. For governments, it presented an opportunity for crisis management witho...
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| description | <p>In the recent global history of constitutional democracies, it is difficult to name a single crisis that has plagued them simultaneously, until the COVID-19 pandemic. The calamity brought in by the virus was universal. For governments, it presented an opportunity for crisis management without compromising rights guarantees. Some countries have marginally succeeded in this test while in others, concerns of democratic decline were amplified. Three features defined the Indian response to COVID-19: lack of transparency, executive monopoly and suppression of dissent.</p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-f68b1bfcb49d4aa78154604699f9fad62022-12-22T02:13:58ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044COVID-19 and the Crisis in Indian DemocracyThulasi K. Raj<p>In the recent global history of constitutional democracies, it is difficult to name a single crisis that has plagued them simultaneously, until the COVID-19 pandemic. The calamity brought in by the virus was universal. For governments, it presented an opportunity for crisis management without compromising rights guarantees. Some countries have marginally succeeded in this test while in others, concerns of democratic decline were amplified. Three features defined the Indian response to COVID-19: lack of transparency, executive monopoly and suppression of dissent.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/covid-19-and-the-crisis-in-indian-democracy/COVID 19, India |
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