L'Inde, démocratie dynastique ou démocratie lignagère ?
India: Dynastic Democracy or Lineage Democracy? In India, the hereditary nature of political functions is a tradition dating back to the beginning of the Republic. The princes who entered the electoral arena after 1947 were the first to observe a practice well in accordance with their ancestors’...
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| 格式: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| 語言: | Français |
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2007
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| 在線閱讀: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| 總結: | India: Dynastic Democracy or Lineage Democracy?
In India, the hereditary nature of political functions is a tradition dating back to the beginning of the Republic. The princes who entered
the electoral arena after 1947 were the first to observe a practice well in
accordance with their ancestors’ dynastical logic. These heirs were nevertheless dismissed from the political game when they demonstrateda lack of any
political devotion to the state. Such a rule is perfectly well illustrated by the
Scindia lineage who recently inaugurated its third generation of members of
parliament. The Nehru/Gandhi family incarnates the resonance of the
dynastical repertory in the Indian policy in a more continuous way. But then
again, nothing is automatic in the perpetuation of generations in power,
either because the heirs are rejected by the electorate or they do not wish
pursue their ancestors’ activity. All in all, Indian politics seems to reflect a
logic of lineage rather than dynasty, even if the modes of succession at the
head of certain regional political parties has apparently been challenging such
a model in recent years. |
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