🆕 Getting good politicians into politics

Today on VoxDev, Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار (@PUPolitics Princeton School of Public & International Affairs) & Yasir Khan (@PittTweet) explore the impacts of encouraging ordinary citizens to run for office in Pakistan: voxdev.org/topic/institut…

I write in The Hindu on the extent to which people’s expectations for development have been fulfilled in the last five years.

For those living in Washington, a 2024 India election event featuring Sumitra Badrinathan, Gilles Verniers and others at AU School of International Service on Thursday, April 18: eventbrite.com/e/decoding-ind…

If the entire country can move towards a digital economy, there is no reason that political parties should not do the same, and receive all their money and make all their payments through digital means.

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By Jagdeep Chhokar

Launching: Ballot Ki Baat with Kartikeya Batra

Our visiting fellow Kartikeya (कार्तिकेय) will be giving you up to date analysis and insights on India's biggest electoral exercise on Mojo Story by barkha dutt

Stay tuned for more:
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How does federalism play into India's upcoming elections? How have quotas for women altered Indian politics? How does misinformation affect voters?

CASI's India in Transition brings you CASI Election Conversations 2024, a special interview series:
casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit

My article with Siddarth Swaminathan, and
Ashutosh Varshney on urban citizenship and democracy in India just out in American Journal of Sociology. How class and the nature of city governance shapes access to basic services.
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Read Rithika Kumar's terrific essay on the rise in women voters in India in today's Hindustan Times--the 7th installment in our #IndiaElects2024 collaboration. hindustantimes.com/india-news/und…

This is fascinating: Of the 417 candidates announced by the BJP thus far, 116 or 28% came from other parties. 37 alone came from the BJP’s arch-rival Congress Party.

New research quantifies the “Arnab” effect: arxiv.org/pdf/2404.01329…

- 60+% of debates feature pro-BJP/anti-opposition content
- Social media support primarily comes from BJP supporters
- Reciprocal flow of information between TV show & social media led by BJP leaders/influencers

Thread: After more than a year of work, we have now launched dataforindia.com, a public platform that seeks to expand access to Indian data for everyone, and deepen the understanding of the country that can come from this data

1/ Out now: our latest Carnegie Endowment #IndiaElects2024 essay by Rithika Kumar on the causes and consequences of rising female voter turnout in Indian elections carnegieendowment.org/2024/04/05/wha…

My essay in Foreign Affairs on how growing public and elite nationalism in rising powers can produce self-defeating foreign policy risks. This was as true of the United States in the 19th century as it is of India today.

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As I move on frm my fulltime role CPR India to start a new journey, super proud of what we achieved Accountability Initiative: frm #BudgetBriefs to #PAISA -india’s 1st large-scale citizen-led tracking surveys. Been an amazing ride made possible by several mentors & colleagues.. More soon..

If you're interested in data on India – covering everything from work to health to the economy – go check out Rukmini S's newly launched: dataforindia.com

A bit like Our World In Data, Data for India is a public platform full of charts *and* context for those numbers.

Ahead of India's general election, PM Modi forecasted the BJP winning at least 370 of 543 Lok Sabha seats, with the BJP-led NDA alliance exceeding 400 seats. Is this plausible? If so, which regions will contribute to the additional seats? Ronojoy Sen রণজয়
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Some evidence suggests that Modi’s popularity trumps economic considerations, and many voters choose the BJP irrespective of the party’s economic performance, writes Diego Maiorano
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Sharing a statement (EN/DE) signed with some wonderful fellow social scientists in or from Germany

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We criticize Germany's stance on the Israel / Gaza conflict as being out of line with its own values 1/n

Join us with a panel of experts as they discuss the Indian Elections- the world's largest exercise with over 900 million voters! Badri Narayan Sudha Pai Gilles Verniers Ronojoy Sen রণজয়
Register Now! tinyurl.com/ISASINDIAVOTES2

A time of transition is an opportunity for reflection. What does it mean to work on “policy” , be policy relevant in a to pursue the goal of “evidence”-based policy-making when the space for contestation and debate over ideas is shrinking?
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