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Strongmen

Thinking Allowed

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'Saffron Popsene' - The Soundtrack to a Set of Policies

Ruth Bhatnagar's interview with cristo jaffrilo, professor of indian politics and sociology at king's college london. i wonder whether you see prime minister norendra modi as fitti into her pantheon of strong men, leaders and authoritarian rule. For me, we see to day the maki of a new political regime, a regime that is certainly authoritarian, but in which the leader needs to take the risk of some election. Of course, he will try not to lose by distorting the electoral process. But still, there is some competition, and therefore we have a populist regime, because this is what the populice does, he gets

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