Bilal Baloch on Indira Gandhi, India's Emergency, and the Importance of Ideas in Politics
Democracy Paradox
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The Power of the Idea
In the book, you write that interests are simply one form of idea. Can you talk a little bit about how interests are really just a different way of thinking about ideas? You know much of political science assumes a certain set of rational motivations and assumptions around behavior,. So decision makers and leaders in a place like india, their politics is invariably going to be motivated by power... They will do whatever it takes to maintain power.
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