by Andrew Chen | Apr 15, 2026 | Boston University
Recently, India has been experiencing some forms of democratic backsliding. According to Nancy Bermeo’s “On Democratic Backsliding”, she depicts democratic backsliding as “the weakening and disassembling of a given set of democratic institutions”. Democratic...
by Vedavi Kavoori | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University
Within the past decade, political institutions have listed India’s democracy in a steady decline. The V-Dem Institute lists India as #100 out of 179 countries, classifying it as an “electoral autocracy,” citing the excessive pressures on media and challenges to civil...
by Jacob Johnston | Dec 15, 2025 | Georgia State University Perimeter College
Democratic Erosion in the United States and India Intro From 2024-2025, India’s democratic erosion is deeper because of opaque party finance, and because pressures on civil society have made political competition less fair and accountability harder to enforce....
by Emma Akang | Dec 5, 2025 | University of Georgia
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) exemplifies how the application of a supposedly technical citizenship law can subvert the democratic boundaries between “citizens” and “non-citizens.” By making provisions for the expedited...
by Katie Power | Nov 14, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
In 2019, India’s government passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which offers non-Muslim religious minorities from neighboring countries a fast-track pass to Indian citizenship. Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims that this policy intends to give sanctuary to...
