A dynastic cycle is a periodic alternation of society between despotism and anarchy. In a society of farmers, rulers, and bandits, population growth simultane- ously impoverishes farmers and reduces ...

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The ruling BJP is considered to be less dynastic than the former ruling Congress party Is India's politics becoming less dynastic? Serving up some revealing data on the stranglehold of family and ...

Strong electoral competition is imperative for a functioning democracy and it only increases if every individual has an equal right to contest and participate in politics. Theoretically and ...

Is dynastic politics dead in India? Quite the contrary, says Kanchan Chandra, professor of politics at New York University who, in a recent paper titled ‘Hardly the End of Dynastic Rule’, reveals that ...

Stratfor’s Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker discusses the historical cycle of China’s dynastic territorial expansion and contraction and explains ...

Although we have adopted the Westminster form of parliamentary democracy, it has been presidential most of the time in practice. People do not have the time, energy and political acumen to distinguish ...

The Nehru Gandhis: Those pictured have been Members of Parliament at some point. From left to right photos: Uma Nehru, JL Nehru, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Feroze Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Arun Nehru, Sonia ...