One day's sultan: T.N. Seshan and Indian democracy

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-284

  Gilmartin, David ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL REFORM; SOVEREIGNTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 71049185946     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670904300203     Document Type: Article

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