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Political Representation in the Discourse and Practices of the "Party of the Common Man" in India
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Abstract One of the many challenges presented by populism concerns its relationship with political representation. What happens when an anti-politics movement wins elections? This article offers an analysis of the exercise of power by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, Party of the Common Man), which has been ruling ... mehr
One of the many challenges presented by populism concerns its relationship with political representation. What happens when an anti-politics movement wins elections? This article offers an analysis of the exercise of power by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, Party of the Common Man), which has been ruling the city-state of Delhi since 2015, in order to bring elements of answer to this question. On the basis of discourse analysis as well as direct observation of meetings, the article first identifies a series of populist tropes in the official discourse of the AAP, including a de-emphasis on representation to the advantage of participation. It then describes the two main participatory schemes implemented by the AAP government since 2015, and shows that these generate, in different ways, a magnification of the mediation work that is central to political representation at the local level in the Indian context. Finally, the article argues that the party has been developing, through these participatory schemes, a form of "inclusive representation" (Hayat, 2013), in which inclusion is linked to mobilization.... weniger
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Aam Aadmi Party; India; mediation; participatory democracy; political representation; populism
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 179-188
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics and Governance, 7 (2019) 3
Heftthema
Rethinking Representation: Representative Claims in Global Perspective
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)