Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Jul 2018 Political Science
'India since 1989 has witnessed fewer abuses of power by Prime Ministers than the United Kingdom experienced under either Margaret Thatcher or Tony Blair'. Whose statement is this?
AAtul Kohli
BGranville Austin
CJames Manor ✓ Correct
DChristophe Jaffrelot
Correct answer: (C) James Manor — This statement is by James Manor, a scholar of Indian state-society relations and coalition politics.
Explanation
★This statement is by James Manor, a scholar of Indian state-society relations and coalition politics.
★Manor argued that after 1989 the rise of coalition and multi-party competition limited any single Prime Minister's ability to concentrate or abuse power.
★He contrasts this with the United Kingdom, where strong single-party majorities under Thatcher and Blair allowed greater prime-ministerial dominance.
★Manor's wider work studies how regional parties, federal bargaining and intra-party checks disperse power in India.
★Atul Kohli writes on governability and state-directed development; Granville Austin on the Constitution; Jaffrelot on Hindu nationalism and caste.
★For NET, associate Manor with state politics, coalition-era dispersal of power, and the post-1989 multi-party system.
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