Friday, February 5, 2010
Collective Action and Cooperation in Politics
In India, elections are won by the equation E=MC2 i.e. elections are won by money, caste and crime and also each party has its hold in a particular region so no one gets a majority as a result of which the parties go for collective action and cooperation. In this the public has a benefit because it evades the huge cost of re-election but on the flip side there are lot of disadvantages as politicians start giving threat that if their demands are not fulfilled they will withdraw their support and in lieu of this they demand special ministry.
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GAURAV
We can see three collective action (at least) here:
1. the political parties uniting to form government.
2. they uniting to form or create pressure on the government.
3. the government uniting to work for these parties rather than the people.
Now the CAC which has got greater power will exercise its force and will lead the government. But there is one more CAC and that is the CAC of people. If it comes into play (as it came in many of the states like that of BIHAR) then it can produce the most powerful effect and the theory of E=MC2 as propsed by you is lost.
People is the ultimate say in democracy and THE CAC of this people is the most important thing.
I have serious apprehensions to generalise the election and politics as the game of muscle,money and corruption in India.There are majority instances that people from humble backgrounds have made their own to parliament and assemblies and even become head of the states.
Lal Bahadur Shastri,Morar ji bhai,H D Devegowda, A K Anthony,Atal Behari Vajpayee are few of them.
As far as this equation is concerned,if it is applicable to politics and elections;then it is more applicable to Business World,Bureaucracy,Judiciary and Media.If time will permit,I would substantiate it through various evidences...
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