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Imke Harbers
Imke Harbers is Associate Professor of political science at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on subnational politics, State capacity, and State-society interactions, with a specific emphasis on the territorial reach of the State. She is a Co-editor of the Journal Regional and Federal Studies. Imke has held visiting positions at the University of California, San Diego, and her recent research was funded by a Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Commission.
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How democratic are the states of India?
India is often credited for its success as the world’s largest democracy – but does the degree of democracy vary across Indian states? This article develops an index to map the development of subnational democracy across states over time. Drawing on newly assembled data for 1985-2013, it demonstrates that threats to subnational democracy come from multiple directions, including the central government and non-State armed actors.
