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Democracy and impunity : the politics of policing in modern India /

In 'Democracy and Impunity', Alexander Lee examines the politics of law enforcement in India and why the police perform so poorly across multiple dimensions. Lee shows that high levels of impunity in India are the result of two interdependent policy choices - the Indian police are severely...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lee, Alexander (Alexander Mark) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:	Modern South Asia series.
Subjects:	Police > India. Police administration > Political aspects > India. Impunity > India. Impunité > Inde. Comparative Politics. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Law Enforcement. Asian. World. Social services & welfare, criminology. True Crime. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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