Source: Freedom and Flourishing
by Winton Bates
“Babones argues that ‘India’s democracy is in better shape than that of just about any other developing country.’ His central claim is that India’s democracy is historically exceptional. He emphasizes that India is the only large, poor, post‑colonial society to maintain continuous electoral democracy for more than seven decades. Unlike Western democracies, which evolved gradually over centuries, India launched universal suffrage at independence despite widespread illiteracy and immense cultural diversity. For Babones, this makes India not a fragile democracy but an extraordinary one – a global outlier whose success cannot be understood through Western liberal frameworks.” (05/27/26)
https://www.freedomandflourishing.com/2026/05/is-indian-democracy-extraordinary.html