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The India against Corruption Movement

The India against Corruption Movement

M. V. Rajeev Gowda, Purnima Prakash
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466660663|ISBN10: 146666066X|EISBN13: 9781466660670
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch015
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Gowda, M. V. Rajeev, and Purnima Prakash. "The India against Corruption Movement." Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age, edited by Ashu M. G. Solo, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 240-257. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch015

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Gowda, M. V. & Prakash, P. (2014). The India against Corruption Movement. In A. Solo (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age (pp. 240-257). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch015

Chicago

Gowda, M. V. Rajeev, and Purnima Prakash. "The India against Corruption Movement." In Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age, edited by Ashu M. G. Solo, 240-257. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch015

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Abstract

Activists demanding the establishment of an anti-corruption watchdog or “Lok Pal,” launched the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement. This chapter documents how IAC's leaders made astute use of mass media and social media to draw India's urban middle classes out onto the streets to protest against corruption in government. IAC succeeded in pressurising the Indian government to involve its activists in an effort to formulate an anti-corruption bill. A section of IAC has since launched the Aam Aadmi (Common Man) party, which has met with initial electoral success.

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