The Rise of Political Consultants in India’s Election Campaigns: Examining a New Causal Hypothesis

• In Event: Election and Campaigns in South Asia

Brief Overview

Over the last decade, political consulting firms have expanded well beyond advanced industrial democracies. Based on evidence from India, this paper offers a new causal framework to explain the rise of political consultants in the Global South.

Author

• Amogh Dhar Sharma, University of Oxford