Retrospection or Issue Ownership: Foreign Policy Campaign Strategies in Indian Party Manifestos

• In Event: Indian Elections 2024: Political Campaigns

Brief Overview

Do international crises affect how political parties campaign around foreign affairs? This paper uses an original dataset of Indian election manifestos to explore when parties focus on incumbent performance or their own enduring ideological goals.

Authors

• Eyal I Hanfling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Emily Tallo, Indiana University-Bloomington