TY - BOOK AU - Berenschot, Ward AU - Bagchi, Sarthak AU - Vignesh, Karthik KR TI - The Oligarchisation of India's Democracy: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha PB - Economic and Political Weekly KW - India's Democracy KW - Parliamentary Elections KW - Political and Economic Power KW - Oligarchisation N2 - The intensifying fusion of political and economic power in India is discussed. Employing data on the wealth and background of politicians, it is shown that over the last 20 years, India's politicians have not only become much wealthier but also more commo UR - https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/2024_59/48/salix48301124election-splward-berenschot_1.pdf ER -