01120pab a2200169 454500 180718b2009 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Dlam, Javeed Can democratic centralism be conducive to democracy? 2009 p.37-42. 19 Sep Democratic centralism has generally been accepted as the principle for building communist organisations, whereas it was only meant to address the organisational demands of a particular historical context in Tsarist Russia. By institutionalising centralism and leaving democracy underfined, this organisational form has fostered authoritarian tendencies and undermined the growth of new ideas in the working class movement. This is seen in India where the engagement of the communist parties with democracy has remained ad hoc and untheorised. This article argues that democratic centralism has been an obstacle for the communist parties to be able to creatively respond to new situations and conditions. - Reproduced. Democracy Economic and Political Weekly N 83988 83988 83988 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 44, Issue no: 38 AR84448 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR