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100			_aDlam, Javeed
245			_aCan democratic centralism be conducive to democracy?
260			_c2009
300			_ap.37-42.
362			_a19 Sep
520			_aDemocratic 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.
650			_aDemocracy
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
908			_aN
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