Eliminating corruption is seen as a practice that supports democratic governance. We argue, however, that particular anticorruption politics in contemporary India can damage the project of democratic deepening, because elites often deploy these politics against the representation of the marginalized. Anticorruption politics can subvert democratic deepening by challenging as corrupt the means by which the parties of the marginalized mobilize resources to compete in elections and by selectively targeting lower-caste political leaders for indictment on corruption charges within an overall discriminatory politics of deservedness. Anticorruption governance by parties in power seriously hinders the provision of welfare to the poor because of the technocratic and centralizing character of the governance reforms. We argue overall that while corruption is indeed damaging to democracy, elite anticorruption politics can also represent a significant barrier to democratic deepening and welfare.

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印度的反腐败政治与民主深化和福利

消除腐败被视为一种支持民主治理的做法。然而，我们认为，当代印度的特殊反腐败政治可能会破坏民主深化的项目，因为精英们经常使用这些政治反对边缘化群体的代表。反腐败政治可以通过挑战被边缘化的政党动员资源参加选举的方式作为腐败来颠覆民主深化，并在应得的整体歧视性政治中选择性地针对低种姓政治领导人以腐败指控起诉。执政党的反腐败治理严重阻碍了向穷人提供福利，因为治理改革的技术性和集中性特征。