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Democracy in India

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford India paperbacksPublication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press, 2009Description: XXVI, 571 Seiten : DiagrammeISBN:
  • 9780195691573
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.954 JAY
Contents:
LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ; INTRODUCTION (NIRAJA GOPAL JAYAL): ; I INDIAN DEMOCRACY PREFIGURED ; 1. Democracy under the Raj: Elections and Separate Representation in British India (James Chiriyankandath); ; 2. The Rhetoric of Democracy and Development in Late Colonial India (David Washbrook); ; II DEMOCRACY AND THE STATE ; 3. The Crisis of the Moderate State and the Decline of Democracy (Rajni Kothari); ; 4. Political Change in a Democratic Developing Country (Atul Kohli); ; 5. Demand Polity and command Polity (Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph); ; 6. The State and Democracy in India or What happened to Welfare, Secularism, and Development (Niraja Gopal Jayal; ; III DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY ; 7. The Culture of representative Democracy (Sudipta Kaviraj); ; 8. Power and Knowledge in Development Discourse: New Social Movements and the State in India (Pramod Parajuli); ; 9. The Democratic Rite: Celebration and Participation in the Indian Elections (Walter Hauser and Wendy Singer); ; 10. Hunger and Public Action; (Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen); ; 11. The Puzzle of Indian Democracy: A Consociational Interpretation (Arend Lijphart); ; IV DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT ; 12. Economic Development and Political Democracy: Interaction and Economies and Politics in Independent India (Deepak Nayyar); ; 13. The Political Economy of Reform in India (Pranab Bardhan); V DEMOCRACY, LOCALITY, AND REGION ; 14. Ballot Box and Local Power: Elections in an Indian Village (Subrata K. Mitra); ; 15. Democracy and Decentralization in Karnataka (India) (Richard C. Crook and James Manor); ; VI THE FUTURE OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY ; 16. The Anti-caste Movement and the Discourse of Power (Gail Omvedt); ; 17. Hindu Nationalism and Democracy (Christophe Jaffrelot); ; ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.
Summary: The volume-in the Themes in Politics series-presents essays on Indias experience with democracy. It evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the democratic set-up in the country and the varied descriptions, interpretations, and explanations of it.
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Collection of articles by various authors, most previoulsy published.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [535]-550) and index.

LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ; INTRODUCTION (NIRAJA GOPAL JAYAL): ; I INDIAN DEMOCRACY PREFIGURED ; 1. Democracy under the Raj: Elections and Separate Representation in British India (James Chiriyankandath); ; 2. The Rhetoric of Democracy and Development in Late Colonial India (David Washbrook); ; II DEMOCRACY AND THE STATE ; 3. The Crisis of the Moderate State and the Decline of Democracy (Rajni Kothari); ; 4. Political Change in a Democratic Developing Country (Atul Kohli); ; 5. Demand Polity and command Polity (Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph); ; 6. The State and Democracy in India or What happened to Welfare, Secularism, and Development (Niraja Gopal Jayal; ; III DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY ; 7. The Culture of representative Democracy (Sudipta Kaviraj); ; 8. Power and Knowledge in Development Discourse: New Social Movements and the State in India (Pramod Parajuli); ; 9. The Democratic Rite: Celebration and Participation in the Indian Elections (Walter Hauser and Wendy Singer); ; 10. Hunger and Public Action; (Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen); ; 11. The Puzzle of Indian Democracy: A Consociational Interpretation (Arend Lijphart); ; IV DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT ; 12. Economic Development and Political Democracy: Interaction and Economies and Politics in Independent India (Deepak Nayyar); ; 13. The Political Economy of Reform in India (Pranab Bardhan); V DEMOCRACY, LOCALITY, AND REGION ; 14. Ballot Box and Local Power: Elections in an Indian Village (Subrata K. Mitra); ; 15. Democracy and Decentralization in Karnataka (India) (Richard C. Crook and James Manor); ; VI THE FUTURE OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY ; 16. The Anti-caste Movement and the Discourse of Power (Gail Omvedt); ; 17. Hindu Nationalism and Democracy (Christophe Jaffrelot); ; ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.

The volume-in the Themes in Politics series-presents essays on Indias experience with democracy. It evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the democratic set-up in the country and the varied descriptions, interpretations, and explanations of it.

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