Democracy in India. Edited by Niraja Gopal Jayal

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Jayal, Niraja Gopal [edited by ]

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TextLanguage: English Series: Themes in Politics Series | Oxford in India readings., Themes in politicsPublication details: Oxford University Press, New Delhi: 2001Description: xxii, 571 pISBN:

9780195655612

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DDC classification:

321.80954 DEM

Contents:

'Democracy under the Raj : elections and separate representation in British India / James Chiriyankandath -- The rhetoric of democracy and development in late colonial India / David Washbrook -- The crisis of the moderate state and the decline of democracy / Rajni Kothari -- Political change in a democratic developing country / Atul Kohli -- Demand polity and command polity / Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- The state and democracy in India or what happened to welfare, secularism, and development / Niraja Gopal Jayal -- The culture of representative democracy / Sudipta Kaviraj -- Power and knowledge in development discourse : new social movements and the state in India / Pramod Parajuli -- The democratic rite: celebration and participation in the Indian elections / Walter Hauser and Wendy Singer -- Hunger and public action / Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen -- The puzzle of Indian democracy : a consociational interpretation / Arend Lijphart -- Economic development and political democracy : interaction of economics and politics in independent India / Deepak Nayyar -- The political economy of reform in India / Pranab Bardhan -- Ballot box and local power: elections in an Indian village / Subrata K. Mitra -- Democracy and decentralization in Karnataka (India) / Richard C. Crook and James Manor -- The anti-caste movement and the discourse of power / Gail Omvedt -- Hindu nationalism and democracy / Christophe Jaffrelot.

Summary: This volume brings together the finest scholarly writings on several dimensions of India's democracy. It analyzes India's experiment with democracy and its successes and failures. It also situates Indian democracy in the context of the basic principles of democratic theory as well as contemporary debates about the relationship of democracy with civil society, cultural diversity, and development.

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'Democracy under the Raj : elections and separate representation in British India / James Chiriyankandath --
The rhetoric of democracy and development in late colonial India / David Washbrook --
The crisis of the moderate state and the decline of democracy / Rajni Kothari --
Political change in a democratic developing country / Atul Kohli --
Demand polity and command polity / Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph --
The state and democracy in India or what happened to welfare, secularism, and development / Niraja Gopal Jayal --
The culture of representative democracy / Sudipta Kaviraj --
Power and knowledge in development discourse : new social movements and the state in India / Pramod Parajuli --
The democratic rite: celebration and participation in the Indian elections / Walter Hauser and Wendy Singer --
Hunger and public action / Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen --
The puzzle of Indian democracy : a consociational interpretation / Arend Lijphart --
Economic development and political democracy : interaction of economics and politics in independent India / Deepak Nayyar --
The political economy of reform in India / Pranab Bardhan --
Ballot box and local power: elections in an Indian village / Subrata K. Mitra --
Democracy and decentralization in Karnataka (India) / Richard C. Crook and James Manor --
The anti-caste movement and the discourse of power / Gail Omvedt --
Hindu nationalism and democracy / Christophe Jaffrelot.

This volume brings together the finest scholarly writings on several dimensions of India's democracy. It analyzes India's experiment with democracy and its successes and failures. It also situates Indian democracy in the context of the basic principles of democratic theory as well as contemporary debates about the relationship of democracy with civil society, cultural diversity, and development.

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