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. The volume addresses the crucial concern as to whether the state has contributed to the decline of democracy or whether democratic politics has undermined the states capability to govern the city. It…mehr
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. The volume addresses the crucial concern as to whether the state has contributed to the decline of democracy or whether democratic politics has undermined the states capability to govern the city. It discusses India's unique experience of negotiating cultural diversity through democratic institutional mechanisms.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Niraja Gopal Jayal is Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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* 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 Drèze 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.
* 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 Drèze 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.
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