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INDIAN DEMOCRACY
MEANINGS AND PRACTICES |
| By: |
Rajendra Vora (Editor), Suhas Palshikar (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£42.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0761997903 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780761997900 |
| Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Pub. date: |
11 December, 2003 |
| Pages: |
428 |
| Synopsis: |
This volume examines how Indian democracy has survived the challenges posed by widespread illiteracy, poverty, secessionism and communalism-problems that have felled the fledgling democratic institutions of so many post-colonial societies. The contributors locate the reason for the resilience of Indian democracy in its history-that it was the product of a gradual evolution and not of a sudden imposition from above.The essays in the volume, however, show that despite having stood the test of time, Indian democracy is not a democracy in any substantive sense. The economic policies of successive governments since 1985 have been basically anti-people; rampant casteism, communalism, and the use of money and muscle power have infiltrated the body politic. Mass mobilization has been powered by hate, making it a feature more typical of a nascent neo-fascist state than of a democracy. The `substantialization of democracy'-proper representation and people's participation in decision making-still remains a distant ideal. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
SAGE Publications Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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