| Democracy in India Contributor(s): Jayal, Niraja Gopal (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195691571 ISBN-13: 9780195691573 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Comparative Politics |
| Dewey: 320.954 |
| LCCN: 2010290196 |
| Series: Themes in Politics |
| Physical Information: 598 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
