The Success of India's Democracy

Published by Cambridge University Press (2001), Cambridge, 2001

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orig.boards Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, xiv,298 pp, Series: Contemporary South Asia, 6. Contains 10 papers. Includes: Historical Origins: Indian democracy: the historical inheritance [Sumit Sarkar]; Political Institutions and Democratic Consolidation: India's federal design and multicultural national construction [Jyotirindra Dasgupta]; Center-state relations [ James Manor]; Making local government work [Subrata K. Mitra]; Redoing the constitutional design: from an interventionist to a regulatory state [ Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph]; The dialectics of Hindu nationalism [Amrita Basu]; Social Demands and Democratic Deepening: The struggle for equality: caste in Indian politics [Myron Weiner]; Sharing the spoils: group equity, development and democracy [Pranab Bardhan]; Social movement politics in India: institutions, interest, and identities [Mary Katzenstein, Smitu Kothari, and Uday Mehta]. ["How has democracy taken root in India in the face of a low-income economy, widespread poverty, illiteracy, and immense ethnic diversity? Atul Kohli brings together some of the world's leading scholars of Indian politics to consider this intriguing anomaly. They do so by focusing, not so much on socio-economic factors, but rather on the ways in which power is distributed in India. Two processes have guided the negotiation of power conflicts. First, a delicate balance has been struck between the forces of centralization and decentralization and, second, the interests of the powerful in society have been served without excluding those on the margins.." - Publisher's description]. …

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Title
The Success of India's Democracy
Author
Kohli, Atul; editor:
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (2001), Cambridge
Publication year
2001
Condition
Minor rubbing. VG.
Binding
Hardcover

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