At home with democracy : a theory of Indian politics / D.L. Sheth ; edited with an introduction by Peter Ronald deSouza.
Sheth, D. L., 1936- author.; deSouza, Peter Ronald, 1956- editor, writer of introduction.
2018
JC423
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Title At home with democracy : a theory of Indian politics / D.L. Sheth ; edited with an introduction by Peter Ronald deSouza.
Author Sheth, D. L., 1936- author.
ISBN 9789811064128 (electronic book)
9811064121 (electronic book)
9811064113
9789811064111
Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Call Number JC423
Dewey Decimal Classification 320
Summary This book presents numerous discussions of specific aspects of democratic politics, showing how `democracy' can be projected as a model of deliberate imperfection - a model that tolerates various loose ends in the system - and how democracy recognizes a multiplicity of possible courses open to the system at any point in time. Against this backdrop, the book carefully analyzes the lifetime work of D.L. Sheth, which, seen as a whole, offers us with a theory of Indian politics. The selection of fifteen essays has been clustered into five sections that signify the major domains of democratic politics: State, Nation, Democracy; Parapolitics of Democracy; Social Power and Democracy; Representation in Liberal Democracy; and Emerging Challenges of Democracy. These essays give a sense of the transformations and struggles that are underway in India, brought about by the dynamics of democratic politics. Each of the fifteen chapters focuses on one aspect, providing a unique analysis of the deepening of democracy in India.
Note This book presents numerous discussions of specific aspects of democratic politics, showing how `democracy' can be projected as a model of deliberate imperfection - a model that tolerates various loose ends in the system - and how democracy recognizes a multiplicity of possible courses open to the system at any point in time. Against this backdrop, the book carefully analyzes the lifetime work of D.L. Sheth, which, seen as a whole, offers us with a theory of Indian politics. The selection of fifteen essays has been clustered into five sections that signify the major domains of democratic politics: State, Nation, Democracy; Parapolitics of Democracy; Social Power and Democracy; Representation in Liberal Democracy; and Emerging Challenges of Democracy. These essays give a sense of the transformations and struggles that are underway in India, brought about by the dynamics of democratic politics. Each of the fifteen chapters focuses on one aspect, providing a unique analysis of the deepening of democracy in India.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction: A Political theory of Indian Democracy / by Peter Ronald deSouza
Section I: State, Nation, Democracy
Chapter 1: Historicizing India's Nationhood: History as Contemporary Politics
Chapter 2: State-Nation Building: The Making of Liberal Democracy
Chapter 3: Crisis of Political Authority
Section II: Parapolitics of Democracy
Chapter 4: Civil Society and Non-party Political Formations
Chapter 5: Transformative Politics of Grassroots Movements
Chapter 6: Law and Outcasts of Development
Section III: Social Power and Democracy
Chapter 7: Secularization of Caste and the Making of the New Middle-Class
Chapter 8: The Dalit Question in Four Frames
Chapter 12: The Great Language Debate: Politics of Metropolitan Versus Vernacular India
Section IV: Representation in Liberal Democracy
Chapter 10: Interests and Identities: The Changing Politics of Representation
Chapter 11: Minority Politics: The Shifting Terms of Policy Discourse
Chapter 12: Growth of Communal Polarization in Gujarat and the Making of a Hindutva Laboratory
Section V: Emerging Challenges of Democracy
Chapter 13: Revisiting the Reservations Policy
Chapter 14: Entering the Twenty-first Century: Changes in National Politics and Discourse
Chapter 15: Democratizing Global Governance: A Minimalist Perspective.

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