Success of India's Democracy

Name: Success of India's Democracy
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ISBN: 9780521805308

ISBN-10: 0521805309

ISBN-13: 9780521805308

Edition: 2001

Authors: Atul Kohli, Jan Breman, G. P. Hawthorn, Ayesha Jalal, Patricia Jeffery

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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 worlds 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. These themes are addressed by the editor in…

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List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/6/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.94" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Ayesha Jalal is the Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University. Her books include "Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia," "Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam since 1850," and "The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League, and the Demand for Pakistan."



List of contributors


Acknowledgements



Introduction Atul Kohli



Historical Origins



Indian democracy: the historical inheritance Sumit Sarkar



Political Institutions and Democratic Consolidation



Indiaï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s 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



Bibliography


Index