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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alf Gunvald Nilsen , Kenneth Bo Nielsen , Anand VaidyaPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Weight: 0.415kg ISBN: 9780745338934ISBN 10: 0745338933 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 20 March 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Trajectories and Crossroads: Indian Democracy at 70 - Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Anand Vaidya 1. Democratic Origins I: India’s Constitution and the Missing Revolution - Sandipto Dasgupta 2. Democratic Origins II: The Minority Question in South Asia - Anupama Rao 3. Democratic Origins III: Violence and/in the Making of Indian Democracy - Sunil Purushotham 4. Democratic Origins IV: Comment - Ajay Skaria 5. The State and/of the Media in Modi’s India - Siddharth Varadarajan 6. Writing Counter-insurgency, Conflict and Democracy - Nandini Sundar and Dolly Kikon 7. Democratic Trajectories I: Congressism, Anti-Congressism, and Composing the ‘People-as-a-Whole’ - Subir Sinha 8. Democratic Trajectories II: Merit and Caste in Contemporary India - Ajantha Subramanian 9. Democratic Trajectories III: Ritual Inclusivity in Turbulent Times - Kathinka Frøystad 10. Democratic Trajectories IV: Comment - Manali Desai 11. India’s Democracy: Contest for the Nation’s Core - Kavita Krishnan 12. Feminism and the Politics of Gender - Raka Ray and Srila Roy Conclusion: Indian Democracy and Its Prospects: 2019 and Beyond - Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Anand Vaidya About the Editors Notes on Contributors Notes IndexReviews'Like the stars at dawn, the institutions of democracy in India have lost their brightness one by one in recent years. Liberty, equality and solidarity are fading further away with this ominous metamorphosis. This engaging collection of essays is a major contribution to our understanding of the crisis of Indian democracy' -- Jean Dreze, co-author of 'An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions' 'Takes readers on a journey through the complex systems shaping socio-political life India. Each essay offers new ways of understanding how issues like neoliberalism, casteism, jingoism and Hindutva take shape in our nation's everyday reality. This is a great primer for anyone looking to critically engage with our idea of democracy with all its politics, pitfalls and peril' -- Jignesh Mevani, Activist 'A sharp understanding of the complexities of contemporary Indian democracy. With their ears to the ground, the contributors have created an incisive volume on the subject' -- Ram Puniyani, author of 'Deconstructing Terrorist Violence' 'How do we understand the threats now facing Indian democracy? This valuable book provides nuanced insights into processes that explain its current travails: the Constitution's missing revolution; identity, discrimination and marginalisation; pressures on and within the media; structured and unstructured violence - and much more' -- Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University 'If we want to know what's wrong with our present, we must know what's wrong with our past. This book offers insight into both. A three-dimensional view of India' -- Shehla Rashid, Activist 'Indian democracy is a veritable riddle with its constitution promising the moon to people but its state denying them even the basic right to voice their miseries. This book will certainly provoke readers who still see nothing wrong with the system' -- Anand Teltumbde, author of 'Republic of Caste' 'If we want to know what's wrong with our present, we must know what's wrong with our past. This book offers insight into both. A three-dimensional view of India' -- Shehla Rashid, Activist 'Indian democracy is a veritable riddle with its constitution promising the moon to people but its state denying them even the basic right to voice their miseries. The present saffron regime, its vilest product, has uncovered all of its smokescreens. This book will certainly provoke readers who still see nothing wrong with the system' -- Anand Teltumbde, author of 'Republic of Caste' Author InformationAlf Gunvald Nilsen is Professor of Sociology at University of Pretoria. He is the author of Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland among other books. Kenneth Bo Nielsen is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo. He is the author of Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India. Anand Vaidya is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Reed College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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