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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alf Gunvald Nilsen , Kenneth Bo Nielsen , Anand VaidyaPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Weight: 0.259kg ISBN: 9780745338927ISBN 10: 0745338925 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 20 March 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback 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 Contents"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 - Sandpito Dasgupta ii. The Minority Question in South Asia - Anupama Rao iii. Violence and/in the Making of Indian Democracy - Sunil Puroshotham iv. Comments - Ajay Skaria 2. The State and / of the Media in Modi's India - Siddharth Varadarajan 3. Writing Counter-insurgency, Conflict, and Democracy in India - Nandini Sundar and Dolly Kikon in conversation 4. Democratic Trajectories i. Congressism, Anti-Congressism, and the ""People-as-a-Whole"" - Subir Sinha ii. Merit and Caste in Contemporary India - Ajantha Subramanian iii. Ritual Inclusivity in Turbulent Times - Kathinka Froystad iv. Comments - Manali Desai 5. India's Democracy: Contest for the Nation's Core - Kavita Krishnan 6. Feminism and the Politics of Gender in Indian Democracy - Raka Ray and Srila Roy in conversation Conclusion: Indian Democracy and its Prospects: 2019 and Beyond - Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Anand Vaidya"Reviews'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 Dispossession and Resistance in India: The River and the Rage (Routledge, 2010), We Make Our Own History: Marxism and Social Movements in the Twilight of Neoliberalism (Pluto Press, 2014), and Adivasis and the State: Subalternity and Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland (Cambridge University Press, 2018). 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 (Anthem Press, 2018), and the co-editor of several books on Indian society and politics. Anand Vaidya is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Reed College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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