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OverviewExamining the relationship between sedition and liberal democracies, particularly in India, this book looks at the biography of sedition laws, its contradictory position against free speech, and democratic ethics. Recent sedition cases registered in India show that the law in its wide and diverse deployment was used against agitators in a community-based pro-reservation movement, group of university students for their alleged 'anti-national' statements, anti-liquor activists, and anti-nuclear movement, to name a few. Set against its contemporary use, this book has used sedition as a lens to probe the fate of political speech in liberal democracy. The lived reality of the law of sedition in changing anthropological sites is juxtaposed with its positivist existence. Anushka Singh uses a comparative framework keeping in focus the Indian experience backed by fieldwork in Haryana, Maharashtra, and Delhi, and includes a comparative perspective from England, the USA, and Australia to contribute to debates on sedition within liberal democracies at large, especially in the wake of the proliferation of counter-terror legislations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anushka Singh (, Ambedkar University Delhi)Publisher: OUP India Imprint: OUP India Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 0.462kg ISBN: 9780199481699ISBN 10: 0199481695 Pages: 406 Publication Date: 29 March 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAnushka Singh is assistant professor at the School of Law, Governance and Citizenship, Ambedkar University Delhi, India. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |