This volume critically unpacks the concept of 'political society', formulated as a response to the idea of civil society in a postcolonial context.
'Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic', warned Bhimrao Ambedkar, the principal architect of the country's constitution, a year into independence. The social order - the soil on which India's new democratic edifice was the…
'Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic', warned Bhimrao Ambedkar, the principal architect of the country's constitution, a year into independence. The social order - the soil on which India's new democratic edifice was the…
'Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic', warned Bhimrao Ambedkar, the principal architect of the country's constitution, a year into independence. The social order - the soil on which India's new democratic edifice was the…
Why Democracy Deepens explains how socio-economic changes in India are shaping its politics to promote grassroots democracy.
"Discusses the strategies of governance deployed by the mainstream Left in India"--
"Discusses the strategies of governance deployed by the mainstream Left in India"
"Discusses the strategies of governance deployed by the mainstream Left in India."
This book situates 'government as practice' as a prism for criticalthinking on democratic politics in postcolonial India.
"The democratic Left in India is in crisis. During the first decade of this century it slid from its highest parliamentary presence to virtual irrelevance. A key to its retrieval, this book argues, lies in its ability to imagine a new popular politics for reinventing its democra…
"Discusses the strategies of governance deployed by the mainstream Left in India"--
The democratic Left in India is in crisis. During the first decade of this century it slid from its highest parliamentary presence to virtual irrelevance. A key to its retrieval, this book argues, lies in its ability to imagine a new popular politics for reinventing its democrat…
"Discusses the strategies of governance deployed by the mainstream Left in India"--
This book situates 'government as practice' as a prism for critical thinking on democratic politics in postcolonial India.
One of the world's greatest historians shows how Indians appropriated liberalism to argue for rights, representation and a better society.
