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Challenges to democracy in India

Title
Challenges to democracy in India / edited by Rajesh M. Basrur.
Publication
New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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  • Basrur, Rajesh M.
  • Nehru Centre
Description
x, 299 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Lectures delivered at Nehru Centre, Mumbai, between Nov. 2005 and Feb. 2007.
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Contents
Foreword / Sharad Pawar -- Introduction / Rajesh M. Basrur -- Some thoughts on Nehru's vision / Fali S. Nariman -- Two discourses on democracy in India / Valerian Rodrígues -- The state of Indian democracy / Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- Indian democracy : a critique / Upendra Baxi -- The judiciary and Indian democracy / Rafique Dada -- The bureaucracy and India's democracy / Abid Husain -- Organized crime, corruption, and democracy / Jayaprakash Narayan -- Indian democracy and social inequalities / Zoya Hasan -- Social movements and democracy : the challenge of the anti-caste movement / Gail Omvedt -- Adivasis, Naxalites, and democracy / Ramachandra Guha -- Terrorism, security, and Indian democracy / V.R. Raghavan -- Education and democracy / Krishna Kumar -- Marketization of the economy and democracy / Dilip M. Nachane -- The mirror crack'd from side to side-- : are we becoming a majoritarian society? / Suhas Palshikar -- Deepening the culture of democracy in India / Neera Chandhoke.
ISBN
  • 0195698533
  • 9780195698534
LCCN
2009341549
OCLC
  • ocn301889276
  • 301889276
  • SCSB-5545782
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