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9780521805308

The Success of India's Democracy

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    9780521805308

  • ISBN10:

    0521805309

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-09-10
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

How has democracy taken root in India in the face of a low-income economy, widespread poverty, illiteracy, and immense ethnic diversity? Atul Kohli brings together some of the world's leading scholars of Indian politics to consider this intriguing anomaly. They do so by focusing, not so much on socio-economic factors, but rather on the ways in which power is distributed in India. Two processes have guided the negotiation of power conflicts. First, a delicate balance has been struck between the forces of centralization and decentralization and, second, the interests of the powerful in society have been served without excluding those on the margins. These themes are addressed by the editor in his introduction, which is followed by an essay on the historical origins of Indian democracy, and two sections, one on the consolidation of democratic institutions, and the other on the forces which motivate or inhibit democratic growth.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
xi
Acknowledgments xiv
Introduction
1(20)
Atul Kohli
I Historical origins 21(26)
Indian democracy: the historical inheritance
23(24)
Sumit Sarkar
II Political institutions and democratic consolidation 47(144)
India's federal design and multicultural national construction
49(29)
Jyotirindra dasgupta
Center-state relations
78(25)
James Manor
Making local government work: local elites, panchayati raj and government in India
103(24)
Subrata K. Mitra
Redoing the constitutional design: from an interventionist to a regulatory state
127(36)
Lloyd I. Rudolph
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph
The dialectics of Hindu nationalism
163(28)
Amrita Basu
III Social demands and democratic deepening 191(79)
The struggle for equality: caste in Indian politics
193(33)
Myron Weiner
Sharing the spoils: group equity, development, and democracy
226(16)
Pranab Bardhan
Social movement politics in India: institutions, interests, and identities
242(28)
Mary Katzenstein
Smitu Kothari
Uday Mehta
Bibliography 270(17)
Index 287

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