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Indian Democracy : Meanings and Practices, Hardback Book

Indian Democracy : Meanings and Practices Hardback

Edited by Rajendra Vora, Suhas Palshikar

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This volume examines how Indian democracy has survived the challenges posed by widespread illiteracy, poverty, secessionism and communalism-problems that have felled the fledgling democratic institutions of so many post-colonial societies.

The contributors locate the reason for the resilience of Indian democracy in its history-that it was the product of a gradual evolution and not of a sudden imposition from above. The essays in the volume, however, show that despite having stood the test of time, Indian democracy is not a democracy in any substantive sense.

The economic policies of successive governments since 1985 have been basically anti-people; rampant casteism, communalism, and the use of money and muscle power have infiltrated the body politic.

Mass mobilization has been powered by hate, making it a feature more typical of a nascent neo-fascist state than of a democracy.

The `substantialization of democracy'-proper representation and people's participation in decision making-still remains a distant ideal.

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