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Author : Chidanand Rajghatta
Publisher : Context
ISBN 13 : 9789386850843
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Illiberal India written by Chidanand Rajghatta and published by Context. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jacqueline Behrend
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421419580
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Illiberal Practices written by Jacqueline Behrend and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What drives the uneven distribution of democratic practices at the subnational level? Within subunits of a democratic federation, lasting political practices that restrict choice, limit debate, and exclude or distort democratic participation have been analyzed in recent scholarship as subnational authoritarianism. Once a critical number of citizens or regions band together in these practices, they can leverage illiberal efforts at the federal level. This timely, data-driven book compares federations that underwent transitions in the first, second, and third waves of democratization and offers a substantial expansion of the concept of subnational authoritarianism. The eleven expert political scientists featured in this text examine the nature and scope of subnational democratic variations within six large federations, including the United States, India, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Russia. Illiberal Practices makes the case that subnational units are more likely to operate by means of illiberal structures and practices than as fully authoritarian regimes. Detailed case studies examine uneven levels of citizenship in each federal system. These are distributed unequally across the different regions of the country and display semi-democratic or hybrid characteristics. Appropriate for scholars and students of democratization, authoritarianism, federalism, decentralization, and comparative politics, Illiberal Practices sheds light on the uneven extension of democracy within countries that have already democratized. Contributors: Jacqueline Behrend, André Borges, Julián Durazo Herrmann, Carlos Gervasoni, Edward L. Gibson, Desmond King, Inga A.-L. Saikkonen, Celina Souza, Maya Tudor, Laurence Whitehead, Adam Ziegfeld
Author : Ritanjan Das
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000864340
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Politics of Community-making in New Urban India written by Ritanjan Das and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between the production of new urban spaces and illiberal community-making in contemporary India. It is based on an ethnographic study in Noida, a city at the eastern fringe of the state of Uttar Pradesh, bordering national capital Delhi. The book demonstrates a flexible planning approach being central to the entrepreneurial turn in India’s post-liberalisation urbanisation, whereby a small-scale industrial township is transformed into a real-estate driven modern city. Its real point of departure, however, is in the argument that this turn can enable a form of illiberal community-making in new cities that are quite different from older metropolises. Exclusivist forms of solidarity and symbolic boundary construction - stemming from the differences across communities as well as their internal heterogeneities - form the crux of this process, which is examined in three distinct but often interspersed socio-spatial forms: planned middle-class residential quarters, ‘urban villages’ and migrant squatter colonies. The book combines radical geographical conceptualisations of social production of space and neoliberal urbanism with sociological and anthropological approaches to urban community-making. It will be of interest to researchers in development studies, sociology, urban studies, as well as readers interested in society and politics of contemporary India/South Asia.
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ISBN 13 : 9789387858657
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (586 download)
Download or read book India written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. Krishnaswamy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000957713
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Liberalism and its Encounters in India written by R. Krishnaswamy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the future of liberalism in India. It moves away from traditional approaches and draws upon resources from other disciplines – those subjects which some might think don’t strictly fall under political science or theory – like anthropology, literature, philosophy — to critically engage with the condition of late capitalist modernity in India. The essays in the volume trace liberalism's journey through modern Indian history to give us a new standpoint to understand current debates and also point to some internal contradictions of Indian liberalism. The volume will be of importance to scholars and researchers of political science, especially political theory, and South Asian studies.
Author : Sanjib Baruah
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812234916
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (349 download)
Download or read book India Against Itself written by Sanjib Baruah and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1999-06-29 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of failing states and ethnic conflict, violent challenges from dissenting groups in the former Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union, several African countries, and India give cause for grave concern in much of the world. And it is in India where some of the most turbulent of these clashes have been taking place. One resulted in the creation of Pakistan, and militant separatist movements flourish in Kashmir, Punjab, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Assam. In India Against Itself, Sanjib Baruah focuses on the insurgency in Assam in order to explore the politics of subnationalism. Baruah offers a bold and lucid interpretation of the political and economic history of Assam from the time it became a part of British India and a leading tea-producing region in the nineteenth century. He traces the history of tensions between pan-Indianism and Assamese subnationalism since the early days of Indian nationalism. The region's insurgencies, human rights abuses by government security forces and insurgents, ethnic violence, and a steady slide toward illiberal democracy, he argues, are largely due to India's formally federal, but actually centralized governmental structure. Baruah argues that in multiethnic polities, loose federations not only make better democracies, in the era of globalization they make more economic sense as well. This challenging and accessible work addresses a pressing contemporary problem with broad relevance for the history of nationality while offering an important contribution to the study of ethnic conflict. A native of northeast India, Baruah draws on a combination of scholarly research, political engagement, and an insider's knowledge of Assamese culture and society.
Author : András Sajó
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000479455
Total Pages : 1024 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Illiberalism written by András Sajó and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of IIliberalism is the first authoritative reference work dedicated to illiberalism as a complex social, political, cultural, legal, and mental phenomenon. Although illiberalism is most often discussed in political and constitutional terms, its study cannot be limited to such narrow frames. This Handbook comprises sixty individual chapters authored by an internationally recognized group of experts who present perspectives and viewpoints from a wide range of academic disciplines. Chapters are devoted to different facets of illiberalism, including the history of the idea and its competitors, its implications for the economy, society, government and the international order, and its contemporary iterations in representative countries and regions. The Routledge Handbook of IIliberalism will form an important component of any library's holding; it will be of benefit as an academic reference, as well as being an indispensable resource for practitioners, among them journalists, policy makers and analysts, who wish to gain an informed understanding of this complex phenomenon.
Author : Gautam Adhikari
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9350295296
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The Intolerant Indian written by Gautam Adhikari and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's dangerous to play around with the idea of India, but a new breed of intolerant Indians is doing just that Far too many Indians today do not seem to appreciate the idea of pluralist tolerance, which forms the structural framework of Indian democracy. They see pluralism as phony and tolerant secularism as hypocritical or irrelevant to an existence centered on narrow religious, regional or ethnic identities. Extremist religious ideologies as well as violent politics of mindless forces on the right and the left have often overshadowed the idea of a tolerant society that our founding fathers dreamed of, where many views would compete for public attention and where the motto 'live and let live' would be the nation's guiding philosophy. This essay is a plea for the restoration of reason in public life. It is written from the point of view of a liberal-secular democrat, who also happens to be an agnostic.
Author : Fareed Zakaria
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393069397
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition) written by Fareed Zakaria and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-10-17 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A work of tremendous originality and insight. ... Makes you see the world differently.”—Washington Post Translated into twenty languages ?The Future of Freedom ?is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics, economies, and social relations. Prescient in laying out the distinction between democracy and liberty, the book contains a new afterword on the United States's occupation of Iraq and a wide-ranging update of the book's themes.
Author : Dinsha Mistree
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472904655
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book The Troubling State of India's Democracy written by Dinsha Mistree and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As India’s power and prominence rise on the international stage, its longstanding tradition of democracy is under threat. Since establishing a secular and democratic constitution in 1950, India has held elections at the local, state, and national levels with frequent transitions of power between opposing parties. This commitment to democracy has provided political order to a country that is twice the size of Europe and with a stunning array of social and economic divides. Despite this rich tradition, India’s democracy faces an unprecedented threat with the rise of Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party, the Bharatiya Janata Party. After decisively winning general elections in 2014, Modi and the BJP have pursued a range of anti-democratic policies in which the state and society are used to undermine the opposition, to stifle free speech, and to harass religious minorities. The Troubling State of India’s Democracy brings together leading scholars from around the world to assess the conditions of India’s democracy across three important dimensions: politics, specifically the state of political parties and the party system; the state, including the condition of federalism and the health of various institutions; and society, including NGOs, ethnic and religious tensions, and control of the media. Even though elements of India’s democracy seem to function—like its commitment to elections—the contributors document a disturbing trajectory, one that not only threatens to undermine India’s own stability, but could also affect the global order.
Author : Fareed Zakaria
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393331520
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)
Download or read book The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition) written by Fareed Zakaria and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 'Future of freedom' is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics, economics, and social relations"--Back cover.
Author : R. Taras
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230596401
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Liberal and Illiberal Nationalisms written by R. Taras and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-07-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How people construct their idea of home influences the types of nationalisms that emerge in various parts of the world. These nationalisms can be inclusive or exclusionary, tolerant or intolerant, peaceful or violent. In this important new book, Ray Taras provides a comprehensive analysis of the history and study of nationalism. He describes what happens when home is defined as empire (Russia and India), secessionist state (KwaZulu and Quebec), uninational Volkstaat (Germany and Israel), or transnational community (Islam and anti-Americanism). Finally, he explores the idea that the mantra of multiculturalism has fuelled conflicts over what home is and generates divisions within and between communities.
Author : Dinesh D'Souza
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684863847
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Illiberal Education written by Dinesh D'Souza and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1991 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As it "illuminates the crisis of liberal education and offers proposals for reform which deserve full debate" (Morton Halperin, American Civil Liberties Union), "Illiberal Education" "documents how the politics of race and gender in our universities are rapidly eating away traditions of scholarship and reward for individual achievement" (Robert H. Bork). (Education/Teaching)
Author : Boris Vormann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100007918X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Emergence of Illiberalism written by Boris Vormann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As illiberal and authoritarian trends are on the rise—both in fragile and seemingly robust democracies—there is growing concern about the longevity of liberalism and democracy. The purpose of this volume is to draw on the analytical resources of various disciplines and public policy approaches to reflect on the current standing of liberal democracy. Leading social scientists from different disciplinary backgrounds aim to examine the ideological and structural roots of the current crisis of liberal democracies, in the West and beyond, conceptually and empirically. The volume is divided into two main parts: Part I explores tensions between liberalism and democracy in a longer-term, historical perspective to explain immanent vulnerabilities of liberal democracy. Authors examine the conceptual foundations of Western liberal democracy that have shaped its standing in the contemporary world. What lies at the core of illiberal tendencies? Part II explores case studies from the North Atlantic, Eastern Europe, Turkey, India, Japan, and Brazil, raising questions whether democratic crises, manifested in the rise of populist movements in and beyond the Western context, differ in kind or only in degree. How can we explain the current popular appeal of authoritarian governments and illiberal ideas? The Emergence of Illiberalism will be of great interest to teachers and students of politics, sociology, political theory and comparative government.
Author : Rochana Bajpai
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199088233
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Debating Difference written by Rochana Bajpai and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can inequalities between groups be addressed, while at the same time sustaining common citizenship? Debating Difference offers a new approach to this key question for liberal democracies, demonstrating that argument and debate is crucial for reconciling the demands of group equality and civic unity. India offers a unique case of group-differentiated rights. Using landmark constitutional and legislative debates on minority rights and quotas, Rochana Bajpai develops a model for interpreting post-Independence group rights that hinges on the interplay between five principal normative concepts—secularism, democracy, social justice, national unity, and development. Tracing the shifting meanings of these values over time, this book demonstrates that liberal and democratic concepts are more sophisticated and widely shared in the Indian polity than is commonly believed. The author identifies the limits of Western-centric accounts of multiculturalism. She also establishes the significance of political rhetoric for explanations of policy shifts and political change.
Author : Gurcharan Das
Publisher : Speaking Tiger Books
ISBN 13 : 9789354476792
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal written by Gurcharan Das and published by Speaking Tiger Books. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I became a liberal because I believed in the virtues of openness, mutual respect, and a concern for others. Liberalism offered me an ethically responsible order of human progress without necessarily involving the state.' Gurcharan Das has been a lifelong and passionate champion of both economic and political freedom. 'For over two centuries, ' he writes, 'liberal democracies and free markets spread around the world to become the only sensible way to organize public life.' After years of the stifling 'license raj', he watched and celebrated India's long-delayed move towards a liberal order in the 1990s, as market reform and a maturing democratic process began to yield remarkable results, bringing prosperity and dignity to the many millions who had been denied both for decades. He recorded this progress in his classic study, India Unbound. But after three decades, that light seems to be fading. As in the rest of the world, liberalism is in retreat in India as well. Society is hopelessly polarized and populists are on the march. The debate appears to be about economic freedom versus political freedom-as if it is a given that the two cannot coexist. The liberal today is on a lonely road. In order to elucidate the dilemma of the Indian liberal, Gurcharan Das recounts his own professional and intellectual journey: how and why he became a liberal. While telling his story, he also narrates the story of a nation struggling-still- to become a successful liberal democracy-the late promise and its seeming betrayal, but also the possibility of course correction. Written with conviction, insight and scholarship-and with immense clarity- this is an urgent and illuminating book. It is a book that every Indian invested in the future of the country should read.
Author : Gurcharan Das
Publisher : Penguin Enterprise
ISBN 13 : 9780143421078
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)
Download or read book India Grows at Night written by Gurcharan Das and published by Penguin Enterprise. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India's is a tale of private success and public failure. Prosperity is, indeed, spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. But how could a nation become one of the world's fastest-growing economies when it's governed by a weak, ineffective state? And wouldn't it be wonderful if India also grew during the day - in other words, if public policy supported private enterprise? What India needs, Gurcharan Das argues, is a strong liberal state.
