Social movements and the state in India : deepening democracy?
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TextSeries: Rethinking international development seriesPublication details: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Description: xiii, 297 pages : 2 b/w illustrationsISBN: 9781349960675Subject(s): Democracy | Political communication | Asia-Politics and government | Political sociology | Social structure | Social inequality | Economic development | Social change | Asian politics | Social structure, social inequality | Development and social change | Right to information actDDC classification: 321.7 Online resources: Table of content | Reviews Summary: Questions of the extent to which social movements are capable of deepening democracy in India lie at the heart of this book. In particular, the authors ask how such movements can enhance the political capacities of subaltern groups and thereby enable them to contest and challenge marginality, stigma, and exploitation. The work addresses these questions through detailed empirical analyses of contemporary fields of protest in Indian society ranging from gender and caste to class and rights-based legislation. Drawing on the original research of a variety of emerging and established international scholars, the volume contributes to an engaged dialogue on the prospects for democratizing Indian democracy in a context where neoliberal reforms fuel a contradictory process of uneven development.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Questions of the extent to which social movements are capable of deepening democracy in India lie at the heart of this book. In particular, the authors ask how such movements can enhance the political capacities of subaltern groups and thereby enable them to contest and challenge marginality, stigma, and exploitation. The work addresses these questions through detailed empirical analyses of contemporary fields of protest in Indian society ranging from gender and caste to class and rights-based legislation. Drawing on the original research of a variety of emerging and established international scholars, the volume contributes to an engaged dialogue on the prospects for democratizing Indian democracy in a context where neoliberal reforms fuel a contradictory process of uneven development.
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