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Democracy and diversity:

India and the American experience
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Oxford University Press, 2007 - Political Science - 312 pages
This volume is a comparative study of the Indian and American experiences of democracy. They deal with institutions and ethnicity, idea of the nation-state, linguistic diversity, minorities question, political parties and democratic practices, federalism and decentralization.

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This is an excellent collection of essays including work by such major contributors to the field of comparative politics as Arend Lijphart, Alfred Stepan, and Juan Linz. One of the approaches of the ... Read full review

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Contents

Minorities and Indias Democracy
144
Democracy within Parties and the Accommodation
192
Federalism MultiNational Societies and Negotiating
225
Copyright

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TitleDemocracy and diversity: India and the American experience
AuthorsKathyayini Shankar Bajpai, Alfred C. Stepan
EditorKathyayini Shankar Bajpai
Editionillustrated
PublisherOxford University Press, 2007
Original fromthe University of Virginia
Digitized21 Oct 2008
ISBN0195683684, 9780195683684
Length312 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Political Science / American Government / General
Political Science / Comparative Politics
Political Science / General
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy
Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties
Political Science / World / Asian
  
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