Democracy and Diversity: India and the American ExperienceShankar K Bajpai 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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Minorities and Indias Democracy | 144 |
Democracy within Parties and the Accommodation | 192 |
Federalism MultiNational Societies and Negotiating | 225 |
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