Democracy and the State: Welfare, Secularism and Development in Contemporary IndiaThis study examines the relationship between state, society and democracy in India over the last decade of the 20th century, by exploring how the Indian state has fared vis-a-vis its three major goals in independent India: welfare, secularism and development. In exploring some aspects of the discursive terrain of Indian politics, the book provides a narrative which bridges the gap between political theory and empirical political analysis. |
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... agenda a right to subsistence that is not already there , it has remained the prerogative of the state to redress want through measures that it may consider practicable , affordable , or expedient . Policy on Food Security The policy on ...
... agenda a right to subsistence that is not already there , it has remained the prerogative of the state to redress want through measures that it may consider practicable , affordable , or expedient . Policy on Food Security The policy on ...
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... agenda of the Indian state at Independence . It was comprehensively defined to encompass not only an industrial economy , but also simultaneously a programme of social transfor- mation and political democratization . Underlying this ...
... agenda of the Indian state at Independence . It was comprehensively defined to encompass not only an industrial economy , but also simultaneously a programme of social transfor- mation and political democratization . Underlying this ...
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... agenda . That is demonstra- bly not the case . The constraints that have been identified in this study relate to the democratic process , but are underpinned by societal factors of great importance , notably social and economic ...
... agenda . That is demonstra- bly not the case . The constraints that have been identified in this study relate to the democratic process , but are underpinned by societal factors of great importance , notably social and economic ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Democracy for India | 9 |
The Welfare State | 31 |
Copyright | |
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