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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... means hunger - that it is difficult to linguistically discern any common ground between them . Today , however , the two words are frequently used interchangeably , and this becomes comprehen- sible only when we recognize that ...
... means hunger - that it is difficult to linguistically discern any common ground between them . Today , however , the two words are frequently used interchangeably , and this becomes comprehen- sible only when we recognize that ...
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... means of survival . If anything , dependence on state charity has probably accentuated their passivity . Sunk in backwardness and abject poverty , without land to till or employment to labour and without education or training , they are ...
... means of survival . If anything , dependence on state charity has probably accentuated their passivity . Sunk in backwardness and abject poverty , without land to till or employment to labour and without education or training , they are ...
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... means that , as far as he is concerned , the taking away of his land , with or without compensation , amounts to land- grabbing . The modernizing economy and state also do not regard the traditional use of natural resources as their ...
... means that , as far as he is concerned , the taking away of his land , with or without compensation , amounts to land- grabbing . The modernizing economy and state also do not regard the traditional use of natural resources as their ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Democracy for India | 9 |
The Welfare State | 31 |
Copyright | |
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