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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... minority rights , and appears to implicitly identify itself with the majority community . There is a strong underlying strain of argument in the ' us ' and ' them ' mode , ' they ' being seen as in need of protection , guarantees and ...
... minority rights , and appears to implicitly identify itself with the majority community . There is a strong underlying strain of argument in the ' us ' and ' them ' mode , ' they ' being seen as in need of protection , guarantees and ...
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... minority rights , it was concerned exclusively to protect male minority rights . Muslim women , divorced or otherwise , are clearly a minority within a minority , and as such too miniscule a minority in the polity as a whole to be ...
... minority rights , it was concerned exclusively to protect male minority rights . Muslim women , divorced or otherwise , are clearly a minority within a minority , and as such too miniscule a minority in the polity as a whole to be ...
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... minority identity was indeed more important than maintenance , could advocates of women's rights legitimately force them to accept maintenance and give up on minority identity ? While the second ( liberal - individualist ) perspective ...
... minority identity was indeed more important than maintenance , could advocates of women's rights legitimately force them to accept maintenance and give up on minority identity ? While the second ( liberal - individualist ) perspective ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Democracy for India | 9 |
The Welfare State | 31 |
Copyright | |
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