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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... problem of drought , and to attempt to resolve it through spasmodic measures of relief in the form of food supplies to meet immediate needs , is therefore inadequate . Drought may and has occurred , but it has acted so as to compound ...
... problem of drought , and to attempt to resolve it through spasmodic measures of relief in the form of food supplies to meet immediate needs , is therefore inadequate . Drought may and has occurred , but it has acted so as to compound ...
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... problem of representation , namely the way in which the authentic voice of the community may be discovered ; • the problem of the hegemony of a community's leadership , the possibility of such leadership not allowing dissent to be ...
... problem of representation , namely the way in which the authentic voice of the community may be discovered ; • the problem of the hegemony of a community's leadership , the possibility of such leadership not allowing dissent to be ...
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... problem of representation , of how to discover what Muslim women really want ? If many Muslim women believed that the protection of minority identity was indeed more important than maintenance , could advocates of women's rights ...
... problem of representation , of how to discover what Muslim women really want ? If many Muslim women believed that the protection of minority identity was indeed more important than maintenance , could advocates of women's rights ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Democracy for India | 9 |
The Welfare State | 31 |
Copyright | |
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