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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... secular public sphere and a secular state , and the second , its self- arrogated role as social reformer , seeking to effect gender equality . In this chapter , I focus on the reform of the Muslim Personal Law on maintenance for ...
... secular public sphere and a secular state , and the second , its self- arrogated role as social reformer , seeking to effect gender equality . In this chapter , I focus on the reform of the Muslim Personal Law on maintenance for ...
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... secular aspirations . No replacement of religious by secular political authority was either attempted or accomplished . Consequently , if over time , any loosening of the hold of tradition did ensue , it was as much due to the changing ...
... secular aspirations . No replacement of religious by secular political authority was either attempted or accomplished . Consequently , if over time , any loosening of the hold of tradition did ensue , it was as much due to the changing ...
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... secular state , though some have argued it practices a multi - theocratic secularism , religion may continue to be an important social force . It possesses an ideological power that is sometimes sought to be actualized through the ...
... secular state , though some have argued it practices a multi - theocratic secularism , religion may continue to be an important social force . It possesses an ideological power that is sometimes sought to be actualized through the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Democracy for India | 9 |
The Welfare State | 31 |
Copyright | |
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