An edition of Democracy and the State (1999)
Democracy and the state
welfare, secularism, and development in contemporary India
By Niraja Gopal Jayal
Publish Date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
295
Description:
"This book examines the relationship between state, society and democracy in India over the last decade. It does so by exploring the recent careers of three goals that were pre-eminent on the state's agenda at Independence, and continue to inform contemporary debates on Indian politics and society. Each of these goals - welfare, secularism and development - is illuminated through a detailed case study to which the challenges of democracy and citizenship are central." "In exploring some aspects of the discursive terrain of Indian politics, this book provides a narrative which bridges the gap between political theory and empirical political analysis. This well-written and carefully argued book will be useful not only to postgraduate researchers in politics, but also to the ordinary reader interested in debates that confront contemporary India."--BOOK JACKET.