Democracy And Social Change In India

Author : Subrata Kumar Mitra,V. B. Singh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015042940406

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Democracy and Social Change in India by Subrata Kumar Mitra,V. B. Singh Pdf

The authors succeed in presenting very detailed findings from a post-election study of the electorate using a theoretical approach that accounts for the most worrying phenomena in contemporary Indian politics' - John Hickman, Contemporary South Asia Drawing on a 1996 nationwide post-election survey of 10,000 people, this book analyzes the process and progress of democratization in India. It begins with a discussion of some of the major schools of thought in the area of social change. This is followed by a description of the survey findings on how Indians view their state, how they judge those who govern them and how they understand their society. The authors provide an important analysis of the findings, providing answers to questions such as: - are there generational differences in the views expressed? - does the rhetoric of regionalization find resonance in the views of the people surveyed? - is India truly a nation or merely an accidental geographical assemblage of separate communities? Using innovative statistical analysis, the authors explore the relative success of Indian democracy in coping with the processes of modernization and social change.

Author : Vikas Kumar,Jakob Svensson
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466685031

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Promoting Social Change and Democracy Through Information Technology by Vikas Kumar,Jakob Svensson Pdf

Life in the digital era offers an array of new and invigorating opportunities, as well as a new set of challenges when facing the dissemination of fresh innovations. While once reserved for personal use, online platforms are now being utilized for more critical purposes, such as ocial revolution, political influence, and governance at both the local and national levels. Promoting Social Changes and Democracy through Information Technology is a definitive reference source for the latest scholarly research on the use of the internet, mobile phones, and other digital platforms for political discourse between citizens and governments. Focusing on empirical case studies and pivotal theoretical applications of technology within political science and social activism, this comprehensive book is an essential reference source for advanced-level students, researchers, practitioners, and academicians interested in the changing landscape of democratic development and social welfare.

Author : Rajni Kothari
Publisher : Bombay : Allied Publishers
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : India
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036860620

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Democratic Polity and Social Change in India by Rajni Kothari Pdf

Author : Atul Kohli
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400859511

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India's Democracy by Atul Kohli Pdf

Nine contributors analyze state-society relations in India. A new epilogue covers the Rajiv Gandhi period, leading up to the important elections of December 1989. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Subrata Kumar Mitra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 8132112598

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When Rebels Become Stakeholders by Subrata Kumar Mitra Pdf

Author : P. S. Khare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9380388063

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Democracy, Politics and Social Change in India by P. S. Khare Pdf

Author : George Rosen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780520324329

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Democracy and Economic Change in India by George Rosen Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1966.

Author : Subrata K Mitra,V B Singh
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105134516280

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When Rebels Become Stakeholders by Subrata K Mitra,V B Singh Pdf

When Rebels Become Stakeholders: Democracy, Agency and Social Change in India explores the agency of ordinary men and women in the making of democratic social change in India. The study is specific to India, but the issues that it examines are of wider significance. The authors join the debate on democracy and development on the basis of case studies that showcase the opinions and attitudes of the Indian voter. They assert that mass perception of institutions, policies and processes--so often dismissed as mere false consciousness or as the conditioned reflex of a gullible public, manipulated by the rhetoric of populist politicians--is our only window to the inner dynamics of democracy and social change.The authors have used the public opinion data from three national surveys of the Indian electorate held in 1971, 1996 and 2004 to focus on the political understanding of India's voters and their leaders. While agency is a much-discussed theme in contemporary social sciences, connecting the rationality of ordinary men and women to explain electoral participation and rapid structural change in the lives of people of this country is specific to this study. This book argues that the cohabitation of democracy and social change in India is not merely incidental or coincidental; rather the two are institutionally linked in a manner that is fundamentally causal, to the extent that the weakening of the one renders the other ineffective.This book would be of interest to researchers and scholars of political science, international relations, democracy, Indian politics, political analysts, sociology, development studies, journalism, comparative politics and public administration.

Author : Kenneth Bo Nielsen,Alf Gunvald Nilsen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137591333

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Social Movements and the State in India by Kenneth Bo Nielsen,Alf Gunvald Nilsen Pdf

Questions of the extent to which social movements are capable of deepening democracy in India lie at the heart of this book. In particular, the authors ask how such movements can enhance the political capacities of subaltern groups and thereby enable them to contest and challenge marginality, stigma, and exploitation. The work addresses these questions through detailed empirical analyses of contemporary fields of protest in Indian society – ranging from gender and caste to class and rights-based legislation. Drawing on the original research of a variety of emerging and established international scholars, the volume contributes to an engaged dialogue on the prospects for democratizing Indian democracy in a context where neoliberal reforms fuel a contradictory process of uneven development.

Author : Barbara R. Joshi
Publisher : Delhi : Hundustan Publishing Corporation (India)
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Caste
ISBN : UOM:39015015278990

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Democracy in Search of Equality by Barbara R. Joshi Pdf

Author : Suman Nath
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000554991

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Democracy and Social Cleavage in India by Suman Nath Pdf

This book explores the emergence of identity politics and violence at the forefront of political life in an Indian state. Through a close reading of everyday politics in West Bengal, India, which until recently boasted of the longest-serving elected communist government in the world, the volume presents unique observations on Indian politics and its trajectories. One of the first ethnographic studies of religious polarisation and its interface with politics in West Bengal, this book: Offers a fresh perspective, both theoretically and empirically, by using longitudinal, multi-site ethnography, to explain the mechanisms by which identity issues have re-emerged; Studies key policy changes, political practices and series of invented traditions during periods of political transition; Examines intricate details of the micro-dynamics of the formulation and expansion of Hindu and Islamic fundamentalism and their political counterparts, which carry a capacity to push away secular, democratic forces from the existing political spectrum; Sheds light on the mechanisms of riots, its design, organisational bases and mechanisms of spread; Includes key observations from the 2021 elections in the state. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science, social and cultural anthropology, sociology and South Asian studies.

Author : Chandra Shekhar
Publisher : Bombay : Popular Prakashan
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : India
ISBN : UCAL:B3171239

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Dynamics of Social Change by Chandra Shekhar Pdf

Articles on various subjects.

Author : Sharad Dighe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UOM:39015042164320

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Democracy and Social Change by Sharad Dighe Pdf

Contributed articles; in the Indian context.

Author : Manoranjan Mohanty
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761935150

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Grass-Roots Democracy in India and China by Manoranjan Mohanty Pdf

In both India and China, economic reforms have generated challenges for local institutions. This book studies the political experiences in India and China from an interdisciplinary perspective. It examines the process of democratisation, highlighting the demands for participation and the power structures interjecting them.

Author : Taberez Ahmed Neyazi,Akio Tanabe,Shinya Ishizaka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317694021

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Democratic Transformation and the Vernacular Public Arena in India by Taberez Ahmed Neyazi,Akio Tanabe,Shinya Ishizaka Pdf

Since the structural change in Indian society that began in the 1990s - the result of the liberalisation of the economy, devolution of power, and decentralisation of the government–an unprecedented, democratic transformation has been taking place. This has caused the emergence of unexpected coalitions and alliances across diverse castes, classes, and religious groups according to the issues involved. In this volume, we intend to understand this deepening of democracy by employing a new analytical framework of the 'vernacular public arena' where negotiations, dialogues, debates, and contestations occur among 'vernacular publics'. This reflects the profound changes in Indian democracy as diverse social groups, including dalits, adivasis, and Other Backward Classes; minorities, women; individuals from rural areas, towns, and cities; the poor and the new middle classes–the 'vernacular publics'–participate in new ways in India’s public life. This participation is not confined to electoral politics, but has extended to the public arenas in which these groups have begun to raise their voice publicly and to negotiate and engage in dialogue with each other and the wider world. Contributors demonstrate that the participation of vernacular publics has resulted in the broadening of Indian democracy itself which focuses on the ways of governance, improving people’s lives, life chances, and living environments. An original, comprehensive study that furthers our understanding of the unfolding political dynamism and the complex reshuffling and reassembling taking place in Indian society and politics, this book will be relevant to academics with an interest in South Asian Studies from a variety of disciplines, including Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.