Political Mobilisation And Democracy In India

Author : Vernon Hewitt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134097616

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This book addresses the paradox of political mobilization and the failings of governance in India, with reference to the conflict between secularism and Hindu nationalism, authoritarianism and democracy. It demonstrates how the Internal Emergency of 1975 led to increased support of groups such as the BJS and the RSS, accounting for the rise of political movements advocating Hindu nationalism - Hindutva - as a response to rapid political mobilization triggered by the Emergency, and an attempt by political elites to control this to their advantage. Vernon Hewitt argues that the political disjuncture between democracy and mobilization in India is partly a function of the Indian state, the nature of a caste-class based society, but also - and significantly - the contingencies of individual leaders and the styles of rule. He shows how, in the wake of the Emergency, the BJP and the RSS gained popularity and power amid the on-going decline and fragmentation of the Congress, whilst, at the same time, Hindu nationalism appeared to be of such importance that Congress began aligning themselves with the Hindu right for electoral gains. The volume suggests that, in the light of these developments, the rise of the BJP should not be considered as remarkable – or as transformative – as was at first imagined.

Author : John Zavos,Andrew Wyatt,Vernon Marston Hewitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015060052373

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The Politics of Cultural Mobilization in India by John Zavos,Andrew Wyatt,Vernon Marston Hewitt Pdf

The papers in this volume investigate the association between politics and cultural mobilization, and the possibilities it creates for a rethinking of the relationship. The volume isolates two trends in fragmentation of Indian politics: the impact of cultural mobilization on the fragmentation of identity and the increasing regionalization of the Indian political system.

Author : Peter Ronald deSouza,Mohd. Sanjeer Alam,Hilal Ahmed
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000461589

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Companion to Indian Democracy by Peter Ronald deSouza,Mohd. Sanjeer Alam,Hilal Ahmed Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the contemporary experiences of democracy in India. It explores the modes by which democracy as an idea, and as a practice, is interpreted, enforced, and lived in India’s current political climate. The book employs ‘case studies’ as a methodological vantage point to evolve an innovative conceptual framework for the study of democracy in India. The chapters unpack a diverse range of themes such as democracy and Dalits; agriculture, new sociality and communal violence in rural areas; changing nature of political communication in India; role of anti-nuclear movements in democracies; issues of subaltern citizen’s voice, impaired governance and the development paradigm; free speech and segregation in the public sphere; and, the surveillance state and Indian democracy. These thematic explorations are arranged in an engaging sequence to offer a multifaceted narrative of Indian democracy especially in relation to the recent debates on citizenship and constitutionalism. A key critical intervention on contemporary politics in South Asia, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of political studies, political science, political sociology, comparative government and politics, sociology, social anthropology, public administration, public policy, and South Asia studies. It will also be of immense interest to policymakers, journalists, think tanks, bureaucrats, and organizations working in the area.

Author : Atul Kohli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521805309

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The Success of India's Democracy by Atul Kohli Pdf

Leading scholars consider how democracy has taken root in India despite poverty, illiteracy and ethnic diversity.

Author : Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha,Manas Dutta,Tirthankar Ghosh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030940409

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Social Movements, Media and Civil Society in Contemporary India by Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha,Manas Dutta,Tirthankar Ghosh Pdf

This book examines instances of transformative dissent, turning points or shifts in popular mobilisation patterns in contemporary India, while adopting a historical approach and analysing past events. Exploring the different continuities and discontinuities in mobilising patterns and dissident agency in India, the authors present a heterogeneous insurrectional pattern that pivoted around issues of caste, class, religion, land reform, labour, taxation and territorial control, with anti-colonialism movements becoming prominent in the first half of the twentieth century. The authors move beyond this to explore more recent templates of mobilisation which surfaced towards the end of the twentieth century, during India’s liberalisation period. With growing marketisation and technological advancement, unprecedented changes in social relations, growing economic opportunities and cultural transfusion taking place, the country became a ‘New India’ - one which aspired to be a global player in the wider technological public sphere. Tracing the historical trajectories of social movements in India, this book examines recent trends in digitised dissidence and explores new frontiers of protests, providing fresh insights for those researching the history of social movements, South Asian and Indian history and postcolonial studies.

Author : Harihar Bhattacharyya
Publisher : Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8179360075

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Making Local Democracy Work in India by Harihar Bhattacharyya Pdf

Author : Niraja Gopal Jayal,Sudha Pai
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761995560

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Democratic Governance in India by Niraja Gopal Jayal,Sudha Pai Pdf

`[Democratic Governance in India] is a useful aid to understanding society and politics in contemporary India' - Democratization `This book... should generate great interest among a large consituency of the students of democratic theory, public policy and institutional arrangements' - Subrata K Mitra, Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics Concentrating on the increase in Indian assertions of identity and their political mobilization, and the economic reforms of 1991, this book looks at the actors in the governance process, and at policies and programmes of poverty reduction. It covers the politics of identity, the impact of the nation state by globalization and political identity, the role of 'identities' versus 'interests' in the course of development, the upsurge of caste-based identity; and the limitations of the Dalit movement.

Author : Kenneth Bo Nielsen,Alf Gunvald Nilsen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 53,5 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 : Taberez Ahmed Neyazi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108416139

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Political Communication and Mobilisation by Taberez Ahmed Neyazi Pdf

This book provides a fresh perspective on the importance of the Hindi media in India's political, social and economic transformation with evidence from the countryside and the cities. Accessed by more than forty percent of the public, it continues to play an important role in building political awareness and mobilising public opinion. Instead of viewing the media as a singular entity, this book highlights its diversity and complexity to understand the changing dynamics of political communication that is shaped by the interactions between the news media, political parties and the public, and how various media forms are being used in a rapidly transforming environment. The book offers insights into how print, television, and digital media work together with, rather than in isolation from, each another to grasp the complexities of the emerging hybrid media environment and the future of mobilisation.

Author : Shri Krishan
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0761933425

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Political Mobilization and Identity in Western India, 1934-47 by Shri Krishan Pdf

The processes of political mobilization and identity formation in the rural regions of Bombay Presidency between 1934 and 1947 are the major focus of this work. Studying the politics of the masses, their aspirations and demands—both within the formal institutional frameworks of the colonial `public space` as well as outside it—this book provides insights into political and social change in 20th century India. Emphasizing micro-level revolts—which, rather than subaltern militancy, express a collective endeavour by the people to solve their local problems by wresting immediate and tangible concessions—this book: - Details the multiple forms of mobilization and resistance among various groups—women, peasants, elites, lower castes and tribals. - Explores issues such as the nature of social conditions, leadership and participants; the development of mass consciousness; the moralities and methods of mobilization; and, the role of religious symbols and popular culture in such mobilizations. - Delineates various facets of peasant mobilization over 1934–47, including the peasants` response to political processes and their relationship with political associations, and the nature of agrarian conflicts as well as that of peasants` identity. - Studies both the collective action of tribals—in the form of crimes for survival, religious reform and politically motivated struggle—and Dalit mobilization around the issue of untouchability. - Contributes to the theoretical debate on nationalism and identity while critiquing the three main strands of nationalist thought as represented by Ernest Gellner, Anthony D Smith and Benedict Anderson.

Author : Niraja Gopal Jayal
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015050531360

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Democracy in India by Niraja Gopal Jayal Pdf

This volume presents articles on democracy and politics in India from the pre-independence days to the present. It covers a range of issues, such as democracy prefigured, democracy and the state, democracy and civil society, and democracy and development.

Author : Subrata Kumar Mitra,V. B. Singh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,8 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 : Vernon Hewitt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134097623

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Political Mobilisation and Democracy in India by Vernon Hewitt Pdf

This book addresses the paradox of political mobilization and the failings of governance in India, with reference to the conflict between secularism and Hindu nationalism, authoritarianism and democracy. It demonstrates how the Internal Emergency of 1975 led to increased support of groups such as the BJS and the RSS, accounting for the rise of political movements advocating Hindu nationalism - Hindutva - as a response to rapid political mobilization triggered by the Emergency, and an attempt by political elites to control this to their advantage. Vernon Hewitt argues that the political disjuncture between democracy and mobilization in India is partly a function of the Indian state, the nature of a caste-class based society, but also - and significantly - the contingencies of individual leaders and the styles of rule. He shows how, in the wake of the Emergency, the BJP and the RSS gained popularity and power amid the on-going decline and fragmentation of the Congress, whilst, at the same time, Hindu nationalism appeared to be of such importance that Congress began aligning themselves with the Hindu right for electoral gains. The volume suggests that, in the light of these developments, the rise of the BJP should not be considered as remarkable – or as transformative – as was at first imagined.

Author : Narendra Subramanian
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015043403800

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Ethnicity and Populist Mobilization by Narendra Subramanian Pdf

Summary: Covers Tamil Nadu, India

Author : Stig Toft Madsen,Kenneth Bo Nielsen,Uwe Skoda
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857287731

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Trysts with Democracy by Stig Toft Madsen,Kenneth Bo Nielsen,Uwe Skoda Pdf

This volume offers a collection of lucid, theoretically stimulating articles that explore and analyse the institutions and values which are salient in understanding political practices in South Asia. Combining a wide range of theoretical and empirical approaches, and blending the work of experts long established in their respective fields with refreshing and innovative approaches by younger scholars, this collaborative and cross-disciplinary endeavour facilitates a deeper understanding of the subcontinent's diverse and complex political and democratic practices in the 21st century.