Democracy in India

Niraja Gopal Jayal

Themes in Politics

Draws attention to democratic procedures and its relationship to other social and economic goals
Comprehensive introduction situates Indian democracy
Contributors include among others, Lloyd I. Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, Jean Drèze, Deepak Nayyar, James Manor, Amartya Sen

Democracy in India

Niraja Gopal Jayal

Description

This volume brings together the finest scholarly writings on several dimensions of India's democracy. It analyzes India's experiment with democracy and its successes and failures. It also situates Indian democracy in the context of the basic principles of democratic theory as well as contemporary debates about the relationship of democracy with civil society, cultural diversity, and development. The volume addresses the crucial concern as to whether the state has contributed to the decline of democracy or whether democratic politics has undermined the states capability to govern the city. It discusses India's unique experience of negotiating cultural diversity through democratic institutional mechanisms.

Democracy in India

Niraja Gopal Jayal

Themes in Politics

List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Contributors;
Introduction (Niraja Gopal Jayal):
I INDIAN DEMOCRACY PREFIGURED
1. Democracy under the Raj: Elections and Separate Representation in British India (James Chiriyankandath);
2. The Rhetoric of Democracy and Development in Late Colonial India (David Washbrook);
II DEMOCRACY AND THE STATE
3. The Crisis of the Moderate State and the Decline of Democracy (Rajni Kothari);
4. Political Change in a Democratic Developing Country (Atul Kohli);
5. Demand Polity and command Polity (Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph);
6. The State and Democracy in India or What happened to Welfare, Secularism, and Development (Niraja Gopal Jayal;
III DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY
7. The Culture of representative Democracy (Sudipta Kaviraj);
8. Power and Knowledge in Development Discourse: New Social Movements and the State in India (Pramod Parajuli);
9. The Democratic Rite: Celebration and Participation in the Indian Elections (Walter Hauser and Wendy Singer);
10. Hunger and Public Action; (Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen);
11. The Puzzle of Indian Democracy: A Consociational Interpretation (Arend Lijphart);
IV DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT
12. Economic Development and Political Democracy: Interaction and Economies and Politics in Independent India (Deepak Nayyar);
13. The Political Economy of Reform in India (Pranab Bardhan); V DEMOCRACY, LOCALITY, AND REGION
14. Ballot Box and Local Power: Elections in an Indian Village (Subrata K. Mitra);
15. Democracy and Decentralization in Karnataka (India) (Richard C. Crook and James Manor) ;
VI THE FUTURE OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY
16. The Anti-caste Movement and the Discourse of Power (Gail Omvedt);
17. Hindu Nationalism and Democracy (Christophe Jaffrelot);
Annotated Bibliography: Name Index; Subject Index.

Democracy in India

Niraja Gopal Jayal

Themes in Politics

Author Information

Niraja Gopal Jayal is a Professor in the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India.

Contributors:

James Chiriyankandath
David Washbrook
Rajni Kothari
Atul Kohli
Lloyd I. Rudolph
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph
Sudipta Kaviraj
Pramod Parajuli
Walter Hauser
Wendy Singer
Jean Drèze
Amartya Sen
Arend Lijphart
Deepak Nayyar
Pranab Bardhan
Subrata K. Mitra
Richard C. Crook
James Manor
Gail Omvedt
Christophe Jaffrelot

Democracy in India

Niraja Gopal Jayal

Themes in Politics

Reviews and Awards

"With a comprehensive introductory essay and a useful annotated bibliography, Jayal skilfully guides the reader through the literature on the subject."--The Journal of Asian Studies

"The theme is well chosen...[an] excellent volume...will be of much use to people curious to know about India."--The Hindu

"...the articles...reflect the concerns about Indian democracy found among "South Asia" specialists in the Anglo-American world...attempt[s] to explain the "puzzles" of Indian democracy to the West."--Indian Review of Books

"The collection...brings under one roof works of some of the finest scholars."--Seminar