The precarity of democratic order in contemporary times needs no underlining. This book addresses this issue from a novel perspective. Through what magic, queries this volume, the Indian democratic state is even surviving as a political formation. For how long will democratic order remain durable despite its myriad loopholes, glaring fault-lines, and thousand histories of disappointment? Curiously, as more democrtic states come under the sway of violence, the demand for democracy has become more intense among people. Unveiling this apparent paradox from their respective fields of specialization, the contributors of this volume analyse a vast range of facets of contemporary Indian democracy. The result is a glasnost of ideas, views and debates relating to the urgency of this deliberation. Forgoing these threads in the introduction, the author engages with the theoretical underpinnings of the crisis of democratic deliberation.

ISBN 13: 9789391144036

ISBN 10: 9391144039

Year: 2022

Language: ENGLISH

Pages etc.: xii+592p., bib., ind., 25cm.

Binding: Hardbound

Subject(s): Politics