Basrur, Rajesh M.

Challenges to democracy in India - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2009 - x,299 p. 23 cm; Hard Bound

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Some thoughts on Nehru's vision / Fali S. Nariman --
Two discourses on democracy in India / Valerian Rodrígues --
The state of Indian democracy / Pratap Bhanu Mehta --
Indian democracy : a critique / Upendra Baxi --
The judiciary and Indian democracy / Rafique Dada --
The bureaucracy and India's democracy / Abid Husain --
Organized crime, corruption, and democracy / Jayaprakash Narayan --
Indian democracy and social inequalities / Zoya Hasan --
Social movements and democracy : the challenge of the anti-caste movement / Gail Omvedt --
Adivasis, Naxalites, and democracy / Ramachandra Guha --
Terrorism, security, and Indian democracy / V.R. Raghavan --
Education and democracy / Krishna Kumar --
Marketization of the economy and democracy / Dilip M. Nachane --
The mirror crack'd from side to side--
: are we becoming a majoritarian society? / Suhas Palshikar --
Deepening the culture of democracy in India / Neera Chandhoke.

Lectures delivered at Nehru Centre, Mumbai, between Nov. 2005 and Feb. 2007

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Democracy
Politics and government
Social problems - India