Companion to Indian Democracy

Resilience, Fragility, Ambivalence

Edited By Peter Ronald deSouza, Mohd. Sanjeer Alam, Hilal Ahmed

This book presents comprehensive studies on Indian democracy, its ideas, its enforcements and its experiences. The book employs case studies as a methodological tool to understand the mechanisms and processes of contemporary Indian democracy. The chapters touch upon a variety of themes such as the 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. The book is of great relevance to political researchers, policy analysts, bureaucrats and journalists.

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