Companion to Indian Democracy

Introduction 1. Democracy, Dalits and Struggle for Common Land in Punjab 2. Agrarian Transformation, Emergence of New Sociality and Communal Violence in Rural Western Uttar Pradesh 3. Electoral campaign as a performative plebiscite: Mapping the changing nature of political communication in India 4. The Role of Anti-Nuclear Movements in Deepening the Meaning and Practices of Democracy 5. People, Protected Areas and Political Parties: A Study of Two Protest Movements in Odisha 6. Democratisation of Communities through Rural Local Governance 7. Regional Movements in Democracy: The Case of Telangana 8. From Land Reform to Guaranteeing Title to Land (Secure Property Rights) in India: Implications for Democracy 9. From Jan Sunwai to Social Audit: Trust, Contention, and 'Workable Democracy 10. Democracy (practice) in Question? Subaltern Citizen's-Voice, Impaired Governance and Development Paradigm 11. Election Campaign in Mizoram12. Making Sense of Democracy: Musahars of Eastern Uttar Pradesh 13. Political Mobilisation of Muslims in Kerala: Towards a Communitarian Becoming of Democracy 14. Conceiving Scientific Expertise Democratically: A Study of Western Ghats Ecological Controversy 15. Free Speech, Democracy and the "Hidden Persuaders": Segregation in the Public Sphere 16. Regulatory Reforms in Electricity Sector: Systemic Change or Sabotage? 17. In Pursuit of Personal Data: A Survey on State's Surveillance and Democracy in India 18. Contemporary Moment in Indian Democracy