Trysts with Democracy
Political Practice in South Asia
Published on 15. March 2011
Book
Hardback
324 pages
978-0-85728-773-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume offers a collection of lucid, theoretically stimulating articles that explore and analyse the institutions and values which are salient in understanding political practices in South Asia. Combining a wide range of theoretical and empirical approaches, and blending the work of experts long established in their respective fields with refreshing and innovative approaches by younger scholars, this collaborative and cross-disciplinary endeavour facilitates a deeper understanding of the subcontinent's diverse and complex political and democratic practices in the 21st century.
Reviews / Votes
A number of chapters [...] stand out for their ingenuity and interesting implications for the larger debate. [...]The chapters in the second section on 'India' are all well-founded and shed light on different aspects of the political process and democratic practices [...] All [the chapters] are well-written and provide interesting insights into selected political practices and processes.' -Marian Gallenkamp, 'Contemporary South Asia'More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4+ tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
678 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85728-773-1 (9780857287731)
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Stig Toft Madsen | Kenneth Bo Nielsen | Uwe Skoda
Trysts with Democracy
Political Practice in South Asia
E-Book
03/2011
1st Edition
Anthem Press
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Persons
Stig Toft Madsen has taught and researched in universities in Denmark and Sweden.
Kenneth Bo Nielsen is research fellow at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway.
Uwe Skoda is assistant professor of South Asian studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Kenneth Bo Nielsen is research fellow at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway.
Uwe Skoda is assistant professor of South Asian studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Content
1. Introduction - Stig Toft Madsen, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Uwe Skoda; 2. Why Did India Become a Democracy and Why Did It Remain Democratic? A Survey of the Literature and Some Comments to the Scholarly Debate - Jorgen Dige Pedersen; 3. Democracy in Bangladesh: A Village View - Arild Engelsen Ruud; 4. Ajit Singh s/o Charan Singh - Stig Toft Madsen; 5. A Princely Politician in an Indigenized Democracy: A Raja and His Electoral Situation in Rural Orissa 2004 - Uwe Skoda; 6. A Political Breakthrough for Irrigation Development: The Congress Assembly Campaign in Andhra Pradesh in 2003-2004 - Pamela Price; 7. Congress Factionalism Revisited: West Bengal - Kenneth Bo Nielsen; 8. Nepal: Governance and Democracy in a Frail State - Neil Webster; 9. Entanglement of Politics and Education in Sri Lanka - Birgitte Refslund Sorensen; 10. Shifting Between the Local and Transnational: Space, Power and Politics in War-Torn Sri Lanka - Cathrine Brun and Nicholas Van Hear; 11. Domestic Roots of Indian Foreign Policy - Walter Andersen; 12. Political Practice and Post-Islamism in Pakistan - Thomas Gugler