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Ajay . Ed(S): Gudavarthy - Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India - 9780857283504 - V9780857283504
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Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India

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Description for Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India Hardback. Editor(s): Gudavarthy, Ajay. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 681.

‘Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India: Interrogating Political Society’ critically unpacks the concept of ‘political society’, which was formulated as a response to the idea of civil society in the postcolonial context. The volume’s case studies, drawn from across India and combined with a sharp focus on the concept of political society, provide those interested in Indian democracy and its changing patterns with an indispensable collection of works, brought together in their common pursuit of highlighting the limitations of different core concepts as formulated by Chatterjee. Centred around five themes – the relation between the civil and the political; the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Anthem South Asian Studies
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857283504
SKU
V9780857283504
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Ajay . Ed(S): Gudavarthy
Ajay Gudavarthy is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Political Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has been a visiting fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Charles Wallace Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Reviews for Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India
‘[This book] is an informed debate on political society with Partha Chaterjee. […] [It] mark[s] out a territory that needs attention from scholars on Indian politics as it is only upon naming and categorizing varied political practices that one can refine and clarify them.’ —Ankita Pandey, ‘Studies in Indian Politics’

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