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Most democratic theorists have taken Western political traditions as their primary point of reference, although the growing field of comparative political theory has shifted this focus. In Decolonizing Democracy, comparative theorist Christine Keating interprets the formation of Indian democracy as a progressive example of a "postcolonial social contract." In doing so, she highlights the significance of reconfigurations of democracy in postcolonial polities like India and sheds new light on the social contract, a central concept within democratic theory from Locke to Rawls and beyond. Keating's analysis builds on the literature developed by feminists like Carole Pateman and critical race theorists like Charles Mills that examines the social contract's egalitarian potential. By analyzing the ways in which the framers of the Indian constitution sought to address injustices of gender, race, religion, and caste, as well as present-day struggles over women's legal and political status, Keating demonstrates that democracy's social contract continues to be challenged and reworked in innovative and potentially more just ways.
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Decolonizing Democracy
1 Fraternalist and Paternalist Approaches to Colonial Rule
2 Resistant Convergences: Anticolonial Feminist Nationalism
3 Framing the Postcolonial Social Contract
4 Challenging Political Marginalization: The Women's Reservation Bill
5 Legal Pluralism and Gender Justice
Conclusion: Building a Nondomination Contract
Notes
Bibliography
Index
