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Indian Democracy: Contradictions and Reconciliations provides a vivid presentation of major facets of democracy in India. It aims to explore how Indian democracy has functioned, with reference to its theoretical foundations, institutional mechanisms and procedures, and political practices.
The book starts with a close analysis of the Constitution of India, which provides the theoretical validation for democratic politics and serves as a reflective and regulative ideal. It highlights the way adherence to democratic principles and nurturing of strong institutions have helped India negotiate and often reconcile contradictions such as caste inequalities, linguistic and ethnic identities, majority-minority divide, gender bias and divergences in the conception of democracy itself. Furthermore, the book delineates significant improvements in the maintenance of accurate electoral registers, enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct and use of electronic voting machines, considerable reductions in violence and intimidation in the recent decades, which have together contributed to strengthening the Indian voter's confidence in democratic processes. This edited book will prove indispensable for all those who are interested in a close understanding of democracy in India.
Contents
Introduction - Arvind Sivaramakrishnan and Sudarsan Padmanabhan
Part I: Democratic Principles and Their Applications in India
Democracy as Antinomy: Procedural versus Substantive - Sudarsan Padmanabhan
Electoral Issues and the Constitution of India - N.L. Rajah
Voter Education: Importance and Impact - S.Y. Quraishi
Proportional Representation - Arvind Sivaramakrishnan and Chris Terry
Part II: Political Processes
The Election Commission of India and General Elections - N. Gopalaswami
India's Democracy: Lost and Regained - M.G. Devasahayam
Reforming Politics and Elections through Legal Changes - Jagdeep Chhokar
Voters and Good Governance - Trilochan Sastry
Part III: The Practice of Democracy
Representing Women: Voting Rights and Women Legislators - Wendy Singer
Democracy as Emancipatory Politics - R. Azhagarasan
Gender Equity in Education among Muslims in India - Josephine Anthony and Sudarsan Padmanabhan
Organic Agriculture and India's Food Security - A.V. Balasubramanian
India's New Intellectual Property Policy: Passive Sovereignty - Chamundeeswari Kuppuswamy
The Practice of Democracy: Chennai Floods, 2015 - Arappor Iyakkam
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