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Democratic transformation and the vernacular public arena in India /

Since the structural change in Indian society that began in the 1990s - the result of the liberalisation of the economy, devolution of power, and decentralisation of the government-an unprecedented, democratic transformation has been taking place. This has caused the emergence of unexpected coalitio...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Neyazi, Taberez Ahmed, 1977- (Editor), Tanabe, Akio, 1964- (Editor), Ishizaka, Shinya (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
Series:Routledge new horizons in South Asian studies.
Subjects:
Democracy > India.
Political participation > India.
Social change > India.
Social classes > India.
Social groups > India.
India > Social conditions.
India > Politics and government.
Participation politique > Inde.
Classes sociales > Inde.
Inde > Conditions sociales.
Inde > Politique et gouvernement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Democracy
Political participation
Politics and government
Social change
Social classes
Social conditions
Social groups
India
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction: democratic transformation and the vernacular public arena in India; 2 Politics of relations and the emergence of the vernacular public arena: glocal networks of development and livelihood in Odisha; 3 Social politics: youth vernacular action in the Indian Himalayas; 4 Empowering the vernacular publics: civil society and democratic participation in Rajasthan.
  • 5 News media and political participation: re- evaluating democratic deepening in India6 The Jan Lokpal Andolan and alternate politics: symbiotic interactions, vernacular publics, and news media in the Jan Lokpal Andolan; 7 Ways of democracy: making politics work for the urban poor; 8 Re-evaluating the Chipko (forest protection) movement: the emergence of the vernacular public arena in the Uttarakhand; 9 Grassroots and vernacular articulations: politics and popular democracy in Uttar Pradesh villages; 10 Caste and vernacular politics in Tamil Nadu, South India.
  • 11 Against the public sphere: the morals of disclosure and the 'vernacular public sphere' in rural Rajasthan12 Communal riots and states: a comparative study of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh; Glossary; Index.