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Making Sense of Indian Democracy : Theory in Practice / Yogendra Yadav.
Series: Hedgehog and foxPublisher: Ranikhet : Permanent Black in association with Ashoka University, 2020Distributor: Bangalore : Distributed by Orient Blackswan Private Ltd Description: xxxi, 390 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9788178246383
- 321.80954 YAD
- JQ281 .Y64 2020
Contents:
Contents:
Acknowledgements IX;
Introduction XII;
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW;
1 The Creolisation of Indian Democracy: Making Sense of National Politics 1947-1997 1
2 . From Hegemony to Convergence: Party System and Electoral Politics in the Indian States 1952-2002 40;
COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW
3. "Nation State" or "State Nation"? India in Comparative Perspective 108;
4. Democratic Paradox: Political Representation in Contemporary India 166;
5. What is Distinctive About Indian Elections? A Hypothesis 193;
6. The Decline of Political Judgement: Comparing Regimes and Parties 203;
7. How Good is the Rise of States? Ten Theses on State Politics 213;
THEORY AND METHOD
8. On the Necessity of Politics 233;
9. On Theories of the Indian State: A Review Essay 236;
10. On Rajni Kothari: The Enigma that is Politics in India 249;
11. On Election Forecasting: Polls, Predictions, Psephology 262;
12. On Sample Surveys: Reflections on the State of Survey Research on Politics in Most of the World 271;
13. On Ethnography: at Work Does "Fieldwork" Do in the Field of Elections? 300;
REFORM AND ACTION
14. A Radical for Political Reforms: at is Not to be Done? 325;
15. An agenda for Political Action in Our Times: What is to be Done? 347;
Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Acknowledgements IX;
Introduction XII;
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW;
1 The Creolisation of Indian Democracy: Making Sense of National Politics 1947-1997 1
2 . From Hegemony to Convergence: Party System and Electoral Politics in the Indian States 1952-2002 40;
COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW
3. "Nation State" or "State Nation"? India in Comparative Perspective 108;
4. Democratic Paradox: Political Representation in Contemporary India 166;
5. What is Distinctive About Indian Elections? A Hypothesis 193;
6. The Decline of Political Judgement: Comparing Regimes and Parties 203;
7. How Good is the Rise of States? Ten Theses on State Politics 213;
THEORY AND METHOD
8. On the Necessity of Politics 233;
9. On Theories of the Indian State: A Review Essay 236;
10. On Rajni Kothari: The Enigma that is Politics in India 249;
11. On Election Forecasting: Polls, Predictions, Psephology 262;
12. On Sample Surveys: Reflections on the State of Survey Research on Politics in Most of the World 271;
13. On Ethnography: at Work Does "Fieldwork" Do in the Field of Elections? 300;
REFORM AND ACTION
14. A Radical for Political Reforms: at is Not to be Done? 325;
15. An agenda for Political Action in Our Times: What is to be Done? 347;
Index.
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