Cultivating democracy Banerjee Mukulika politics and citizenship in agrarian India

By:

Banerjee, Mukulika

Language: English Publication details: Oxford University Press c2022 New YorkDescription: 237 p. 24 cmISBN:

9780197639931

Subject(s):

Agriculture Economic aspects; Agriculture Economic aspects India; Democracy India

DDC classification:

320.140954 MUK

Summary: Cultivating Democracy is the first study of its kind of the world’s largest democracy that shows how the values of republicanism are essential for successful democratic practice. In 1950, after independence, India constituted itself as a sovereign democratic republic. While democracy indicated the character of the vertical representative nature of the relationship between citizens and state, the term republic outlined the horizontal relationship of fraternity between people and an active engagement by citizens.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	320.140954 MUK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	698997

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Cultivating Democracy is the first study of its kind of the world’s largest democracy that shows how the values of republicanism are essential for successful democratic practice. In 1950, after independence, India constituted itself as a sovereign democratic republic. While democracy indicated the character of the vertical representative nature of the relationship between citizens and state, the term republic outlined the horizontal relationship of fraternity between people and an active engagement by citizens.

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