To kill a democracy India`s passage to despotism
Chowdhury, Debasish Roy
To kill a democracy India`s passage to despotism - New York Oxford University Press 2021 - vi, 320 p. illustrations 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A distant rainbow -- Health of a democracy -- A million famines -- Ground realities -- Motion sickness -- Writing on the wall -- A new slavery -- Vote, or else -- Chremacracy -- Elective despotism -- Justice defiled -- Bad news -- Remaking the people.
"Combining poignant life stories with sharp scholarly insight, it rejects the belief that India was once a beacon of democracy but is now being ruined by the destructive forces of Modi-style populism. The book details the much deeper historical roots of the present-day assaults on civil liberties and democratic institutions. Democracy, the authors also argue, is much more than elections and the separation of powers. It is a whole way of life lived in dignity, and that is why they pay special attention to the decaying social foundations of Indian democracy. In compelling fashion, the book describes daily struggles for survival and explains how lived social injustices and unfreedoms rob Indian elections of their meaning, while at the same time feeding the decadence and iron-fisted rule of its governing institutions. Much more than a book about India, To Kill A Democracy argues that what is happening in the country is globally important, and not just because every third person living in a democracy is an Indian. It shows that when democracies rack and ruin their social foundations, they don't just kill off the spirit and substance of democracy. They lay the foundations for despotism." --Amazon.com.
9780198848608
2021938150
GBC154384 bnb
020155676 Uk
Since 2014
Despotism--India.
Democracy--India.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Democracy.
Despotism.
Politics and government.
India--Politics and government--2014-
India.
320.454 / CH-T
To kill a democracy India`s passage to despotism - New York Oxford University Press 2021 - vi, 320 p. illustrations 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A distant rainbow -- Health of a democracy -- A million famines -- Ground realities -- Motion sickness -- Writing on the wall -- A new slavery -- Vote, or else -- Chremacracy -- Elective despotism -- Justice defiled -- Bad news -- Remaking the people.
"Combining poignant life stories with sharp scholarly insight, it rejects the belief that India was once a beacon of democracy but is now being ruined by the destructive forces of Modi-style populism. The book details the much deeper historical roots of the present-day assaults on civil liberties and democratic institutions. Democracy, the authors also argue, is much more than elections and the separation of powers. It is a whole way of life lived in dignity, and that is why they pay special attention to the decaying social foundations of Indian democracy. In compelling fashion, the book describes daily struggles for survival and explains how lived social injustices and unfreedoms rob Indian elections of their meaning, while at the same time feeding the decadence and iron-fisted rule of its governing institutions. Much more than a book about India, To Kill A Democracy argues that what is happening in the country is globally important, and not just because every third person living in a democracy is an Indian. It shows that when democracies rack and ruin their social foundations, they don't just kill off the spirit and substance of democracy. They lay the foundations for despotism." --Amazon.com.
9780198848608
2021938150
GBC154384 bnb
020155676 Uk
Since 2014
Despotism--India.
Democracy--India.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Democracy.
Despotism.
Politics and government.
India--Politics and government--2014-
India.
320.454 / CH-T