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100			_aBose, Sumantra
245		0	_aTransforming India: challenges to the world's largest democracy
260			_aLondon
260			_bMacmillam
260			_c2013
300			_a337p.
520			_aThe ninth Lok Sabha election of November 1989 marked the beginning of a new political era and since then the nation's political landscape has been dramatically transformed by the rise of regional parties and leaders. Sumantra Bose illuminates the roots, significance and challenges of this bottom-up federalization driven by the will of the people and the transition to a de-centered democracy. The principal personalities, events and turning points of the pre 1990 and post 1990 eras come to life in the pages of Transforming India. The vitality of Indian democracy derives from the enthusiastic participation of hundreds of millions of ordinary Indians, the demos. But its transformation into a polity "of, by and for the people" awaits solutions to great problems of poverty, inequality and alienation. Bose provides riveting accounts of the long-term challenges posed by the Maoist insurgency and the unresolved issue of Kashmir. Transforming India: Challenges to the World's Largest Democracy combines lucid writing with incisive analysis and masterly command of detail with unwavering attention to the big picture. Bose finds the story of Indian democracy profoundly inspiring, but never loses sight of its flaws and warts, challenges and contradictions. This book is the essential guide to understanding the present and the future of India's politics.
650			_aDemocracy-India-social aspect
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