Contours of Democracy in New India [Hardcover]

This volume examines some of the most critical issues facing contemporary India. From the changing manifestations of national and state politics to questions of citizenship; from fraught land acquisitions for development to new welfare policies; from gender rights to labour rights, this book brings to the fore the tensions and the innovations that have come to be an integral part of everyday India. The essays in the volume critically address the transformations of the Indian state in the twenty-first century and trace their roots in contemporary history.

A timely intervention engaging with urgent concerns, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, especially political economy, South Asian studies, and public policy.

This volume examines critical issues in contemporary India, from evolving politics and citizenship questions to contentious land acquisitions and new welfare policies.?

Preface by Kenneth Bo Nielsen

Introduction: What is New India and How More Democratic is it?

Pratick Mallick

Chapter 1

Hindutva and Caste based Reservation: Debate, Discourse and Dilemma

Ayan Guha

Chapter 2

Women and the Nation in Hindu Nationalism

Proma Raychaudhury

Chapter 3

Eminent Domain, Development and Land Acquisitions for SEZs in?Contemporary India

Meenakshi Gogoi

Chapter 4

Decoding Modis New Welfarism: Populist rhetoric or substantive?empowerment?

Ambar Kumar Ghosh

Chapter 5

Critical Analysis of the Post-370 Elections in Kashmir

Abhinav Pandya

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