{"product_id":"trysts-with-democracy-9780857287731","title":"Trysts with Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a collection of lucid, theoretically stimulating articles that explore and analyse the institutions and values which are salient in understanding political practices in South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA number of chapters […] stand out for their ingenuity and interesting implications for the larger debate. […]The chapters in the second section on ‘India’ are all well-founded and shed light on different aspects of the political process and democratic practices  […] All [the chapters] are well-written and provide interesting insights into selected political practices and processes.' –Marian Gallenkamp, 'Contemporary South Asia'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction – Stig Toft Madsen, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Uwe Skoda; 2. Why Did India Become a Democracy and Why Did It Remain Democratic? A Survey of the Literature and Some Comments to the Scholarly Debate – Jørgen Dige Pedersen; 3. Democracy in Bangladesh: A Village View – Arild Engelsen Ruud; 4. Ajit Singh s\/o Charan Singh – Stig Toft Madsen; 5. A Princely Politician in an Indigenized Democracy: A Raja and His Electoral Situation in Rural Orissa 2004 – Uwe Skoda; 6. A Political Breakthrough for Irrigation Development: The Congress Assembly Campaign in Andhra Pradesh in 2003-2004 – Pamela Price; 7. Congress Factionalism Revisited: West Bengal – Kenneth Bo Nielsen; 8. Nepal: Governance and Democracy in a Frail State – Neil Webster; 9. Entanglement of Politics and Education in Sri Lanka – Birgitte Refslund Sørensen; 10. Shifting Between the Local and Transnational: Space, Power and Politics in War-Torn Sri Lanka – Cathrine Brun and Nicholas Van Hear; 11. Domestic Roots of Indian Foreign Policy – Walter Andersen; 12. Political Practice and Post-Islamism in Pakistan – Thomas Gugler\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthem Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038898389335,"sku":"9780857287731","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857287731.jpg?v=1750941852","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/trysts-with-democracy-9780857287731","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}