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Ashutosh Varshney
Battles Half Won [EPUB ebook]
India’s Improbable Democracy

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This lively collection of essays by Ashutosh Varshney analyses the deepening of Indian democracy since 1947 and the challenges this has created. It examines concerns ranging from federalism and Hindu nationalism to caste conflict and civil society, the north south economic divide, and politics of economic reforms. Accompanied by a substantial overview tracing the forging and consolidation of India s improbable democracy, the book, full of original insights, portrays the successes and failures of our experience in a new comparative perspective, enriching our understanding of the idea of democracy.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 440 ● ISBN 9789351184348 ● Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3436182 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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