Keane John (Professor Of Politics Professor Of Politics University Of Sydney)
Keane John (Professor Of Politics Professor Of Politics University Of Sydney) - To Kill A Democracy India's Passage To Despotism - Hardcover
Keane John (Professor Of Politics Professor Of Politics University Of Sydney) - To Kill A Democracy India's Passage To Despotism - Hardcover
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Description: India is heralded as the world's largest democracy. Yet there is now growing alarm about its democratic health. To Kill a Democracy gets to the heart of the matter. 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.
Title: To Kill A Democracy India's Passage To Despotism
Author(s): Keane John (Professor Of Politics Professor Of Politics University Of Sydney)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198848608
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 8/3/2021
Category: International Relations
Description: India is heralded as the world's largest democracy. Yet there is now growing alarm about its democratic health. To Kill a Democracy gets to the heart of the matter. 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.
Title: To Kill A Democracy India's Passage To Despotism
Author(s): Keane John (Professor Of Politics Professor Of Politics University Of Sydney)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198848608
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 8/3/2021
Category: International Relations
