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Democracy and Revolutionary Politics
Neera Chandhoke
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Description for Democracy and Revolutionary Politics
Paperback. Series: Theory for a Global Age. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Democracy and political violence can hardly be considered conceptual siblings, at least at first sight. Democracy allows people to route their aspirations, demands, and expectations of the state through peaceful methods; violence works outside these prescribed and institutionalized channels in public spaces, in the streets, in the forests and in inhospitable terrains. But can committed democrats afford to ignore the fact that violence has become a routine way of doing politics in countries such as India? By exploring the concept ... Read more
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Democracy and political violence can hardly be considered conceptual siblings, at least at first sight. Democracy allows people to route their aspirations, demands, and expectations of the state through peaceful methods; violence works outside these prescribed and institutionalized channels in public spaces, in the streets, in the forests and in inhospitable terrains. But can committed democrats afford to ignore the fact that violence has become a routine way of doing politics in countries such as India? By exploring the concept ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Theory for a Global Age
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474224017
SKU
V9781474224017
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Ref
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About Neera Chandhoke
Neera Chandhoke, formerly Professor of Political Science at the University of Delhi, India.
Reviews for Democracy and Revolutionary Politics
Through a sophisticated, robust and wide ranging analysis of democratic movements, Chandhoke urges us to rethink the debates on civil society, the state and violence in the global south. This is an important, thought-provoking and challenging book that will influence the thinking of all of us who are interested in questions of political and social justice.
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