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100 _aBose, Sumantra
245 _aTransforming India:
_bchallenges to the world's largest democracy
260 _aLondon:
_bPicador India;
_cc2013.
300 _a337p.
500 _aBudhiraja Collection
520 _aThe dynamism of India's democracy derives from the active participation of the people--the demos. But as Bose makes clear, its transformation into a polity of, by, and for the people depends on tackling great problems of poverty, inequality, and oppression. This tension helps explain why Maoist revolutionaries wage war on the republic, and why people in the Kashmir Valley feel they are not full citizens. As India dramatically emerges on the global stage, Transforming India: Challenges to the World's Largest Democracy provides invaluable analysis of its complexity and distinctiveness.
650 _aDemocracy
_zIndia
650 _aPolitics and government
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