TY - BOOK AU - Vora Rajendra TI - Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices SN - 0-7619-9790-3 U1 - 320.954 23 PY - 2004/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage Publication N1 - 1. Introduction / Rajendra Vora and Suhas Palshikar 2. Issues before Indian Democracy: An Overview / Rajni Kothari 3. The Crisis of Political Authority / D. L. Sheth 4. What is Happening Inside Indian Democracy? / Javeed Alam 5. Theorizing Indian Democracy / Manoranjan Mohanty 6. Whose Democracy Are We Talking About? Hegemony and Democracy in India / Suhas Palshikar 7. Understanding Indian Politics: Are We Asking the Right Questions? / Jayant Lele 8. The Ethical Insufficiency of Egoism and Altruism: India in Transition / Rajeev Bhargava 9. Understanding Indian Secularism: Learning from its Recent Critics / Thomas Pantham 10. New Dalit Politics / Gopal Guru 11. Decline of Caste Majoritarianism in Indian Politics / Rajendra Vora 12. Rise of the BJP and Decline of the Congress: An Appraisal / V. B. Singh 13. Predicament of the Left / Sandeep Pendse 14. Increasing Fluidity in Electoral Contests: Is This Mere Anti-Incumbency? / Sanjay Kumar 15. Social Movements in Crisis? / Rajeshwari Deshpande 16. Struggle Against Dams or Struggle for Water? Environmental Movements and the State / Gail Omvedt ER -