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dc.contributor.editorNeyazi, Taberez Ahmed
dc.contributor.editorTanabe, Akio
dc.contributor.editorIshizaka, Shinya
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-28T14:31:25Z
dc.date.available2022-02-28T14:31:25Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifierONIX_20220228_9781317694038_14
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53160
dc.description.abstractSince the structural change in Indian society that began in the 1990s - the result of the liberalisation of the economy, devolution of power, and decentralisation of the government–an unprecedented, democratic transformation has been taking place. This has caused the emergence of unexpected coalitions and alliances across diverse castes, classes, and religious groups according to the issues involved. In this volume, we intend to understand this deepening of democracy by employing a new analytical framework of the 'vernacular public arena' where negotiations, dialogues, debates, and contestations occur among 'vernacular publics'. This reflects the profound changes in Indian democracy as diverse social groups, including dalits, adivasis, and Other Backward Classes; minorities, women; individuals from rural areas, towns, and cities; the poor and the new middle classes–the 'vernacular publics'–participate in new ways in India’s public life. This participation is not confined to electoral politics, but has extended to the public arenas in which these groups have begun to raise their voice publicly and to negotiate and engage in dialogue with each other and the wider world. Contributors demonstrate that the participation of vernacular publics has resulted in the broadening of Indian democracy itself which focuses on the ways of governance, improving people’s lives, life chances, and living environments. An original, comprehensive study that furthers our understanding of the unfolding political dynamism and the complex reshuffling and reassembling taking place in Indian society and politics, this book will be relevant to academics with an interest in South Asian Studies from a variety of disciplines, including Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRoutledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherbharatiya
dc.subject.otherhindi
dc.subject.otherjanata
dc.subject.otherlok
dc.subject.othermedia
dc.subject.otherparty
dc.subject.otherpradesh
dc.subject.othersabha
dc.subject.othersangh
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dc.titleDemocratic Transformation and the Vernacular Public Arena in India
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781315777627
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb
oapen.relation.isbn9781317694038
oapen.relation.isbn9781315777627
oapen.relation.isbn9780815384076
oapen.relation.isbn9780415738675
oapen.imprintRoutledge
oapen.pages238


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