Decolonizing Democracy: Transforming the Social Contract in India

By Christine Keating

Book Overview

Analyzes the movement for Indian independence, the framing of the Indian Constitution, and contemporary contestations over women's legal and political status as crucial moments of transition in which feminist and other progressive activists in India have challenged racialized and gendered underpinnings of democracy's social contract.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271048646
• ISBN13: 9780271048642
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"