Democracy and the State: Welfare, Securalism and Development in Contemporary India

By Niraja Gopal Jayal

This book examines the relationship between state, society and democracy in India over the last decade by exploring how the Indian state has fared vis-a-vis its three major goals in independent India: welfare, secularism and development. It provides a narrative which bridges the gap between political theory and empirical political analysis.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195645790
• ISBN13: 9780195645798
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"