Democracy in India: A Hollow Shell

by Suranjit K. Saha, Asghar Ali Engineer, Suranjit Kumar Saha, et al.

This book looks at the wasting away of the economic and political democracy that was the hope and promise of the independence movement. The authors examine the hierarchical rule that had undermined the Indian democratic system and at the culture that has engendered this hierarchy of caste. Topics include ethical conflicts and human rights violations as well as the growth of the radical right; also social issues such as the soaring population, illiteracy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879383268
• ISBN13: 9781879383265
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.