LEADER 03549nam 22006252 450 001 9910461420203321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-283-37715-2 010 $a9786613377159 010 $a0-85728-835-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000128114 035 $a(EBL)840530 035 $a(OCoLC)772399362 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000576202 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12215716 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000576202 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10554351 035 $a(PQKB)11754645 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780857288356 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC840530 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL840530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10523540 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL337715 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000128114 100 $a20111212d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aTrysts with democracy $epolitical practice in South Asia /$fedited by Stig Toft Madsen, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Uwe Skoda$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLondon :$cAnthem Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 301 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aAnthem South Asian Studies 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-85728-773-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThis volume addresses the current configuration of democratic politics in South Asia from a cross-disciplinary perspective. The essays seek to examine the larger questions of how democratic values are embedded in social and political institutions, and how localised and everyday political values inform the multiple ways in which democracy is understood and practised. One of the strengths of this collection is the fact that it does not seek to provide answers to these questions from within one academic discipline only, but rather brings together scholars with backgrounds in a variety of social science disciplines and the humanities. A number of allied questions and engaging debates emerge throughout the book. How may we distinguish between democracy's formal and less-than-formal dimensions in the context of South Asia? How do notions of kinship, kingship and community tie in with larger processes of democratic politics and deepening political mobilisation? How do people construe the political in a context where the sphere of the religious seemingly seamlessly overlaps with the political, where the political cannot be separated from the social, and where the boundaries between state and society are blurred? How do people practically engage with the political and with democratic processes at a local level -- and what might democracy mean in the vernacular? 330 $aThis volume offers a collection of lucid, theoretically stimulating articles that explore and analyse the institutions and values which are salient in understanding political practices in South Asia. 410 0$aAnthem South Asian Studies 606 $aDemocracy$zSouth Asia 606 $aPolitical participation$zSouth Asia 607 $aSouth Asia$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a320.954 702 $aMadsen$b Stig Toft 702 $aNielsen$b Kenneth Bo 702 $aSkoda$b Uwe$f1973- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461420203321 996 $aTrysts with democracy$92476292 997 $aUNINA