| Autore |
Koul Bill K.
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (396 pages)
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| Disciplina |
050
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| Soggetto topico |
Authoritarianism
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| ISBN |
9789811920615
9789811920608
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements and Dedications -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 World in Peril -- Introduction -- Once upon a Time -- The Beginning -- Our Greatest challenge-The Human Mind -- Our Existential Threats -- Covid-19 and Conspiracy Theories -- Unsustainable Human Population -- Growing Energy Demands -- Climate Change -- Biodiversity Loss -- Water -- Health and Environment -- The Rise of Far-Right Extremists -- Addiction to Technology and Smart Phone -- What Has Become of Us? -- A Distorted World of Humans -- Shades of Imperfection -- Imperfect Humans Make Imperfect Judgements -- My Dilemma -- What Will Possibly Happen to Me if I Live Longer? -- The Lure of Living to an Older Age -- Earth Will Be Happy (a Poem) -- References -- 2 Abysmal State of a Democracy During the Pandemic -- Introduction -- Indian Democracy and Covid-19 Pandemic -- Second Wave of Covid-19-A Tsunami -- What Caused the Covid-19 Tsunami? -- India-A Glimpse in May 2021 -- Role of the Indian Political Leadership -- Kumbh Mela-The Super-Spreader -- Bengal Elections 2021 -- Was India's Second Wave Engineered? -- Did the Indian Leadership Blunder? -- Violence in Bangladesh (March 2021) -- The Lancet on India's Covid-19 Crisis -- An Open Letter to Indian Government -- India's Press and Media Freedom -- India's Higher Education -- Tropical Cyclones Tauktae and Yass -- UP Mosque Demolition -- Kashmiris Arrested for Pro-Palestine Protests -- References -- 3 Ground Reality of Democracy -- Introduction -- Electors and Elections -- General -- Social Media Influences -- Uneven Playing Fields Disadvantages -- Good Acting Skills Work -- Australian Democracy -- Federal Government -- State and Territory Government -- Local Government -- Australian Constitution and Judiciary -- Australia's Issues -- Western Australia's State Election-March 2021.
Electoral Battle Ground -- Author's Campaign -- The Labor Tsunami -- Emotional Voting -- Polarised Voters-A Complex Mindset -- Author's Pain and Commitment -- Solemn Reflections -- Five months After the Election -- An Uphill Run -- References -- 4 Authoritarianism in Democracy -- Introduction -- The Current State of Wellness of the World -- Democracy -- Democracy Index -- Liveability -- World Happiness Report -- Quality of Life -- Human Freedom Index -- World Freedom of Expression Rankings -- Right to Protest Demonstration, London, March 2021 -- Population Versus Wellness Parameters -- The Current State of Global Democracy -- Democracies Scratch Each Other's Back -- Democracy Struggles as Population Increases -- World Leaders Worshipped as Demigods -- President Trump -- Prime Minister Modi -- The US Presidential Election 2020 -- Threats to the US Democracy -- India Since 2014 -- Indian Democracy -- Intrinsically Hierarchal Socio-political Structure -- A 'Honking' Culture -- Spicy Democracy -- A Powerful Yet Poor Nation -- A Dwindling Democracy -- India's Falling Democracy Index -- Religion in Institutions -- Demonetisation (2016) -- Kashmir's Loss of Autonomy (2019) -- Citizenship Amendment Act (2019) -- Growing Islamophobia -- Is India Becoming a Hindu Rashtra? -- Why Does India Want to Be a Hindu Rashtra? -- Is Mr Modi's Grip on Power Safe? -- The Cost of Mr Modi's Overseas Travels Since 2014 -- Social Media and Politics -- Government's Big Spending on Media Ads -- Sport and Politics -- Farmer Suicides and Protests Against New Farming Bills (2020-2021) -- Farmer Protests -- Suicide by Protesting Farmers -- The Government Reaction -- A Tale of Sorrow and Pathos -- What Now? -- References -- 5 Brainstorming -- Introduction -- Life -- Real Human Progress-The Human Dignity -- Human Greed -- Live, Don't Rush -- Focus on Being -- Wonder Like a Child.
Know Thyself -- Rights and Responsibilities Come Together -- What We Must Learn -- Minimalism -- Breakdown of Family Structure -- Politics -- Democracy and Education -- Democracy and Race-Awareness -- Democracy and Polarisation -- Democracy and Religion -- True Democracy -- Real Freedom -- Sacred Institutions -- Democracy Versus Socialism -- China's Socialism Versus India's Democracy -- Comparison by Democracy Index -- Trade Between China and India -- China's Assistance to India -- China's Progress Versus India's Struggles-May 2021 -- Can India Learn Anything from China? -- Salvaging Democracy -- American Democracy -- President Biden-A Ray of Hope for Democracy -- Captain's Call -- Threats to Democracy -- India's Challenge to Western Democracies -- Challenge to the US -- US-India Relationship -- Australia-India Relationship -- Difficult Questions -- Towards a Better World -- A Two-Equal Party Model -- Why a Simpler System Is Needed? -- A Two-Equal Party Model -- World Interdependence Day -- The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path -- Hope -- Be a Human First-A Poem -- References -- Index.
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