Introduction

Democracy in Contemporary India

Neera Chandhoke and Praveen Priyadarshi

This volume is the product of a joint effort by a number of scholars who carry out research and teach at the University of Delhi. Many of these scholars are fellows of the Developing Countries Research Centre of the university, where the initiative to put together a volume on contemporary India first took shape; others are fellow travellers. In view of the fact that: (a) a foundation course on contemporary India has been introduced at the BA level in the university; (b) the course straddles four disciplines of history, economics, sociology, and political science, and (c) there are very few original works that negotiate all the themes included in the course in ...

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