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Tocqueville in India / Jean Alphonse Bernard.

By: Publication details: Hyderabad : Orient BlackSwan, 2014.Description: xiv, 247 p. : 25 cmISBN:
  • 9789383166022 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.01 BER
Contents:
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: 1.Tocqueville in India. 2. Society v. state. 3. Society as caste, caste as society.4.The unassuming revolution. 5.The State as an Autonomous Actor. Part II: The four corners of India. 6. Tocqueville travels to Bihar. 7. Turmoil in a forward state. 8. Tamil Nadu- a nation in the making. 9. Kerala, a society that is civil . 10. A mid-journey session. Part III: Politics, power and polity. 11. Yet they vote. 12. Is India a nation? 13. The empire of democracy. 14. Democracy and discrimination. 15. Religions and secularism. 16. The highest good.
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Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: 1.Tocqueville in India. 2. Society v. state. 3. Society as caste, caste as society.4.The unassuming revolution. 5.The State as an Autonomous Actor. Part II: The four corners of India. 6. Tocqueville travels to Bihar. 7. Turmoil in a forward state. 8. Tamil Nadu- a nation in the making. 9. Kerala, a society that is civil . 10. A mid-journey session. Part III: Politics, power and polity. 11. Yet they vote. 12. Is India a nation? 13. The empire of democracy. 14. Democracy and discrimination. 15. Religions and secularism. 16. The highest good.

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