How India became democratic : citizenship and the making of the universal franchise / Ornit Shani

By:

Shani, Ornit

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018Description: xiii, 284p. ; 23cmISBN:

9781107673540

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324.60954 SHA 22

Summary: This book explores the greatest experiment in democratic human history. It tells the untold story of the preparation of the electoral roll on the basis of universal adult franchise in the world's largest democracy. The author offers a new view of the institutionalisation of democracy in India, and of the way democracy captured the political imagination of its diverse peoples. Drawing on rich archival materials, the author shows how the Indian people were a driving force in the making of democratic citizenship as they struggled for their voting rights.

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This book explores the greatest experiment in democratic human history. It tells the untold story of the preparation of the electoral roll on the basis of universal adult franchise in the world's largest democracy. The author offers a new view of the institutionalisation of democracy in India, and of the way democracy captured the political imagination of its diverse peoples. Drawing on rich archival materials, the author shows how the Indian people were a driving force in the making of democratic citizenship as they struggled for their voting rights.

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