Citizenship and Its Discontents
Author | : Niraja Gopal Jayal |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2013-02-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674067585 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674067584 |
Rating | : 4/5 (584 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Citizenship and Its Discontents by : Niraja Gopal Jayal
Download or read book Citizenship and Its Discontents written by Niraja Gopal Jayal and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how the civic ideals embodied in India’s constitution are undermined by exclusions based on social and economic inequalities, sometimes even by its own strategies of inclusion. Once seen by Westerners as a political anomaly, India today is the case study that no global discussion of democracy and citizenship can ignore.