543 Lok Sabha seats. More than 4,000 state constituencies. Over 800 million voters. The world’s largest democracy. From the time of its inception, democracy in India has been dubbed ‘miraculous’ by the world’s media, and its elections as a spectacular exercise in human management. In Ballot, Rasheed Kidwai takes us through his pick of seminal elections that have shaped Indian democracy both at the centre and in select states. Highlighting ...
Democracy in India: Current Debates and Emerging Challenges
Democracy in India deliberates on the various challenges confronting parliamentary democracy in India as well as provides new critiques of the manner in which democracy has functioned besides focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of Indian democracy. The volume contains essays on the theory and practice of democratic governance; the role of the judiciary in strengthening the legislative and executive functions of the state; the role of the media as the fourth ...
The book ‘Dynamics of Population’ addresses important issues at the heart of the problems of developing countries. It provides welcome impetus to empirically and theoretically grounded population geography. It begins with historical demography and covers the sources of demographic data in India and the theories of population. Detailed chapters then cover each of the three main components of population change - mortality, fertility and migration. This ...
Looking Back the Efforts on Decentralization in India
Decentralization is a global phenomenon and it is operationalized by the governments depending on the requirements of the county. In India, only after enacting the 73rd and 74th Amendment to the Constitution of India, India became rarely a representative democracy. It has transformed the very character of our democracy from representative to representative and participatory democracy. Indian democracy is always a paradox as it is in short in quality long in ...
This comprehensive introductory text takes an applied, interdisciplinary approach. Because on author is a sociologist and the other a demographer, the material introduces perspectives from many different disciplines. The most applied book on the market, this text teaches students how to use the multitude of demographic resources available to them as consumers of data. Using case studies throughout to illustrate key concepts in a realistic and concrete manner, the ...
Demography is the scientific study of population. Demographers seek to know the level and trends of population size and its components. They search for explanations of demographic changes and their implications for societies. The Indian demographic scene was undergoing a significant change. Although the country still continued to be in the explosive second stage of the demographic transition, yet the trends in fertility and mortality for the country as a whole, ...
Democracy and Good Governance Some Guidelines For Today’s Parliamentarians
Democracy and Good Governance reminds us of the true meaning of good governance and what democracy entails. Subhash Kashyap details practices and protocols followed in the Indian Parliament and the deviations and aberrant behaviours of legislatures, noting what their actual duties are and ought to be. The author also brings out in a series of biographical sketches his encounters with some remarkable parliamentarians during his long tenure in the Parliament ...
Demography meaning the study of population deals with all aspects of population. The book is divided in 2 parts. While Part-I deals with various problems relating to different aspects of population, Part-II provides all types of basic data dealing directly/indirectly with different aspects of population. It is hoped that the book will be of great value to the students, researchers and all those who are interested to know about the Demographics in India. Some ...
India’s Tryst With Democracy: Changing Contours of Politics, Economy and Society
This book makes an attempt to understand and explain the way Indian democracy has taken shape in recent years. It seeks to provide insights into different dimensions of India’s democratic experiment. Although covering the various issues relating to democratic challenges in Indian Polity is a herculean task, in this volume an effort has been made to incorporate papers focusing on various dimensions of Indian polity. It also tends to unravel and explain the ...
Celebrating Diasporic Writing: A Critical Response to Indian and Pakistani Literature
The concept of demographic dividend means different things to different minds. This book provides a concrete account of the opportunities and challenges underlying the demographic dividend. A key message is that the demographic dividend must not be taken for granted. Just like you need to invest in shares to reap cash dividends, so does a nation need to invest in its youth to reap the demographic dividend in the form of higher and rising income per capita in ...
Violence is usually located outside the democratic domain. Its recurrence is understood as a direct threat to democracy. Democracies are called upon to "manage", "tackle", or "deal with" it, not necessarily through democratic means. Today, democracy is sought to be 'exported' across continents by waging war on countries that, according to the exporting countries of the West, are yet to become democratic. This book contests and ...
This book aims to provide an exhaustive survey of research works carried out so far in the field of electoral geography. Unraveling potential areas for research in this field in India, it explains the meaning and evolution of electoral geography and presents a succinct summary of various approaches being adopted by different scholars. It further provides guidance to the young scholars as to how to carry out research in electoral geography through ...
Fixing Electoral Boundaries in India: Laws, Processes, Outcomes, and Implication for Political Representation
Did you know that the latest delimitation of electoral constituencies in India was carried out after a hiatus of three decades? And that the next delimitation will be held after another three decades? What is an electoral constituency? How are its boundaries fixed? What is delimitation? Why is periodic delimitation of electoral constituencies necessary? What are the philosophical and legal underpinnings of delimiting constituencies? How do constituencies get ...
