Democracy and Unity in India

Name: Democracy and Unity in India
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Democracy and Unity in IndiaUnderstanding the All India Phenomenon, 1940-1960\nAuthor(s): Emily Rook-Koepsel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367030889, 978-0367030889\nSynopsis\nThis book analyzes the ways in which organizations and individuals in India grappled with and contested definitions of democracy and unity in the decades directly preceding and following independent Indian statehood. \n\nThe All India Scheduled Castes Federation and the All India Womens Conference are used as case studies to explore Indian Dalit and women activists attempts to reconceptualize universal citizenship, Indian identity, dissent, and principled democracy during a moment of uncertainty in Indias political life. The author argues that, because the Indian nation and the Indian state remained in flux during the 1940s and '50s, marginal political actors, writers, social activists, and others were able to propose novel forms of demo.