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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
K S Bajpai; Alfred C Stepan; et al |
| ISBN: | 9780195683684 0195683684 |
| OCLC Number: | 84151922 |
| Description: | xxiv, 312 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Democratic institutions and ethnic/religious pluralism : Can India and the United States learn from each other-and from the smaller democracies / Arend Lijphart -- 'Nation state' or 'state nation'? : India in comparative perspective / Juan J. Linz, Alfred Stepan, and Yogendra Yadav -- Negotiating linguistic diversity : a comparative study of India and the United States / Neera Chandhoke -- Minorities and India's democracy / Nathan Glazer -- Democracy within parties and the accommodation of diversity : comparing India and the United States / E. Sridharan -- Federalism, multi-national societies, and negotiating a democratic 'state nation' : a theoretical framework, the Indian model and a Tamil case study / Alfred Stepan -- Decentralization : explorations of local government in India and the United States / Peter Ronald deSouza. |
| Other Titles: | Democracy & diversity |
| Responsibility: | edited by K. Shankar Bajpai ; [contributors, Alfred Stepan ... et al.]. |
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Abstract:
Presents a comparative study of the Indian and American experiences of democracy. This book deals with institutions and ethnicity, idea of the nation-state, linguistic diversity, minorities question, political parties and democratic practices, federalism and decentralization.
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