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Citizenship imperilled : India's fragile democracy / Niraja Gopal Jayal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jayal, Niraja Gopal, author.
- Series:
- Hedgehog and fox (Series)
- Hedgehog and fox history and politics series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Citizenship--India.
- Citizenship.
- India.
- Democracy--India.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- x, 250 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ranikhet, India : Permanent Black, in association with Ashoka University ; New Delhi : Distributed by Orient Blackswan Private Limited, [2021]
- Contents:
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Introduction: Citizenship imperilled
- I: LAWS. 1. From birthright to faith-based citizenship
- 2. Law, politics, and the architecture of citizenship
- II: CONTESTATIONS. 3. Indian citizenship: a century of disagreement
- 4. Reconfiguring citizenship in contemporary India
- III: ANTINOMIES. 5. A false dichotomy? The unresolved tension between universal and differentiated citizenship in India
- 6. The challenge of human development: inclusion or democratic citizenship?
- 7. An immense and (in)complete democracy: a Tocquevillian perspective on India's experiment with democratic citizenship
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-227) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten International Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9788178246451
- 8178246457
- OCLC:
- 1275365185
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