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Religious practice and democracy in India / Pradeep K. Chhibber, University of California, Berkeley with Sandeep Shastri, Jain University, Bengaluru.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chhibber, Pradeep K., 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and politics--India.
- Religion and politics.
- Democracy--India.
- Democracy.
- Democracy--Religious aspects.
- India--Religious life and customs.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 204 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Religious Practice & Democracy in India
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book demonstrates the close relationship between religion and democracy in India. Religious practice creates ties among citizens that can generate positive and democratic political outcomes. In pursuing this line of inquiry the book questions a dominant strand in some contemporary social sciences - that a religious denomination (Catholic, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, and so on) is sufficient to explain the relationship between religion and politics or that religion and democracy are antithetical to each other. The book makes a strong case for studying religious practice and placing that practice in the panoply of other social practices and showing that religious practice is positively associated with democracy.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Half title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Religious Practices, Social Hierarchies, and Political Representation""; ""2 The Influence of Religious Practice""; ""3 Social Domination: Caste and Political Representation""; ""4 Avenues for the Connected: Civic Associations and Democracy""; ""5 Political Institutions and the Reproduction of Inequalities""; ""6 Party Competition, Ideology, and Social Divisions""; ""7 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-139-95044-4
- 1-139-96213-2
- 1-139-94939-X
- 1-139-96106-3
- 1-139-95682-5
- 1-139-64973-6
- 1-139-95895-X
- 1-139-95789-9
- 1-139-96001-6
- OCLC:
- 882104969
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