01694nam a2200193Ia 4500999001500000020001800015082002000033100002200053245008100075260004700156300001400203504003400217520101600251650002801267650002101295650003401316942001201350952013801362  c9365d9365  a9781108435642  a320.954 bSAD-W  aSadanandan, Anoop 0aWhy Democracy Deepensb: Political Information And Decentralization In India  aNew YorkbCambridge University Pressc2017  aix, 192p.  aincludes references and index  a'Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic', warned Bhimrao Ambedkar, the principal architect of the country's constitution, a year into independence. The social order - the soil on which India's new democratic edifice was then being erected - was marked by social hierarchies and economic vulnerabilities. Decades of socio-economic changes since then would transform this old order, albeit unevenly across Indian states, to decisively shape the development of democracy in the country. Why Democracy Deepens relates how these socio-economic changes have deepened democracy in India beyond its topsoil. Drawing on his research in villages and states, Anoop Sadanandan explains how socio-economic changes have heightened the need for local voter information, and have promoted grassroots democracy in some Indian states. By exploring the pivotal political developments in the world's largest democracy, the book puts forward a theory of local democratization.  aPolitics And Government  aDemocracyzIndia  aDecentralization in Goverment  cBK2ddc  00104070aNASSDOCbNASSDOCd2018-03-26eOPi2018-02-28l1m2o320.954 SAD-Wp49897r2019-09-23 00:00:00s2019-08-23w2019-04-18yBK