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100			_aGupta, Dipankar
245			_aFrom people to citizen _b: democracy’s must take road
250			_aSouth Asia edition
260			_bSocial Science Press _c2017 _aNew Delhi
300			_axviii, 205p.
504			_aInclude Reference and Index
520			_aDipankar Gupta brings together social theory with policy practice to enlarge our understanding of the difference that democracy makes to the life of a nation. Unlike nationalism, democracy takes our attention away from the past to the future by focusing on the specific concerns of 'citizenship'. Historical victories or defeats, blood and soil are now nowhere as relevant as the creation of a foundational base where individuals have equal and quality, access to health, education and even urban services. The primary consideration, therefore, is on empowering 'citizens' as a common category and not 'people' of any specific community or class. When citizens precede all other considerations, the notion of the 'public' too gets its fullest expression. Differences between citizens are not denied, in fact encouraged, but only after achieving a basic unity first. This book argues that the call of citizenship not only advances democracy, but social science as well.
650			_aDemocracy _vCitizenship _zIndia
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