Democracy and Revolutionary Politics

by Neera Chandhoke

Democracy and political violence can hardly be considered conceptual siblings, at least at first sight. Democracy allows people to route their aspirations, demands, and expectations of the state through peaceful methods; violence works outside these prescribed and institutionalized channels in public spaces, in the streets, in the forests and in inhospitable terrains. But can committed democrats afford to ignore the fact that violence has become...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474224008
• ISBN13: 9781474224000
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"