Government As Practice : Democratic Left in a Transforming India

by Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya

The democratic Left in India is in crisis. During the first decade of this century it slid from its highest parliamentary presence to virtual irrelevance. A key to its retrieval, this book argues, lies in its ability to imagine a new popular politics for reinventing its democratic credentials beyond electoral posturing. In this respect, much can be learnt from the Left's governmental practices as they have evolved since the late 1960s, crafting a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B01GTSHWAM
• ISBN13: 9781107102262
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"