Description |
1 online resource (viii, 192 pages). |
Series |
Routledge new horizons in South Asian studies |
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Routledge new horizons in South Asian studies.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
This book engages with the concept, true value, and function of democracy in South Asia against the background of real social conditions for the promotion of peaceful development in the region. In the book, the issue of peaceful social development is defined as the conditions under which the maintenance of social order and social development is achieved - not by violent compulsion but through the negotiation of intentions or interests among members of society. The book assesses the issue of peaceful social development and demonstrates that the maintenance of such conditions for long periods is a necessary requirement for the political, economic, and cultural development of a society and state. Chapters argue that, through the post-colonial historical trajectory of South Asia, it has become commonly understood that democracy is the better, if not the best, political system and value for that purpose. Additionally, the book claims that, while democratization and the deepening of democracy have been broadly discussed in the region, the peace that democracy is supposed to promote has been in serious danger, especially in the 21st century. A timely survey and re-evaluation of democracy and peaceful development in South Asia, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of South Asian Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies and Asian Politics and Security. |
Biography |
Minoru Mio is a professor and the director of the Department of Globalization and Humanities at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan. He is one of the series editors of the Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies and has co-edited Cities in South Asia (with Crispin Bates, 2015), Human and International Security in India (with Crispin Bates and Akio Tanabe, 2015) and Rethinking Social Exclusion in India (with Abhijit Dasgupta, 2017), also published by Routledge. Kazuya Nakamizo is a professor in the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies at Kyoto University, Japan. He is the author of Violence and Democracy: The Collapse of One-Party Dominant Rule in India (2020). Tatsuro Fujikura is a professor in the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, and the director of the Center for South Asian Studies at Kyoto University, Japan. He is the author of Discourses of Awareness: Development, Social Movements and the Practices of Freedom in Nepal (2013). |
Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 11, 2021). |
Subject |
Democracy -- South Asia.
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Social movements -- South Asia.
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South Asia -- Politics and government.
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South Asia -- Social conditions.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.
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Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Social movements. (OCoLC)fst01122657
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South Asia. (OCoLC)fst01244520
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Added Author |
Mio, Minoru, editor.
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Nakamizo, Kazuya, 1970- editor.
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Tatsuro, Fuzikura, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 0367470578 9780367470579 (OCoLC)1197724679 |
ISBN |
9781000331363 electronic book |
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1000331369 electronic book |
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9781003038528 electronic book |
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1003038522 electronic book |
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9781000331288 electronic book |
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1000331288 electronic book |
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9781000331325 electronic book Mobipocket |
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1000331326 electronic book Mobipocket |
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9780367470579 hardcover |
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0367470578 electronic book |
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