Democracy Indian Style explores the social and cultural factors
underlying India's successful democracy by describing and analyzing
the life of Subhas Chandra Bose and his impact on India before and
after independence. As a nation India is very old. Its political
culture has deep roots in India's pre-colonial history, but it is
also a product of Western-style democracy, which has shaped and
even created the nation.
The analysis is balanced between chapters that explain Bose's
life and career and those that describe the Indian political
system. Anton Pelinka explains India's stable democracy as a
mixture of British and American patterns--Westminster parliamentary
rule plus federalism--and a specific set of power-sharing
arrangements among religions, linguistic groups, and castes.
Democracy Indian Style offers one answer to the enigma of how
Indian democracy succeeds, by describing the working of India's
constitution, the weaknesses of its party system, and the specifics
of Indian elections. The focus on Bose provides a second
explanation for India's political success. Democracy Indian Style
is a timely exploration of the roots of Indian democracy, and will
be of interest to political scientists, historians, and students of
Indian politics.
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