{"product_id":"anna-and-the-lokpal-bill-2010-18-vol-ii-9789352875597","title":"Anna And The Lokpal Bill, 2010-18, Vol. Ii","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dhavan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe years 2010–11 witnessed tumultuous civil  rights campaigns against the deeply-embedded corruption in Indian society and  politics. The advent of social activist Anna Hazare and his India Against  Corruption (IAC), ably supported by social activists and lawyers, gave rise to  a civil society agitation of a kind unprecedented in the history of independent  India. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnna and the Lokpal Bill, 2010–2018\u003c\/em\u003e, the  second of Rajeev Dhavan’s two-volume history of the Lokpal Bill in India,  provides detailed discussions and analyses of the events of these years, and  the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, as the issue of corruption and the  Lokpal as a remedy became a national campaign attracting overwhelming support  across the country, both the UPA government and the Opposition found themselves  on the defensive. A special session of Parliament was called, pledging support  to Anna in the form of a parliamentary resolution, and versions of the Lokpal Bill  were debated and discussed in both Houses of Parliament and special committees.  However, in 2012, the Anna movement changed its course and lost momentum,  resulting in a severely truncated Lokpal Bill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also asks: What is civil society? What is  its relationship with political society? What should be the aims of both civil  and political society; and why were those in power so afraid of the ‘crowd’?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45616463216791,"sku":"9789352875597","price":1721.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789352875597.webp?v=1769294854","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/anna-and-the-lokpal-bill-2010-18-vol-ii-9789352875597","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}