{"product_id":"who-wants-democracy-9788125045519","title":"Who Wants Democracy?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Javeed Alam\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 internal structure of Indian democracy has seen rapid changes since the implementation of the Mandal Commission recommendations in 1989. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho Wants Democracy?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e defines two important shifts in the polity. Even as the elite are increasingly stepping back from active participation, the less privileged classes are coming forward to engage vitally with democratic processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaveed Alam highlights how the poor return in every election to choose their representatives and what the voting patterns reveal about the links between regional voices and national unity, between the politics of community and the ideal of citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis second edition includes a Prologue in which the author takes up certain theoretical issues. Discussing the democratic possibilities that modernity still offers, he says that the ‘presence of critique’ within modern thought can enable people to deepen their understanding of the idea of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616506798231,"sku":"9788125045519","price":520.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788125045519.webp?v=1769295037","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/who-wants-democracy-9788125045519","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}