Kishwar, Madhu Purnima.

Deepening democracy: challenges of governance and globalization in India/ Madhu Purnima Kishwar - New York: Oxford university press, 2005. - viii, 334 p. ; 22 cm. - Oxford India paperbacks .

Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. Laws, liberty, and livelihood : economic warfare against rickshaw owners and pullers --
2. Blackmail, bribes, and beatings : licence-quota-raid raj for street vendors --
3. Cutting our own lifeline : a review of India's farm policy --
4. Captive people, free trade? : human rights and national boundaries --
5. Naukri as property : causes and cures for corruption in government --
6. A half step forward : the thwarting of economic reforms in India --
7. When nature's call is a crime : breakdown of conflict resolution mechanisms in India --
8. Symbols of mental slavery : of toilets, tubs, and drains --
9. Destroying minds and skills : the dominance of angreziyat in our education --
10. Yours nationally --
11. Beyond for or against : unexplored complexities of India's reservation policy --
12. Marks, merit, and competence : are reservations inherently anti-efficiency --
13. Majoritarianism vs minoritarianism : Hindu-Muslim relations in post-independence India --
14. An agenda for India : the speech we deserved to hear on August 15.


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India
Politics and government
Economic history
Globalization
Poor--Government policy
Economic policy
Social conditions
Democratization

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