000			01973nam a22002177a 4500
999			_c37436 _d37436
020			_a9781032189505
041			_aEnglish.
082			_a306.20954223 _bCIV-
245			_aCivility in Crisis: _bDemocracy, Equality and the Majoritarian Challenge in India / _cedited by Suryakant Waghmore and Huge Gorringe.
260			_aNew York: _bRoutledge, _c2022.
300			_axi,178p.
504			_aInclude Index.
520			_aThis book critically examines the relationship between civility, citizenship and democracy. It engages with the oft-neglected idea of civility (as a Western concept) to explore the paradox of high democracy and low civility that plagues India. This concept helps analyse why democratic consolidation translates into limited justice and minimal equality, along with increased exclusion and performative violence against marginal groups in India. The volume brings together key themes such as minority citizens and the incivility of caste, civility and urbanity, the struggles for ‘dignity’ and equality pursued by subaltern groups along with feminism and queer politics, and the exclusionary politics of the Citizenship Amendment Act, to argue that civility provides crucial insights into the functioning and social life of a democracy. In doing so, the book illustrates how a successful democracy may also harbour illiberal values and normalised violence and civil societies may have uncivil tendencies. Enriched with case studies from various states in India, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of political science, political philosophy, South Asian studies, minority and exclusion studies, political sociology and social anthropology.
650			_aPolitical participation _zIndia.
650			_a Human rights _zIndia.
650			_aMarginality, Social _xPolitical aspects _zIndia.
650			_aEquality _zIndia.
700			_aWaghmore, Suryakant _eeditor.
700			_aGorringe, Hugo _eeditor.
942			_2ddc _cBK