Democracy, Development and Civil Society in India - Welcome
We are pleased to announce that the proceedings for the conference are now available. They can be downloaded for free from this website by clicking the "Get conference proceedings" link at the end of this paragraph. The conference proceedings comprise a selection of papers from the different panels. Only those papers that were submitted for inclusion in the proceedings and were accepted through a process of blind reviews have been published.
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In 2007 India is celebrating its sixtieth year of independence. One of its most notable achievements is the endurance of its democratic institutions despite internal and external challenges to its democratic governance. As this multicultural state with over a billion people picks up pace at the start of the 21st century, international scepticism about its economic and political prospects is giving way to optimism about its future and increasing intellectual curiosity about its democratic developmental experience.
This conference will address some of the challenges facing India and provide a forum for debating its unique democratic development with local and international speakers. It aims to go beyond discussions of procedural democracy and provide fresh perspectives by examining ways in which more inclusionary forms of democratic participation and development might be obtained.
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