{"product_id":"civility-in-crisis-suryakant-waghmore-9780367506414","title":"Civility in Crisis: Democracy, Equality and the Majoritarian Challenge in India","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003ehigh democracy and low civility \u003c\/i\u003ethat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnriched 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suryakant Waghmore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367506416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367506414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Suryakant Waghmore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136013545727,"sku":"9780367506414","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13cb2740-2720-42ce-bc7a-b652d04e4754.jpg?v=1770159934","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/civility-in-crisis-suryakant-waghmore-9780367506414","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}