Civil society, public sphere and citizenship : dialogues and perceptions

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Civil society, public sphere and citizenship : dialogues and perceptions

edited by Rajeev Bhargava, Helmut Reifeld

SAGE Publications, 2005

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What is the political role of the Indian citizen today? What are his/her options, commitments and requirements within Indian civil society and its public sphere? What difference does it make if a person makes use of his/her democratic citizenship in a more active or passive way? Who is allowed to participate actively and who is denied access to democratic rights? What impact does civil society have on the Indian state today? Is there a predominant culture, and in which way does this predominance affect its responsibilities? While these questions have long been discussed both within India and abroad, the contributors to this volume seek to provide new points of view and enrich the ongoing debate.

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Preface - Helmut Reifeld Introduction - Rajeev Bhargava PART ONE: CIVIL SOCIETY, PUBLIC SPHERE AND CITIZENSHIP Civil Society and Citizenship in Western Democracies - Ute Frevert Historical Development and Recent Challenge Forms of Civility and Publicness in Pre-British India - Farhat Hasan Subject's Citizenship Dream - Sudhir Chandra Notes on the 19th Century Notes towards a Conception of the Colonial Public - Neeladri Bhattacharya PART TWO: CITIZENSHIP, ART AND THE MODERN PUBLIC SPHERE An Imperfect Public - Ravi Vasudevan Cinema and Citizenship in the Third World The State, Civil Society and Public Sphere - Kumar Shahani Thinking through Hindi - Alok Rai Genesis or Validation - Clemens Albrecht The Dilemma of Theoretical Conception of the Modernization of the Public Sphere PART THREE: CITIZENSHIP IN INDEPENDENT INDIA Citizenship and the Indian Constitution - Valerian Rodrigues Civil Society and Its `Underground' - Aditya Nigam Explorations in the Notion of `Political Society' Citizenship in Exile - Gopal Guru A Dalit Case Outside the Bounds of Citizenship - B S Chimni The States of Aliens, Illegal Migrants and Refugees in India An Emerging Civil Society - Dagmar Bernstorff The Case of Tibet in Exile Exploring the Mythology of the Public Sphere - Neera Chandoke A Look at Theory - Javeed Alam Civil Society, Democracy and Public Sphere in India Women and the Breakdown of the Public Sphere - Anuradha Chenoy Nation-Building and the Making of Civil Society - D L Sheth

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