How India became democratic
Book • 2017
How India Became Democratic traces the emergence of universal adult franchise in India, focusing on how ordinary people and political actors negotiated citizenship and electoral inclusion.
Ornit Shani examines debates, local mobilizations, and administrative practices that shaped the extension of the vote, arguing that democratization was an active, contested process.
The book uses archival sources to show how claims to political membership and voting rights were formed and institutionalized across regions and communities.
Shani connects the making of the electorate to broader questions of postcolonial state-building and identity, revealing the social foundations of India's democratic expansion.
Ornit Shani examines debates, local mobilizations, and administrative practices that shaped the extension of the vote, arguing that democratization was an active, contested process.
The book uses archival sources to show how claims to political membership and voting rights were formed and institutionalized across regions and communities.
Shani connects the making of the electorate to broader questions of postcolonial state-building and identity, revealing the social foundations of India's democratic expansion.
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