DEMOCRACY AND VIOLENCE IN INDIA AND SRI LANKA [Chatham House Papers) by AUSTIN, Dennis - 1994

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Pinter, 1994-12-16. Paperback. Used:Good.

London : Pinter Publishers ; Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1994. 1st edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Chatham House Papers. Physical description: xviii, 101 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : map ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-101). Subjects: Communalism India; Violence India; Democracy India; Communalism Sri Lanka; Violence Sri Lanka; Democracy Sri Lanka; Armed Forces; India Ethnic relations; India Politics and government 1977-; Sri Lanka Ethnic relations; South Asia.

Pinter Publishers, 1994. Paperback. New.

Pinter Publishers, 1994. Paperback. New.

Democracy is usually seen as an antidote to violence: terrorism should have no place where the ballot box is freely and fairly used. In practice, however, minorities reject majority verdicts, and democratic governments, faced with violent opposition, are tempted to introduce non-democratic measures to restore order, as well as exploiting violence for political ends. The study asks whether India's democratic institutions will be critically damaged by violence. At the end of 1992 the elected governments under the control of the Bharatiya Janata Party in four northern states of India were suspended by the central government. Was this a victory for violence over democracy or for democracy over violence? Indeed, can violence and democracy co-exist, or will India's democracy be eroded, smothered from above, undermined from below?.