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Deliberative democracy can be seen as a part of the agenda of deepening democracy, wherein the public deliberation of citizens forms the basis of legitimate decision-making, with the people participating directly in the deliberations or making of decisions that affect them. Although political theorists have long contended that democracy should not be based merely on voting but also on informed public debate and despite diverse attempts at deliberative democracy having been made in various parts of the world, it is only during the recent decades that such initiatives have gained momentum.In terms of procedural democracy and the working of democratic institutions, India’s record is considered to be noteworthy. However, questions relating to deliberative democracy have come to the fore, particularly in the recent years, with questions of inclusion and equality posing major challenges. The essays in this volume address various dimensions of the issue, ranging from a theoretical conceptualization of deliberative democracy to its role in constitution-making, Gandhian contributions to deliberative democracy, civil society interventions and the role of the media in deliberative processes in India, the participation of new social movements, Dalit and ecological movements, as well as the intricacies of deliberation and decentralization, and issues of development, marginalization and mobilization. The volume facilitates an understanding of the broad contours and evolving nature of democracy in India and how the Indian experience can inform larger debates on deliberative democracy.

Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Deliberative democracy can be seen as a part of the agenda of deepening democracy, wherein the public deliberation of citizens forms the basis of legitimate decision-making, with the people participating directly in the deliberations or making of decisions that affect them. Although political theorists have long contended that democracy should not be based merely on voting but also on informed public debate and despite diverse attempts at deliberative democracy having been made in various parts of the world, it is only during the recent decades that such initiatives have gained momentum.In terms of procedural democracy and the working of democratic institutions, India’s record is considered to be noteworthy. However, questions relating to deliberative democracy have come to the fore, particularly in the recent years, with questions of inclusion and equality posing major challenges. The essays in this volume address various dimensions of the issue, ranging from a theoretical conceptualization of deliberative democracy to its role in constitution-making, Gandhian contributions to deliberative democracy, civil society interventions and the role of the media in deliberative processes in India, the participation of new social movements, Dalit and ecological movements, as well as the intricacies of deliberation and decentralization, and issues of development, marginalization and mobilization. The volume facilitates an understanding of the broad contours and evolving nature of democracy in India and how the Indian experience can inform larger debates on deliberative democracy.

Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

This book explores Gandhi’s engagement with print news media. It examines how Gandhi, the man and his message, negotiated with the sociopolitical circumstances of his milieu and the methods of communication that he adopted towards this end. It analyses the role that he played in building up alternative modes of communication in South Africa and India. This volume elucidates his interactions with the colonial communication order and his contestations of the same through various methods that included setting up new journals and newspapers and taking on the role of writer, journalist, editor, and publisher. It unveils Gandhi’s engagement with mass media and print journalism, particularly concerning issues of conflict and conflict resolution, as well as social transformation right from his days in London to the last days of his life.

A significant contribution to scholarship on Mahatma Gandhi, this volume will be of great interest to scholars of politics, media and cultural studies, history, and South Asian studies.

This book explores Gandhi’s engagement with print news media. It examines how Gandhi, the man and his message, negotiated with the sociopolitical circumstances of his milieu and the methods of communication that he adopted towards this end. It analyses the role that he played in building up alternative modes of communication in South Africa and India. This volume elucidates his interactions with the colonial communication order and his contestations of the same through various methods that included setting up new journals and newspapers and taking on the role of writer, journalist, editor, and publisher. It unveils Gandhi’s engagement with mass media and print journalism, particularly concerning issues of conflict and conflict resolution, as well as social transformation right from his days in London to the last days of his life.

A significant contribution to scholarship on Mahatma Gandhi, this volume will be of great interest to scholars of politics, media and cultural studies, history, and South Asian studies.

A selection of five varied erotic short stories. Fernie Brae by Nyki BlatchleyWhen you fall asleep in the shadow of the standing stones you don’t expect to wake up and see a naked purple woman. Neither do you expect her to tell you she is the Faery Queen. But things are about to get a lot hotter.She takes you an unforgettable sexual journey and at the end of it she gives you a choice – stay with her in her magical land or find your own way back to yours. Either way it’s going to mean a lot more fun and games of the “explicit” variety.“Bound” to Sell by Teresa JosephInviting a crowd of lusty lesbians to a fetish bondage party is bound to lead to fun and games. Hostess, Lisa, finds she is in trouble when she demonstrates an innovative new bondage system that puts the wearer under the complete control of her lover and can also give-mind numbingly powerful orgasms.Boob Hill by Landon DixonJohn “Long” Johnson is on a mission to free Dike City, Kansas of the infamous Boob Hill Brothel, which is turning all the local girls into insatiable nymphomaniacs.Then he finds the Madam of the house, Lurlene “Chesty” Laflemme, in her bath tub and things get very steamy as they have a slippery sexy showdown.After the Funeral by Elizabeth CageWhen her husband Mark died, Claudia was relieved. He’d often tried to get her to partake in strange sexual practices, like bondage. Then when his solicitor, Elliott, reads the will, Claudia realises that what he failed to get her to do while alive, he will force her to do now. If she wants to inherit his vast fortune she must submit to a night of sexual deviance, and this must be witnessed by Elliott.It all depends on how you see it by Kitti BernettiJoe says men will see “sex” in every situation. Vanessa argues that some things just aren’t sexy. And so Joe bets her that he can make any situation sexy. If he wins he will claim his prize, but Vanessa has no idea his prize is her and suddenly things are getting very heated. These stories were first published in Sex and Submission 9781905170791