Lokniti, a Programme for
Comparative Democracy is a research program
of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
(CSDS), Delhi that seeks to engage with global
debates on democracy by initiating empirically
grounded theoretical interventions on democracy.
Since 1996 Lokniti has embarked on an ambitious
programme of comparative research on the working
of democracy in India and South Asia. To pursue
this objective a network of scholars has been
created, and taken shape, initially in India
and more recently across South Asia who have
worked, individually and collectively, in
examining various aspects and dimensions of
democracy. We hope that this body of work
will illumine not just what democracy is doing
to South Asia but also what South Asia is
doing to democracy. Several interesting tentative
observations have emerged which we want to
make available to a large audience of scholars,
activists, scholar-activists and public intellectuals.
For further information,
www.lokniti.org
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