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Agonistic democracy: the endurance of the Gandhi and Nehru legacy / Von Hatzfeldt, Gaia

Gaia von Hatzfeldt	Journal Article
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This paper examines the political developments around the Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption movement that escalated in India through most of 2011. Although the overtone of the movement was primarily about corruption, my aim in this paper is to explore the debates regarding democracy that the movement unleashed. The accounts that this paper draws on focus on the tension and competition that arose during the anti-corruption movement amongst two civil society groups – ‘Team Anna’ and the National Campaign for the People’s Right to Information – regarding the meaning and practice of democracy. I argue that this conflict reflects a broader tension deeply rooted in democratic debates in India, traceable to the early nationalist debates during the anti-colonial Independence movement. These findings suggest that conflict and competition are crucial ingredients of democratic debate, contributing to the sustenance and enrichment of the idea of democracy. This argument is particularly timely, for it helps us to understand the rise to power of the Aam Aadmi Party.

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Democracy ; Gandhi ; Nehru ; Agonistic Pluralism ; Anti-Corruption Movement

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Recipe for disaster? trust, memory and space in a post-conflict city-a Case study of the tri-service homecoming parade in Belf / Brown, Kris

Brown, Kris	Journal Article
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2009.

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This article uses the controversial November 2008 Belfast homecoming parade of local men and women in the British armed services as a case study to examine the mechanisms at work picking away at inter-communal trust, and the speed and persistence of their application, a defining characteristic of these mechanisms. The article conceptualises trust partially by reference to social capital, and closely examines how issues of post-conflict memory and contested space intersected and damaged nascent networks of inter-community trust. The article will also tentatively suggest means by which such cultural conflicts can be allowed to combust without ripping away grassroots trust and threatening civil disorder.

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Northern Ireland ; Community Relations ; Trust ; Post-Conflict Memory ; Contested Space ; Agonistic Pluralism ;
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