Secularism and Its Critics (Oxford in India Readings: Themes in Politics)

This Book Puts Together The Most Important Contemporary Writings In The Debate On Secularism. It Deals With Conceptual, Normative And Explanatory Issues In Secularism And Addresses Urgent Questions, Including The Relevance Of Secularism To Non-western Societies And The Question Of Minority Rights. Preface And Acknowledgments / Felipe Aguero And Jeffrey Stark Pt. I. Thinking About Problems Of Democratic Governance In Post Transition Latin America. 1. Conflicting Assessments Of Democratization: Exploring The Fault Lines / Felipe Aguero. 2. The Transformations Of Politics / Norbert Lechner. 3. Faulty Democracies? A Reflection On The Capitalist Fault Lines In Latin America / Atilio A. Boron. 4. Globalization And Democracy In Latin America / Jeffrey Stark Pt. Ii. Participation, Representation, Empowermen And Accountability. 5. Democracy And Political Representation In Latin America In The Pause, Reorganization, Or Decline? / Frances Hagopian. 6. Democratization In Latin America: A Citizen Responsibility / Augusto Varas. 7. Fault Lines Of Democratic Governance: A Gender Perspective / Marysa Navarro And Susan C. Bourque. 8. Ethnicity And Democratic Governability In Latin America: Reflections From Two Central Andean Countries / Carlos Ivan Degregori Pt. Iii. Justice, Law, And The Judiciary: Citizenship And Democracy. 9. Judicial Reform And Democratization In Latin America / Hugo Fruhling. 10. Democracy, Law, And Violence: Disjunctions Of Brazilian Citizenship / James Holston And Teresa P. R. Caldeira Pt. Iv. The Military In A New Context. 11. Civil Military Relations In Argentina, Brazil, And Chile: Present Trends, Future Prospects / Wendy Hunter. 12. The Changing International Environment And Civil Military Relations In Post Cold War Southern Latin America / Michael C. Desch. 13. Democracy, Civilizational Change, And The Latin American Military / Fernando Bustamante Conclusion / Felipe Aguero And Jeffrey Stark. Edited By Rajeev Bhargava. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [543]-550).