Democracy, Political Dissent, and Repressive Laws

Hasan Mansur

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Abstract: The recent arrest of Binayak Sen of the PUCL-Chattisgarh has brought to the fore the important question as to what democracy means when it is practised under the ever present shadow of state repression.

Keywords: PUCL-Karnataka; Binayak Sen; Chattisgarh; civil liberties; Naxalism; people's movement; Sociologu; human rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-08
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