The most comprehensive overview of Indian politics till date, the companion incorporates the best social science knowledge available on the developments inIndian politics and provides an analytical perspective of how such issues arebest understood. INDICE: Introduction by Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta;; Part I: The Institutional Setting:1.:. The State in India by Partha Chatterjee;; 2.:. Indian Constitutionalism: The Social and the Political Vision by Uday S. Mehta;; 3.: The Indian Parliament by Vernon Hewitt and Shirin M. Rai;; 4.: Federalism in India: Structure and Process by Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl;; 5.:. Local Governance by James Manor;; 7.: The Election Commission by Alistair McMillan;; 8.: The Fragmentation of the Indian Party System, 1952-2009: Seven Competing Explanations by E. Sridharan;; Part II: Social Cleavages, Identity, and Politics:;. 9: Class and Politics in India by John Harriss;; 10.: Caste and Politics in Contemporary India by Surinder S. Jodhka;; 11.: Gender and Politics in India by Amrita Basu;; 12.: Regionalism and Secessionism by Sanjib Baruah;; 13.: Politics and National Identity by Sunil Khilnani;; 14.: The Sangh Parivar and Power: To be or not to be in the Political Arena by Christophe Jaffrelot;; Part III: Political Processes:; 16.: Political Parties in India by ZoyaHasan;; 17.: Politics and Culture by Stuart Corbridge;; 18.: Cleavage and Strategy in Political Mobilization in India: A Century of Anti-hegemonic and Sandwich Alliances by Arun R. Swamy;; 19.: Political Leadership in Independent India by Ramachandra Guha;; 20.: Dealing with a Distant State: The Evolving Nature of Local Politics in India by Anirudh Krishna; Part IV: Ideological Contestations in Indian Politics; 21.: Nationalism by Sudipta Kaviraj;; 22.:. Secularism: The Biography of a Troubled Concept by Neera Chandoke;; 23.: Political Representation in Contemporary India by Yogendra Yadav;; 24.: Social Justice by Gopal Guru;; Part V: Social Movements and Civil Society:; 25.: Social Movementsin India by Amita Baviskar;; 26.: Agrarian Mobilization and Farmers' Movementin India by Sudha Pai;; 27.: The Women's Movement in India by Anupama Roy;; 28.: NGOS and Indian Politics by Rob Jenkins; Part VI: Politics and Policy:; 29.: Political Economy of the State by Devesh Kapur;; 30.: Business and Politicsin Changing India: Continuities, Transformations, and Patterns by Aseema Sinha;; 32.: Political Economy of Reforms by Rahul Mukherji ;; 33.: Politics and Redistribution in India by Atul Kohli ;; 34.: India and the World: The Grand Strategy Debate by Kanti Bajpai ;; 35.: Indian Defence Policy Sumit Ganguly; Part VII: Ways of Looking at India: Politics; 36.: An Intellectual History of theStudy of Indian Politics by Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph;; 37.: Data and the Study of Indian Politics by Steve I. Wilkinson;; 38.: Democracyand the Right to Work: India's Employment Guarantee Act by Jean Dreze; Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-566976-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
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- Fecha Publicación: 11/02/2010
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