The essays in this volume are organized thematically in three sections-political change; political economy; and politics and development in select states. The introductory essay acts as an 'umbrella' to these essays and represents twenty-five years of scholarly research by distinguished political scientist Atul Kohli. INDICE: Tables and Figures, Publisher's Acknowledgements; Introduction;; I. Political Change:; 1.: Centralization and Powerlessness: India's Democracy in a Comparative Perspective;; 2.: Can Democracies Accommodate Ethnic Nationalism: Rise and Decline of Self-Determination Movements in India;; 3.: Enduring Another Election: India Defies the Odds;; 4.: From Majority to Minority Rule: Making Sense of the 'New' Indian Politics;; II. Political Economy:; 5.: India's Fragmented-Multiclass State and Protected Industrialization;; 6.: Politicsof Economic Growth in India, 1980-2005, Part I: The 1980s;; 7.: Politics of Economic Growth in India, 1980-2005, Part II: The 1990s and Beyond;; 8.: Politics of Economic Liberalization in India;; 9.: Regime Types and Poverty Reform in India;; III. Politics and Development in Select States:; 10.: Breakdown in a'Backward' State: Bihar;; 11.: Growing Turmoil in an 'Advanced' State: Gujarat;; 12.: From Elite Activism to Democratic Consolidation: The Rise of Reform Communism in West Bengal;; 13.: Parliamentary Communism and Agrarian Reform: The Evidence from India's Bengal;; 14.: The NTR Phenomenon in Andhra Pradesh: Political Change in a South Indian State;; 15.: Karnataka's Land Reforms: A Model for India?; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-806847-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 460
- Fecha Publicación: 08/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés