Democracy and Discontent
India's Growing Crisis of Governability
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Long considered one of the great successes of the developing world, India has in recent years experienced growing challenges to political order and stability. Dominant social groups face growing demands of newly organized social groups, often leading to intense violence, and the once hegemonic Congress party has forfeited its commanding role, culminating in the defeat of Rajiv Gandhi in the recent national elections. Institutional mechanisms for the resolution of conflict have broken down, the civil and police services have become highly politicized, and the state bureaucracy appears incapable...
Long considered one of the great successes of the developing world, India has in recent years experienced growing challenges to political order and stability. Dominant social groups face growing demands of newly organized social groups, often leading to intense violence, and the once hegemonic Congress party has forfeited its commanding role, culminating in the defeat of Rajiv Gandhi in the recent national elections. Institutional mechanisms for the resolution of conflict have broken down, the civil and police services have become highly politicized, and the state bureaucracy appears incapable of implementing an effective plan for economic development. In this book, Atul Kohli analyzes political change in India from the late 1960s to the late 1980s. Based on research conducted at the local, state and national level, the author analyzes the changing patterns of authority in and between the center and periphery. He combines rich empirical investigation, extensive interviews and theoretical perspectives in developing a detailed explanation of the growing crisis of governance his research reveals. The book will be of interest to both specialists in Indian politics and to students of comparative politics more generally as an analysis of political patterns that evolve in democratic governments in developing countries. Atul Kohli is an Associate Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, Princeton University. He is the author of The State and Poverty in India: The Politics of Reform (CUP, 1987).
Table of contents:
List of tables and figures; Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. Introduction: Part II. The Growing Problems of Governing The Periphery: Politics in the Districts: Part III. Order and Breakdown in the States: Part IV. Centralization and Powerlessness at the Center: Part V. Final Inferences: Bibliography; Index.
Based on research conducted at the local, state and national level from the 1960s through the 1980s, this study analyzes the changing patterns of authority in India to reveal emerging challenges to political order and stability.Based on research conducted at the local, state and national level from the 1960s through the 1980s, this study analyzes the changing patterns of authority in India to reveal emerging challenges to political order and stability.
Table of contents:
List of tables and figures; Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. Introduction: Part II. The Growing Problems of Governing The Periphery: Politics in the Districts: Part III. Order and Breakdown in the States: Part IV. Centralization and Powerlessness at the Center: Part V. Final Inferences: Bibliography; Index.
Based on research conducted at the local, state and national level from the 1960s through the 1980s, this study analyzes the changing patterns of authority in India to reveal emerging challenges to political order and stability.Based on research conducted at the local, state and national level from the 1960s through the 1980s, this study analyzes the changing patterns of authority in India to reveal emerging challenges to political order and stability.