Paul R. Brass

The Politics of India Since Independence

Herausgeber: Bayly, Christopher Alan; Johnson, Gordon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The crisis in India has intensified, revealing itself in secessionist movements and in increased inter-castle conflicts. The country has witnessed the rise of Hindu nationaflilsm and the worst communal massacres since Independence following the destruction of the mosque in Ayodhya. The issue before the country now is whether or not it can find within its own traditions and moral and material resources the leadership to restore a political and communal balance in state and society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 691g
• ISBN-13: 9780521459709
• ISBN-10: 0521459702
• Artikelnr.: 22215646

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction: continuities and discontinuities between pre- and post-Independence India
Part I. Political Change: Introduction
2. Political change, political structure and the functioning of government
3. Parties and politics
4. State and local politics
Part II. Pluralism and National Integration: Introduction
5. Language problems
6. Crises of national unity: Punjab, the northeast and Kashmir
7. Communal and caste conflict: secularism, Hindu nationalism and the Indian state
Part III. Political Economy: Introduction
8. Politics, economic development and social change
9. Political aspects of agricultural change
10. Conclusion: problems and prospects
Bibliography
Index.