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Author: Paul R. Brass
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994-09-08
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780521459709
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive and up-to-date study of the major political, cultural and economic changes in India during the past 45 years.
Author: Ananth V. Krishna
Publisher: Pearson Education India
Published: 2011-09
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9788131734650
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Shveta Uppal
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9788174507631
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bidyut Chakrabarty
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-05-12
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 1134132689
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocusing on politics and society in India, this book explores new areas enmeshed in the complex social, economic and political processes in the country. Linking the structural characteristics with the broader sociological context, the book emphasizes the strong influence of sociological issues on politics, such as social milieu shaping and the articulation of the political in day-to-day events. Political events are connected with the ever-changing social, economic and political processes in order to provide an analytical framework to explain ‘peculiarities’ of Indian politics. Bidyut Chakrabarty argues that three major ideological influences of colonialism, nationalism and democracy have provided the foundational values of Indian politics. Structured thematically and chronologically, this work is a useful resource for students of political science, sociology and South Asian studies.
Author: Steven Wilkinson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2015-02-12
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0674728807
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSteven I. Wilkinson explores how India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics, when so many other countries have failed. He uncovers the command and control strategies, the careful ethnic balancing, and the political, foreign policy, and strategic decisions that have made the army safe for Indian democracy.
Author: Bipan Chandra
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 568
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Milan Vaishnav
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017-01-01
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0300216203
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first thorough study of the co-existence of crime and democratic processes in Indian politics In India, the world's largest democracy, the symbiotic relationship between crime and politics raises complex questions. For instance, how can free and fair democratic processes exist alongside rampant criminality? Why do political parties recruit candidates with reputations for wrongdoing? Why are one-third of state and national legislators elected--and often re-elected--in spite of criminal charges pending against them? In this eye-opening study, political scientist Milan Vaishnav mines a rich array of sources, including fieldwork on political campaigns and interviews with candidates, party workers, and voters, large surveys, and an original database on politicians' backgrounds to offer the first comprehensive study of an issue that has implications for the study of democracy both within and beyond India's borders.
Author: Bidyut Chakrabarty
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMidnapur Is Probably One Of The Few Indian Districts Where The Nationalist Movement Created And Sustained Social Alliances Among The Contending Classes In The Context Of An Anti Imperial Struggle. With The Help Of Exciting New Material Particularly About The Disturbances In 1942, The Author Shows How These Political Concerns Were Linked To The Politics Of Bengal More Generally And Their Relationship With Mainstream Nationalism. The Rise And Growth Of Nationalism In Midnapur District Of The Present West Bengal Between 1919 And 1944 Are Discused At Length In The Book Under Review. . . . The Present Study Is Mainly Focused On The Involvement Of The Masses Of Midnapur In Particular In The Freedom Movement.
Author: Devesh Kapur
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-06-13
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 019909313X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most troubling critiques of contemporary democracy is the inability of representative governments to regulate the deluge of money in politics. If it is impossible to conceive of democracies without elections, it is equally impractical to imagine elections without money. Costs of Democracy is an exhaustive, ground-breaking study of money in Indian politics that opens readers’ eyes to the opaque and enigmatic ways in which money flows through the political veins of the world’s largest democracy. Through original, in-depth investigation—drawing from extensive fieldwork on political campaigns, pioneering surveys, and innovative data analysis—the contributors in this volume uncover the institutional and regulatory contexts governing the torrent of money in politics; the sources of political finance; the reasons for such large spending; and how money flows, influences, and interacts with different tiers of government. The book raises uncomfortable questions about whether the flood of money risks washing away electoral democracy itself.
Author: Ramachandra Guha
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2017-07-13
Total Pages: 871
ISBN-13: 1509883282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRamachandra Guha’s India after Gandhi is a magisterial account of the pains, struggles, humiliations and glories of the world’s largest and least likely democracy. A riveting chronicle of the often brutal conflicts that have rocked a giant nation, and of the extraordinary individuals and institutions who held it together, it established itself as a classic when it was first published in 2007. In the last decade, India has witnessed, among other things, two general elections; the fall of the Congress and the rise of Narendra Modi; a major anti-corruption movement; more violence against women, Dalits, and religious minorities; a wave of prosperity for some but the persistence of poverty for others; comparative peace in Nagaland but greater discontent in Kashmir than ever before. This tenth anniversary edition, updated and expanded, brings the narrative up to the present. Published to coincide with seventy years of the country’s independence, this definitive history of modern India is the work of one of the world’s finest scholars at the height of his powers.
