Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics

ISBN-13: 9780415776851 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 400 str.

Atul Kohli;Prerna Singh

Opis

India's growing economic and socio-political importance on the global stage has triggered an increased interest in that country. This book offers an initiation into the seemingly daunting and complex terrain of Indian politics. It is suitable for academics, policy analysts, researchers and graduates as well as undergraduate students.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Politics in India  Part 1: Political Change  2. The Historical Inheritance of India’s Democracy  3. Gandhi’s India, the World’s Gandhi; Gandhi at Home and in the World  4. Nehru and his Legacy  5. India’s Minority Leaders 6. Panchayati Raj Institutions  7. The Changing Fortunes of the Bharatiya Janata Party  8. Regional and Caste Parties  9. Caste and Political Parties in India: Do Indians vote their Caste – while Casting their vote?  10. Dalit Politics: Untouchability, Identity and Assertion  11. Class Politics in India: Euphemization, Voting, and Power  12. Reservations  13. The State and Civil Society in Communal Violence: Sparks and Fires  14. Insurgencies in India  15. People’s Movements in India  Part 2: Political Economy  16. India’s Economic Development  17. The State and the Capitalist Class in India  18. Politics and Redistribution in India  19. Corruption in India  20. Public Goods Provision and Social Development in India  21. Labor Regulation, Trade Unions and Unemployment  Part 3: Diversity of Regional Developments  22. Uttar Pradesh: New Patterns of Mobilization in the 1990s and Beyond  23. Kerala in Comparative Perspective: Movements, Politics and Democracy  24. Tamil Nadu Adam  25. West Bengal  26. Bihar  Part 4: India and the World  27. India and the World: The Vicissitudes of Mutual Adjustment  28. India in Asia: Geostrategic and Economic Considerations  29. The Indo-Pakistani Conflict  30. India and Nuclear Weapons  31. India's Evolving Security Strategy  32. International Migration and its Consequences for India