190 Pages
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Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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India inherited a system of representative and responsible government from Britain, a large part of which was incorporated in the new constitution of independent India. But in the early 1960s it was already becoming clear that this political system could not long continue without change; and the probability is that the change would be considerable. A system deriving its inspiration from a... Read more
Introduction. 1. Some Fundamental Political Ideas of Ancient India A. L. Basham 2. Traditional Muslim Views of the Nature of Politics P. Hardy 3. The ‘ulamā’ in Indian Politics W. Cantwell Smith 4. Caste and Politics in South Asia C. Von Fürer-Haimendorf 5. The Politics Behind the Montagu Declaration of 1917 S. R. Mehrotra 6. Politics and Society in Contemporary Orissa F. G. Bailey 7. Municipal Elections: A Central Indian Case Study A. C. Mayer 8. India’s Political Idioms W. H. Morris-Jones 9. Tradition and Experiment in Forms of Government Hugh Tinker. Index.
Biography
C. H. Philips
