1st Edition

Revisiting Nehru In Contemporary India

Edited By Baljit Singh Copyright 2020
276 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Jawaharlal Nehru being an architect of Indian polity, economy and foreign policy set the ball rolling. However, they have witnessed cataclysmic changes over a period of time. Indian polity has witnessed different waves of reorganisation of states, evolving democracy, spelling out of quasi-federal system and building a more inclusive political nation. Nehru set the agenda of economic... Read more
1. Locating Nehru in Contemporary India 2. Jawaharlal Nehru’s Conception of History 3. Nehru’s Idea of Federalism and Nation-Building in India 4. Kashmir and Nehru: Contours of a Troubled Legacy 5. Communalism, Nehru and National Unity 6. Nehru’s Paradigm of Panchayati Raj and Its Contemporary Relevance 7. Jawaharlal Nehru, Neo-Liberalism and Social Democracy: Mapping the Shifting Trajectories of Developmental State in India 8. Nation-Building, Natural Resources and Regional Development in India: Revisiting the Nehruvian Vision 9. Foreign Policy in India’s Development Since Nehru Era 10. Asian Security Structure and Challenges for India: Efficacy of the Nehruvian Approach 11. Nehru and India’s China Policy 12. Nuclear Technology and Nehru’s Outlook 13 India’s Policy Towards Nepal and Bhutan: Nehru to Present

Biography

Baljit Singh, Director, Nehru Studies Centre, University of Jammu