410 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
416 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
416 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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India’s growing economic and socio-political importance on the global stage has triggered an increased interest in the country. Now available in paperback, this Handbook is a reference guide, which surveys the current state of Indian politics and provides a basic understanding of the ways in which the world’s largest democracy functions.
The Handbook is structured around four main topics:... Read more
1. Introduction: Politics in India Atul Kohli and Prerna Singh Part 1: Political Change 2. The Historical Inheritance of India’s Democracy Maya Tudor 3. Gandhi’s India, the World’s Gandhi; Gandhi at Home and in the World Susanne and Lloyd Rudolph 4. Nehru and his legacy Jivanta Schoettli 5. India’s Minority Leaders Niraja Gopal Jayal 6. Panchayati Raj Institutions Rani Dayal Mullen 7. The Changing Fortunes of the Bharatiya Janata Party Amrita Basu 8. Regional and Caste parties Suhas Palshikar 9. Caste and Political Parties in India: Do Indians vote their caste – while casting their vote? Christophe Jaffrelot 10. Dalit Politics: Untouchability, Identity and Assertion Hugo Gorringe 11. Class Politics in India: Euphemization, Voting, and Power Ron Herring 12. Reservations Gurpreet Mahajan 13. The State and Civil Society in Communal Violence: Sparks and Fires Ashutosh Varshney and Joshua Gubler 14. Insurgencies in India Paul Staniland 15. People’s Movements in India Jennifer Bussell Part 2: Political Economy 16. India’s economic development Nagaraj Rayaprolu 17. The State and the Capitalist Class in India Vivek Chibber 18. Politics and Redistribution in India John Harriss 19. Corruption in India Stuart Corbridge 20. Public goods provision and social development in India Prerna Singh 21. Labor Regulation, Trade Unions and Unemployment Emmanuel Teitelbaum Part 3: Diversity of Regional Developments 22. Uttar Pradesh: New Patterns of Mobilization in the 1990s and Beyond Sudha Pai 23. Kerala in Comparative Perspective: Movements, Politics and Democracy Patrick Heller 24. Tamil Nadu Adam Ziegfeld 25. West Bengal Manali Desai 26. Bihar Jeffrey Witsoe Part 4: India and the World 27. India and the World: The Vicissitudes of Mutual Adjustment Baldev Raj Nayar 28. India in Asia: Geostrategic and economic considerations Lawrence Saez 29. The Indo-Pakistani Conflict Sumit Ganguly 30. India and Nuclear Weapons Kanti Bajpai 31. India's evolving security strategy Vipin Narang 32. International Migration and its consequences for India Devesh Kapur
Biography
Atul Kohli is David Bruce Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, USA. His principal research interests are in the areas of comparative political economy with a focus on the developing countries.
Prerna Singh is Mahatma Gandhi Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs and faculty fellow at the Watson Institute, Brown University, USA. Her research interests are in the areas of comparative politics, development, identity politics, and South and East Asia.
