1st Edition
Vision and Strategy in Indian Politics Jawaharlal Nehru’s Policy Choices and the Designing of Political Institutions
By Jivanta Schoettli
Copyright 2012
240 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The 1950s in India were a crucial transition phase where the legacy and institutions of British rule had to be transformed to fit the needs of a post-colonial state. This period is closely associated with India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru (1947 – 64). Selecting three key policies closely associated with him, the book traces the political origins of the Panchasheela Agreement with... Read more
1. The art and craft of policy-making 2. The Analytic Framework 3. Nehru, his world view 4. Contextualising Nehru: his contemporaries and ‘the structure of opportunities’ 5. The Planning Commission 6. Case Study: The Panchasheela Agreement 7. The Hindu Code Bills 8. The shelf life of Nehru's Institutions: a comparative study of three policies
Biography
Jivanta Schöttli is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany. Her research interests include Indian politics and foreign policy.
"This book is a timely volume at a time when founding figures in a space such as India have been deified to the point where even mild criticism leads to extreme governmental backlash; her work also restores to one of these figures his rightful place in history." - Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay, University of Oslo; Journal of International and Global Studies Volume 4, Number 1, (November 2012).
