Politics of India Since Independence

Klappentext A comprehensive study of the major political, cultural and economic changes in India since gaining independence. Zusammenfassung In this edition! Paul Brass looks at political! cultural and economic changes since gaining independence and considers recent events! asking whether the country can find the right leadership to restore a political and communal balance in state and society. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: continuities and discontinuities between pre- and post-Independence India; Part I. Political Change: Introduction; 2. Political change, political structure and the functioning of government; 3. Parties and politics; 4. State and local politics; Part II. Pluralism and National Integration: Introduction; 5. Language problems; 6. Crises of national unity: Punjab, the northeast and Kashmir; 7. Communal and caste conflict: secularism, Hindu nationalism and the Indian state; Part III. Political Economy: Introduction; 8. Politics, economic development and social change; 9. Political aspects of agricultural change; 10. Conclusion: problems and prospects; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Paul R. Brass, Paul R. (University of Washington) Brass, Brass Paul R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.09.1994
• EAN: 9780521453622
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45362-2
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: New Cambridge History of India; The New Cambridge History of India
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, India, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General