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Informationen zum Autor Niraja Gopal Jayal is Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance,Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Pratap Bhanu Mehta is President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. Klappentext This paperback edition with a new Preface is specially designed and priced for the student market. The thirty-eight essays provide every significant topic in the study of Indian politics by eminent experts. They address the links between Indian politics and institutions of the state, ideologies, political processes, social movements, identity politics, government policy, international affairs, and the academia. Zusammenfassung This paperback edition with a new Preface is specially designed and priced for the student market. The thirty-eight essays provide every significant topic in the study of Indian politics by eminent experts. They address the links between Indian politics and institutions of the state, ideologies, political processes, social movements, identity politics, government policy, international affairs, and the academia.The success of India's democratic political system despite immense and multidimensional diversity and differences has been a subject of longstanding academic debate and analysis. In the last few decades, in an increasingly globalized and multicultural world, India has carved its position as a global economic and political power, and Indian polity and society have witnessed rapid transformation in terms of structure, processes, success, and failures. Grasping this swift and phenomenal change is a mammoth task, and The Oxford Companion to Politics in India is the best resource to capture the macro as well as micro view of Indian politics in a global world.Specially designed and priced to serve the needs of students and teachers of Indian politics, this unprecedented survey presents in one volume, thirty-eight essays on every theme of Indian politics written by experts in the field, and a substantial new Preface for the student readers. Clustered into eight sections, these essays address the links between Indian politics and institutions of the state, ideologies, political processes, social movements, identity politics, government policy, international affairs, and the academia. Weaving together historical narratives with fresh analyses, this volume provides an accessible yet deeply researched narrative of politics in modern India. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Appendices List of Abbreviations Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction (Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta) PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING: 1: The State (Partha Chatterjee) 2: Constitutionalism (Uday S. Mehta) 3: Parliament (Vernon Hewitt and Shirin M. Rai) 4: Federalism Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl) 56: Local Governance (James Manor)The Supreme Court (Lavanya Rajamani and Arghya Sengupta) 7: The Election Commission (Alistair McMillan) 8: The Party System (E. Sridharan) PART II: SOCIAL CLEAVAGES, IDENTITY, AND POLITICS: 9: Class and Politics (John Harriss) 10: Caste and Politics (Surinder S. Jodhka) 11: Gender and Politics (Amrita Basu) 12: Regionalism and Secessionism (Sanjib Baruah) 13: Politics and National Identity (Sunil Khilnani) 14: The Hindu Nationalists and Power (Christophe Jaffrelot) 15: Minorities and Politics (Bishnu N. Mohapatra) PART III: POLITICAL PROCESSES: Yadav) 16: Political Parties (Zoya Hasan) 17: Politics and Culture (Stuart Corbridge) 18: Political Mobilization (Arun R. Swamy) 19: Political Leadership (Ramachandra Guha) 20: Local Politics (Anirudh Krishna) PART IV: IDEOLOGICAL CONTESTATIONS IN INDIAN POLITICS: 21: Nationalism (Sudipta Kaviraj) 22: Secularism (Neera Chandhoke) 23: Representation (Yogendra Yadav) 24: Social Justice (Gopal Guru) PART V: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY:...
