Vision and Strategy in Indian Politics - Jawaharlal Nehrus Policy Choices Designing of Political Institutions

Zusatztext "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). Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung The 1950s in India were a crucial transition period where the legacy and institutions of British rule had to be transformed to fit the needs of a post-colonial state. This book analyses Indian policy-making from 1947 to 1964 under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Jivanta Schoettli, Schoettli Jivanta
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2011
• EAN: 9780415615228
• ISBN: 978-0-415-61522-8
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, India, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, c 1950 to c 1959, Asian History, C 1945 To C 1960, HISTORY / Asia / South / India