The politics of India since independence / Paul R. Brass.
By: Brass, Paul R [author]
Language: English Series: The New Cambridge history of India ; IV, 1Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994Edition: Second editionDescription: xx, 403 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521453623Subject(s): Politics and government | India -- Politics and government -- 1947-DDC classification: 320.954 LOC classification: DS436 | .N47 1987 pt. 4, vol. 1, 1994 | DS480.84Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-386)
Introduction: Continuities and discontinuities between pre- and post-Independence India --
PART I: POLITICAL CHANGE: Introduction --
Political change, political structure, and the functioning of government --
Parties and politics --
State and local politics --
PART II: PLURALISM AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION: Introduction --
Language problems --
Crises of national unity: Punjab, the northeast, and Kashmir --
Communal, and caste conflict: secularism, Hindu nationalism, and the Indian state --
PART III: POLITICAL ECONOMY: Introduction --
Politics, economic development, and social change --
Political aspects of agricultural change --
Conclusion: Problems and prospects.
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.
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