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|a Mitra, Subrata Kumar,
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|a Politics in India :
|b structure, process and policy /
|c Subrata K. Mitra.
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|a London :
|b Routledge,
|c 2011.
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|a xxi, 266 p. :
|b ill., maps ;
|c 25 cm.
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|a Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-257) and index.
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|a 1.Introduction: modern politics and traditional society in the making of Indian democracy -- Some puzzles of India's politics -- Democracy and elite agency: the `room to manoeuvre in the middle' -- Democratic legitimacy and current policy challenges -- The distinctiveness of Indian politics: resilience of democracy and governance -- Level playing fields: the multiple roles of the state in India -- Eternal, enduring and changing: India's non-linear modernity -- Competition for power as the cutting edge of India's political culture -- Multiple modes of politics -- The scheme of chapters -- Conclusion -- 2.Pre-modern pasts of modern politics: the legacies of British colonial rule -- Introduction -- India's living pasts -- `Arrested decay': colonial representations of the Indian past -- Institutional innovation under colonial rule: re-use of the Indian pasts -- The expansion of the British Empire -- The British Raj and Indian resistance -- The Gandhian synthesis of modernity and tradition -- `Divide and quit': Independence and the bitter aftermath of Partition -- Some legacies of colonial rule -- Conclusion -- 3.From homo hierarchicus to plural society: politics and social change in India -- Introduction -- From hierarchy to plurality -- The Indian mosaic -- Caste and politics -- Religion: unity in diversity -- Language -- Social class -- Political socialization and political culture -- The interaction of tradition and modernity -- Political socialization -- Efficacy and legitimacy in India -- Conclusion -- 4.Strength with democracy: separation of powers and the imperative of leadership -- Introduction -- Modern political institutions and traditional society -- The executive -- The parliament -- The judiciary -- The bureaucracy -- Statutory commissions -- The military -- Political recruitment -- Conclusion -- 5.The federal structure: balancing unity and diversity -- Introduction -- The federal structure -- Sub-national movements and federalization: a coping mechanism -- India's cooperative federalism -- Measuring federalism's success -- Combining strength with accountability: Indian federalism in cross-national comparison -- Institutional changes since Independence -- Power-sharing and the federalization of national politics -- Conclusion -- 6.The articulation and aggregation of interests: India's two-track strategy -- Introduction -- Institutional complexity, policy coherence and continuity -- Elections -- The party system -- The Congress system -- Parties of Hindu nationalism and communism -- Partisan conflict within the structure of overall systemic consensus -- Interest articulation: demand groups in India -- Trade unions and employers' associations -- Local politics: democracy at the grass-roots level -- Interest articulation and the `new' political economy -- Conclusion -- 7.Economic development and social justice -- Introduction -- Incremental growth and redistribution -- Distinctiveness of the Indian model -- The origin and evolution of a mixed economy -- Politics, the Planning Commission and the policy process under Nehru, 1947-64 -- India's agrarian economy: from subsistence to subsidy -- The dilemma of democratic land reform -- Democracy and liberalization of the economy -- Globalization of India's economy -- Definition and measurement of globalization -- Mass poverty and India's `new' political economy -- Conclusion -- 8.Engaging the world: foreign policy and nation-building in India -- Introduction -- Strategy and context in the making of India's foreign policy -- Domestic and international constraints on foreign policy -- A chronology of wars and treaties of `non-aligned' India -- The evolution of India's foreign policy -- The foundational years: Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947-64 -- Indira Gandhi and the realist turn in Indian foreign policy -- India's search for power in a post-cold war, multi-polar world -- Challenges for Indian foreign policy in the twenty-first century -- Global and regional security regimes -- A thaw in India-China relations -- India and her South Asian neighbours -- India and the Indian Ocean -- India and the United States: from ambivalence to engagement -- India - still an emerging power? -- India's military capacity -- Soft power: foreign policy and popular perception in India -- Conclusion -- 9.Conclusion: some general lessons from the Indian case -- Introduction -- The political context of Indian democracy -- The non-linear modernity of India: the distinctive style of Indian politics -- Democracy and development reconsidered -- Governance: balancing national unity and regional diversity -- Ethnicity and territoriality as competing norms of citizenship in India -- Conclusion: re-inventing the nation -- 10.Further reading -- General -- Democracy and the modern institutions of India -- Social change: from hierarchy to equality -- The economy -- International relations.
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