Rekha Datta (USA Monmouth University)

Contemporary India

The Basics

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Produktbeschreibung

Contemporary India: The Basics provides readers with a clear and accessible guide through the richness, diversity and complexity of 21st Century India. Covering issues the country faces both domestically and on the global stage, this book explores how the future might look for India.

Produktdetails

• The Basics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: Y150166
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780415841566
• ISBN-10: 0415841569
• Artikelnr.: 43154943

Autorenporträt

Rekha Datta is Professor of Political Science at Monmouth University in New Jersey, USA. She is a Fulbright U.S. Scholar, the recipient of a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award in Teaching and Research.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction

2. Discovering India

3. India's "Argumentative" Culture

4. "A Million Mutinies": State-Society Relations in India

5. India's Economy "Unbound": From State Control to Liberalization

6. "Mother of a Hundred Sons" No More: The Changing Status of Women

7. Is India Still an "Emerging Power"? An Overview of Foreign Relations

8. Toward a "Better World"? Impact of India's Soft Power