Paul R. Brass

The Politics of India Since Independence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive study of the major political, cultural and economic changes in India since gaining independence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 844g
• ISBN-13: 9780521453622
• ISBN-10: 0521453623
• Artikelnr.: 23844001

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction: continuities and discontinuities between pre- and post-Independence India
Part I. Political Change: Introduction
2. Political change, political structure and the functioning of government
3. Parties and politics
4. State and local politics
Part II. Pluralism and National Integration: Introduction
5. Language problems
6. Crises of national unity: Punjab, the northeast and Kashmir
7. Communal and caste conflict: secularism, Hindu nationalism and the Indian state
Part III. Political Economy: Introduction
8. Politics, economic development and social change
9. Political aspects of agricultural change
10. Conclusion: problems and prospects
Bibliography
Index.