Indian Politics and Society Since Independence: Events, Processes and Ideology

الغلاف الأمامي
Routledge, 12‏/05‏/2008 - 264 من الصفحات

Focusing on politics and society in India, this book explores new areas enmeshed in the complex social, economic and political processes in the country. Linking the structural characteristics with the broader sociological context, the book emphasizes the strong influence of sociological issues on politics, such as social milieu shaping and the articulation of the political in day-to-day events. Political events are connected with the ever-changing social, economic and political processes in order to provide an analytical framework to explain ‘peculiarities’ of Indian politics. Bidyut Chakrabarty argues that three major ideological influences of colonialism, nationalism and democracy have provided the foundational values of Indian politics.

Structured thematically and chronologically, this work is a useful resource for students of political science, sociology and South Asian studies.

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المحتوى

Introduction
1
Partition and after
17
The language of identity
36
Liberalism in its reinvented form
54
Redefining the Westminster model
84
Decade of experiments and turmoil
110
Marxism reinvented
132
Cultural synergy or political expediency?
153
Conclusion
170
Glossary
182
Annotated bibliography
185
Notes
199
Index
236
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نبذة عن المؤلف (2008)

Bidyut Chakrabarty is Professor in Political Science at the University of Delhi, India, and is currently the Mahatma Gandhi(visiting) Chair for Global Non-Violence at the Gandhi Centre at James Madison University, USA.

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