The Politics of India since Independence provides a concise but comprehensive analytical study of the major political, cultural, and economic changes and crises in India during the past forty-five years. The organizing focus is on the consequences of the centralizing drives and tendencies of the national leadership of the country to create a strong state, a unified nation, and a dynamic economy, all of which have been placed in serious doubt in recent years.
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This concise comprehensive study of the major political, cultural and economic changes and crises in India during the past forty-five years focuses on the consequences of the centralizing drives and tendencies of the national leadership to create a strong state, unified nation and dynamic economy.
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This review is from: The Politics of India since Independence (The New Cambridge History of India) (Paperback)
Paul Brass has produced an excellent academic text that is ideal for use in upper level college courses. "The Politics of India since Independence" will acquaint the reader with the parliamentary style government of India. It sketches in the challenges and accomplishment of a few of its major leaders such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi, and V.P. Singh (the second edition leaves off in the early 90s; one shortcoming), as well as some of its major issues: linguistic and Hindu-Muslim tension, caste conflict, and the agrarian problem. Readers will find a wealth of information contained herein, and teachers will find it an invaluable aid in the classroom. The text does not go into much detail on India-Pakistan relations, and might comment more on untouchability, but should be regarded as a highly praiseworthy achievement for its scope and detail. Admittedly the text can be dry and not the most readable, but it has great merits as an academic work.
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it would be nice if amazon would have posted the 2008 3rd edition information; all this info is photocopied from the 1994 2nd edition.
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India arrived at Independence after a long struggle and with a multiplicity of heritages and legacies which influenced its post-Independence course in complex ways. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
state legislative assembly elections, backward caste groups, minority mother tongue, heavy industrialization strategy, controlling castes, dominant rural classes, federal parliamentary system, new agricultural strategy, land ceilings legislation, state party bosses, linguistic reorganization, corrupt income, landed castes, centralizing drives, backward castes, zila parishads, panchayati raj institutions, major regional languages, pluralist policies, prime ministerial government, foodgrain production, other backward classes, reorganized states, sole official language, state legislative assemblies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Lok Sabha, Rajiv Gandhi, Scheduled Castes, Indian National Congress, Akali Dal, Indian Union, Asian Survey, Janata Dal, South Asia, Charan Singh, Eighth Schedule, National Conference, Narasimha Rao, National Front, Constituent Assembly, Lok Dal, Controller of Publications, Myron Weiner, Andhra Pradesh, President's Rule, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telugu Desam New!
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India arrived at Independence after a long struggle and with a multiplicity of heritages and legacies which influenced its post-Independence course in complex ways. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
state legislative assembly elections, backward caste groups, minority mother tongue, heavy industrialization strategy, controlling castes, dominant rural classes, federal parliamentary system, new agricultural strategy, land ceilings legislation, state party bosses, linguistic reorganization, corrupt income, landed castes, centralizing drives, backward castes, zila parishads, panchayati raj institutions, major regional languages, pluralist policies, prime ministerial government, foodgrain production, other backward classes, reorganized states, sole official language, state legislative assemblies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Lok Sabha, Rajiv Gandhi, Scheduled Castes, Indian National Congress, Akali Dal, Indian Union, Asian Survey, Janata Dal, South Asia, Charan Singh, Eighth Schedule, National Conference, Narasimha Rao, National Front, Constituent Assembly, Lok Dal, Controller of Publications, Myron Weiner, Andhra Pradesh, President's Rule, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telugu Desam New!
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