Indian politics and society since independence: events, processes and ideology

This supplementary breaks new vistas of research on polity, politics and society in India. It emphasises the sociological underpinning of Indian politics and it is thereby theoretically innovative and empirically unique. It will appeal to students of South Asian Studies, sociology and political science. 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. INDICE: Part 1: Thematic Analysis 1. Birth of India as a Nation or Nations in 1947 2. Constituent Assembly 3. The Constitution 4. The Elections - The Changing Role of Caste in the Context of Electoral Democracy 5. Ethnicity and Ethnic or Subnational Movements 6. Parties and Party System Part 2: Empirical Analysis 7. The Chaotic Decade of the1960s 8. The National Level Coalition Government in 1977 at the Backdrop of the 1975-77 Internal Emergency 9. Challenges of the 1990s 10. The Arrival of the Coalition Era: The 1999-2004 National Democratic Alliance Government, the Formation of the United ProgressiveAlliance Government in 2004 Part 3: Concluding Observations 11. Three MajorForces of Colonialism, Nationalism and Democracy Appear to have Shaped the Political in India

• ISBN: 978-0-415-40868-4
• Editorial: Routledge
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés