Politics in India: Structure, Process and Policy

✍ Scribed by Mitra, Subrata K

• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Front Cover; Politics in India; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of diagrams; List of tables; List of maps; List of boxes; Preface; Abbreviations; Glossary; 1 Introduction: modern politics and traditional society in the making of Indian democracy; Some puzzles of India's politics; Democracy and elite agency: the 'room to manoeuvre in the middle'; Democratic legitimacy and current policy challenges; The distinctiveness of Indian politics: resilience of democracy and governance; Level playing fields: the multiple roles of the state in India.;A comprehensive analysis of the broad spectrum of India's politics, the book explains the key features of Indian politics in a comparative and accessible narrative, illustrated with relevant maps, life stories, statistics and opinion data. Using familiar concepts of comparative politics the book highlights the policy process, with a focus on anti-poverty measures, liberalisation of the economy, nuclearisation and relations with the United States and Asian neighbours such as Pakistan and China. While managing to introduce the novice to India, this accessible, genuinely comparative account of In.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Politics in India
Copyright Page
Contents
List of figures
List of diagrams
List of tables
List of maps
List of boxes
Preface
Abbreviations
Glossary
1 Introduction: modern politics and traditional society in the making of Indian democracy
Some puzzles of India's politics
Democracy and elite agency: the 'room to manoeuvre in the middle'
Democratic legitimacy and current policy challenges
The distinctiveness of Indian politics: resilience of democracy and governance
Level playing fields: the multiple roles of the state in India. Eternal, enduring and changing: India's non-linear modernityCompetition for power as the cutting edge of India's political culture
Multiple modes of politics
The scheme of chapters
Conclusion
2. Pre-modern pasts of modern politics: the legacies of British colonial rule
Introduction
India's living pasts
'Arrested decay': colonial representations of the Indian past
Institutional innovation under colonial rule: re-use of the Indian pasts
The expansion of the British Empire
The British Raj and Indian resistance
The Gandhian synthesis of modernity and tradition. 'Divide and quit': Independence and the bitter aftermath of PartitionSome legacies of colonial rule
Conclusion
3. From homo hierarchicus to plural society: politics and social change in India
Introduction
From hierarchy to plurality
The Indian mosaic
Caste and politics
Religion: unity in diversity
Language
Social class
Political socialization and political culture
The interaction of tradition and modernity
Political socialization
Efficacy and legitimacy in India
Conclusion
4. Strength with democracy: separation of powers and the imperative of leadership
Introduction. Modern political institutions and traditional societyThe executive
The parliament
The judiciary
The bureaucracy
Statutory commissions
The military
Political recruitment
Conclusion
5. The federal structure: balancing unity and diversity
Introduction
The federal structure
Sub-national movements and federalization: a coping mechanism
India's cooperative federalism
Measuring federalism's success
Combining strength with accountability: Indian federalism in cross-national comparison
Institutional changes since Independence
Power-sharing and the federalization of national politics. Conclusion6. The articulation and aggregation of interests: India's two-track strategy
Introduction
Institutional complexity, policy coherence and continuity
Elections
The party system
The Congress System
Parties of Hindu nationalism and communism
Partisan conflict within the structure of overall systemic consensus
Interest articulation: demand groups in India
Trade unions and employers' associations
Local politics: democracy at the grass-roots level
Interest articulation and the 'new' political economy
Conclusion
7. Economic development and social justice
Introduction. Incremental growth and redistribution.

✦ Subjects

Comparative government;Democracy;Democracy--India;Economic history;Politics and government;Postcolonialism;Postcolonialism--India;Social conditions;Electronic books;Democracy -- India;India -- Economic conditions;India -- Politics and government;India -- Social conditions;Postcolonialism -- India;India