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The Oxford companion to politics in India

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jayal, Niraja Gopal (ed.), Mehta, Pratap Bhanu 1967- (ed.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2010
Subjects:
India > Politics and government
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta
  • PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING
  • 1. The State in India, Partha Chatterjee
  • 2. Indian Constitutionalism: The Social and the Political Vision, Uday S. Mehta
  • 3. The Indian Parliament, Vernon Hewitt and Shirin M. Rai
  • 4. Federalism in India: Structure and Process, Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl
  • 5. Local Governance, James Manor
  • 6. The Supreme Court of India: Promise, Reach, and Overreach, Lavanya Rajmani and Arghya Sengupta
  • 7. The Election Commission, Alistair McMillan
  • 8. The Fragmentation of the Indian Party System, 1952-2009: Seven Competing Explanations, E. Sridharan
  • PART II: SOCIAL CLEAVAGES, IDENTITY, AND POLITICS
  • 9. Class and Politics in India, John Harriss
  • 10. Caste and Politics in Contemporary India, Surinder S. Jodhka
  • 11. Gender and Politics in India, Amrita Basu
  • 12. Regionalism and Secessionism, Sanjib Baruah
  • 13. Politics and National Identity, Sunil Khilnani
  • 14. The Sangh Parivar and Power: To be or not to be in the Political Arena, Christophe Jaffrelot
  • 15. Minorities and Politics, Bishnu Mohapatra
  • PART III: POLITICAL PROCESSES
  • 16. Political Parties in India, Zoya Hasan
  • 17. Politics and Culture, Stuart Corbridge
  • 18. Cleavage and Strategy in Political Mobilization in India: A Century of Anti-hegemonic and Sandwich Alliances, Arun R. Swamy
  • 19. Political Leadership in Independent India, Ramachandra Guha
  • 20. Dealing with a Distant State: The Evolving Nature of Local Politics in India, Anirudh Krishna
  • PART IV: IDEOLOGICAL CONTESTATIONS IN INDIAN POLITICS
  • 21. Nationalism, Sudipta Kaviraj
  • 22. Secularism: The Biography of a Troubled Concept, Neera Chandoke
  • 23. Political Representation in Contemporary India, Yogendra Yadav
  • 24. Social Justice, Gopal Guru
  • PART V: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
  • 25. Social Movements in India, Amita Baviskar
  • 26. Agrarian Mobilization and Farmers' Movement in India, Sudha Pai
  • 27. The Women's Movement in India, Anupama Roy
  • 28. NGOS and Indian Politics, Rob Jenkins
  • PART VI: POLITICS AND POLICY: CHAPTER
  • 29. Political Economy of the State, Devesh Kapur
  • 30. Business and Politics in Changing India: Continuities, Transformations, and Patterns, Aseema Sinha
  • 31. Government Accountability, Dilip Mookherjee
  • 32. Political Economy of Reforms, Rahul Mukherji
  • 33. Politics and Redistribution in India, Atul Kohli
  • 34. India and the World: The Grand Strategy Debate, Kanti Bajpai
  • 35. Indian Defence Policy, Sumit Ganguly
  • PART VII: WAYS OF LOOKING AT INDIA: POLITICS
  • 36. An Intellectual History of the Study of Indian Politics, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph
  • 37. Data and the Study of Indian Politics, Steve I. Wilkinson
  • 38. Democracy and the Right to Work: India's Employment Guarantee Act, Jean Dreze
  • Index
  • Introduction by Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta;
  • 1. Part I: The Institutional Setting: .The State in India by Partha Chatterjee;
  • 2 Indian Constitutionalism: The Social and the Political Vision by Uday S. Mehta;
  • 3. The Indian Parliament by Vernon Hewitt and Shirin M. Rai;
  • 4. Federalism in India: Structure and Process by Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl;
  • 5 Local Governance by James Manor;
  • 7. The Election Commission by Alistair McMillan;
  • 8. The Fragmentation of the Indian Party System, 1952-2009: Seven Competing Explanations by E. Sridharan;
  • PART II: SOCIAL CLEAVAGES, IDENTITY, AND POLITICS: . 9. CLASS AND POLITICS IN INDIA BY JOHN HARRISS;
  • 10. Caste and Politics in Contemporary India by Surinder S. Jodhka;
  • 11. Gender and Politics in India by Amrita Basu;
  • 12. Regionalism and Secessionism by Sanjib Baruah;
  • 13. Politics and National Identity by Sunil Khilnani;
  • 14. The Sangh Parivar and Power: To be or not to be in the Political Arena by Christophe Jaffrelot;
  • PART III: POLITICAL PROCESSES: 16. POLITICAL PARTIES IN INDIA BY ZOYA HASAN;
  • 17. Politics and Culture by Stuart Corbridge;
  • 18. Cleavage and Strategy in Political Mobilization in India: A Century of Anti-hegemonic and Sandwich Alliances by Arun R. Swamy;
  • 19. Political Leadership in Independent India by Ramachandra Guha;
  • 20. Dealing with a Distant State: The Evolving Nature of Local Politics in India by Anirudh Krishna; Part IV: Ideological Contestations in Indian Politics
  • 21. Nationalism by Sudipta Kaviraj;
  • 22 Secularism: The Biography of a Troubled Concept by Neera Chandoke;
  • 23. Political Representation in Contemporary India by Yogendra Yadav;
  • 24. Social Justice by Gopal Guru;
  • PART V: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY: 25. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA BY AMITA BAVISKAR;
  • 26. Agrarian Mobilization and Farmers' Movement in India by Sudha Pai;
  • 27. The Women's Movement in India by Anupama Roy;
  • 28. NGOS and Indian Politics by Rob Jenkins; Part VI: Politics and Policy: 29. Political Economy of the State by Devesh Kapur;
  • 30. Business and Politics in Changing India: Continuities, Transformations, and Patterns by Aseema Sinha;
  • 32. Political Economy of Reforms by Rahul Mukherji ;
  • 33. Politics and Redistribution in India by Atul Kohli ;
  • 34. India and the World: The Grand Strategy Debate by Kanti Bajpai ;
  • 35. Indian Defence Policy Sumit Ganguly; Part VII: Ways of Looking at India: Politics
  • 36. An Intellectual History of the Study of Indian Politics by Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph;
  • 37. Data and the Study of Indian Politics by Steve I. Wilkinson;
  • 38. Democracy and the Right to Work: India's Employment Guarantee Act by Jean Dreze; Index.

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