India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation

by RobertL.Hardgrave (Author), StanleyA.Kochanek (Author)

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  1993

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  An ideal case study for comparative government classes as well as classes on the government and politics of South Asia. India focuses on the problems of building a new nation, especially in terms of the major worldwide issue of ethnic conflict. Analysis focuses on conflicts generated by social change in a heterogeneous nation: caste system, quotas, religious tension between Hindus and Muslims, urban vs rural, peasant vs labor. The book provides up-to-date, coverage of govenment institutions, interest groups, political parties, and electoral behavior. It examines economic policy, foreign policy, and international relations as well as recent electrons and policy development.

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  1999

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  This case study discusses structural, electoral, and other governmental issues of India within an historical context. The new edition has been designed to look back on the successes and failures of the past 50 years of India's experience with democracy, markets, development and rising power status in Asia.