The Politics of India since Independence

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Paperback | 7 November 1994 | Edition Number 2

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The Politics of India since Independence provides a comprehensive study of the major political, cultural, and economic changes in India since gaining independence. Paul Brass focuses on the consequences of the centralising drives of the national leadership to create a strong, unified nation, and a dynamic economy, all of which have been put into jeopardy in recent years by increased inter-caste conflicts, the rise of militant Hindu nationalism, and the worst communal massacres since Independence. In the second edition of his book, the author takes account of recent events to ask whether the country can find the right leadership to restore a political and communal balance in state and society.

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List of figures and tables
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction: continuities and discontinuities between pre- and post-Independence India
Political Change: Introduction
Political change, political structure and the functioning of government
Parties and politics
State and local politics
Pluralism and National Integration: Introduction
Language problems
Crises of national unity: Punjab, the northeast and Kashmir
Communal and caste conflict: secularism, Hindu nationalism and the Indian state
Political Economy: Introduction
Politics, economic development and social change
Political aspects of agricultural change
Conclusion: problems and prospects
Bibliography
Index
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