The Oxford Companion to Politics in India (Student Edition)
Price: 695.00
ISBN:
9780198075929
Publication date:
07/10/2011
Paperback
644 pages
Price: 695.00
ISBN:
9780198075929
Publication date:
07/10/2011
Paperback
644 pages
First Edition
Niraja Gopal Jayal, Pratap Bhanu Mehta
- A new Preface by volume editors aimed at student readership
- In-depth explanations of every significant theme in Indian politics in a single volume
- Contributors are renowned international experts in their fields
- Topics examined in an accessible yet analytical manner
- Key reading for courses on Indian government and politics
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First Edition
Niraja Gopal Jayal, Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Description
This paperback edition with a new Preface is specially designed and priced for the student market. The thirty-eight essays provide every significant topic in the study of Indian politics by eminent experts. They address the links between Indian politics and institutions of the state, ideologies, political processes, social movements, identity politics, government policy, international affairs, and the academia.
The success of India's democratic political system despite immense and multidimensional diversity and differences has been a subject of longstanding academic debate and analysis. In the last few decades, in an increasingly globalized and multicultural world, India has carved its position as a global economic and political power, and Indian polity and society have witnessed rapid transformation in terms of structure, processes, success, and failures. Grasping this swift and phenomenal change is a mammoth task, and The Oxford Companion to Politics in India is the best resource to capture the macro as well as micro view of Indian politics in a global world.
Specially designed and priced to serve the needs of students and teachers of Indian politics, this unprecedented survey presents in one volume, thirty-eight essays on every theme of Indian politics written by experts in the field, and a substantial new Preface for the student readers. Clustered into eight sections, these essays address the links between Indian politics and institutions of the state, ideologies, political processes, social movements, identity politics, government policy, international affairs, and the academia. Weaving together historical narratives with fresh analyses, this volume provides an accessible yet deeply researched narrative of politics in modern India.
About the author
Contributors:
Sanjib Baruah is Professor of Political Studies in Bard College, New York.
Amrita Basu is Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies in Amherst College, USA.
Amita Baviskar is Associate Professor in the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.
Partha Chatterjee is Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York.
Neera Chandhoke is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.
Stuart Corbridge is Professor of Development Studies and Pro-Director, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Jean Drèze is Honorary Professor in the Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
Sumit Ganguly is Professor of Political Science in Indiana University, Bloomington.
Ramachandra Guha is an eminent historian, a full-time author and columnist.
Gopal Guru is Professor in the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
John Harriss is Professor and Director, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
Zoya Hasan is Professor in the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and former member of the National Commission for Minorities, India.
Vernon Hewitt is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol.
Christophe Jaffrelot is Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Studies in International Relations, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris.
Niraja Gopal Jayal is Professor in the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Rob Jenkins is Professor of Political Science in Hunter College, City University of New York.
Surinder S. Jodhka is Professor of Sociology in the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Devesh Kapur is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Sudipta Kaviraj is Professor of South Asian Politics in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University, New York.
Sunil Khilnani is Starr Foundation Professor and Director of South Asia Studies in the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC.
Atul Kohli is David K.E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Politics and International Affairs in Princeton University.
Anirudh Krishna is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science in Duke University, Durham, USA.
James Manor is Emeka Anyaoku Professor of Commonwealth Studies in the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.
Alistair McMillan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
Uday S. Mehta is Clarence Francis Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science in Amherst College, USA.
Subrata K. Mitra is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Bishnu N. Mohapatra is Programme Officer, Governance, The Ford Foundation, New Delhi. He formerly taught at the universities of Delhi and Kyoto, and Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Dilip Mookherjee is Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Development in Boston University.
Rahul Mukherji is Associate Professor in the South Asian Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.
Sudha Pai is Professor in the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Malte Pehl is Assistant Professor of International and Intercultural Studies in the College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Shirin M. Rai is Professor and Director of the Leverhulme Trust Programme on Gendered Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.
Lavanya Rajamani is Professor in the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
Anupama Roy is Associate Professor in the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Lloyd I. Rudolph is Professor Emeritus of Political Science in the University of Chicago.
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph is William Benton Distinguished Service Professor Emerita in the University of Chicago.
Arghya Sengupta is Professor and Research Associate in the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
Aseema Sinha is Associate Professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
E. Sridharan is Academic Director of the University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India (UPIASI), New Delhi.
Arun R. Swamy is Professor in the Department of Diplomacy and World Affairs, Occidental College, Los Angeles.
Steven I. Wilkinson is Professor of India and South Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science and International Affairs in Yale University, New Haven, USA.
Yogendra Yadav is Senior Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.
First Edition
Niraja Gopal Jayal, Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Table of contents
List of Tables and Appendices
List of Abbreviations
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Introduction (Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta)
PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING:
1:The State (Partha Chatterjee)
2:Constitutionalism (Uday S. Mehta)
3:Parliament (Vernon Hewitt and Shirin M. Rai)
4:Federalism Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl)
5:Local Governance (James Manor)
7:The Election Commission (Alistair McMillan)
8:The Party System (E. Sridharan)
PART II: SOCIAL CLEAVAGES, IDENTITY, AND POLITICS:
9:Class and Politics (John Harriss)
10:Caste and Politics (Surinder S. Jodhka)
11:Gender and Politics (Amrita Basu)
12:Regionalism and Secessionism (Sanjib Baruah)
13:Politics and National Identity (Sunil Khilnani)
14:The Hindu Nationalists and Power (Christophe Jaffrelot)
15:Minorities and Politics (Bishnu N. Mohapatra)
PART III: POLITICAL PROCESSES: Yadav)
16:Political Parties (Zoya Hasan)
17:Politics and Culture (Stuart Corbridge)
18:Political Mobilization (Arun R. Swamy)
19:Political Leadership (Ramachandra Guha)
20:Local Politics (Anirudh Krishna)
PART IV: IDEOLOGICAL CONTESTATIONS IN INDIAN POLITICS:
21:Nationalism (Sudipta Kaviraj)
22:Secularism (Neera Chandhoke)
23:Representation (Yogendra Yadav)
24:Social Justice (Gopal Guru)
PART V: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY:25:Social Movements (Amita Baviskar)
26:Farmers' Movements (Sudha Pai)
27:The Women's Movement (Anupama Roy)
PART VI: POLITICS AND POLICY:
29:Political Economy of the State (Devesh Kapur)
30:Business and Politics (Aseema Sinha)
31:Government Accountability (Dilip Mookherjee)
32:The Political Economy of Reforms (Rahul Mukherji)
33:Politics and Redistribution(Atul Kohli)
34:Employment Guarantee and the Right to Work (Jean Drèze)
PART VII: INDIA AND THE WORLD:
35:India and the World (Kanti Bajpai)
36:Indian Defence Policy(Sumit Ganguly)
PART VIII: WAYS OF LOOKING AT INDIAN POLITICS:
37:An Intellectual History of the Study of Indian Politics (Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph)
38:Data and the Study of Indian Politics (Steven I. Wilkinson)
Notes on Contributors
Index
First Edition
Niraja Gopal Jayal, Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Description
This paperback edition with a new Preface is specially designed and priced for the student market. The thirty-eight essays provide every significant topic in the study of Indian politics by eminent experts. They address the links between Indian politics and institutions of the state, ideologies, political processes, social movements, identity politics, government policy, international affairs, and the academia.
The success of India's democratic political system despite immense and multidimensional diversity and differences has been a subject of longstanding academic debate and analysis. In the last few decades, in an increasingly globalized and multicultural world, India has carved its position as a global economic and political power, and Indian polity and society have witnessed rapid transformation in terms of structure, processes, success, and failures. Grasping this swift and phenomenal change is a mammoth task, and The Oxford Companion to Politics in India is the best resource to capture the macro as well as micro view of Indian politics in a global world.
Specially designed and priced to serve the needs of students and teachers of Indian politics, this unprecedented survey presents in one volume, thirty-eight essays on every theme of Indian politics written by experts in the field, and a substantial new Preface for the student readers. Clustered into eight sections, these essays address the links between Indian politics and institutions of the state, ideologies, political processes, social movements, identity politics, government policy, international affairs, and the academia. Weaving together historical narratives with fresh analyses, this volume provides an accessible yet deeply researched narrative of politics in modern India.
About the author
Contributors:
Sanjib Baruah is Professor of Political Studies in Bard College, New York.
Amrita Basu is Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies in Amherst College, USA.
Amita Baviskar is Associate Professor in the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.
Partha Chatterjee is Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York.
Neera Chandhoke is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.
Stuart Corbridge is Professor of Development Studies and Pro-Director, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Jean Drèze is Honorary Professor in the Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
Sumit Ganguly is Professor of Political Science in Indiana University, Bloomington.
Ramachandra Guha is an eminent historian, a full-time author and columnist.
Gopal Guru is Professor in the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
John Harriss is Professor and Director, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
Zoya Hasan is Professor in the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and former member of the National Commission for Minorities, India.
Vernon Hewitt is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol.
Christophe Jaffrelot is Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Studies in International Relations, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris.
Niraja Gopal Jayal is Professor in the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Rob Jenkins is Professor of Political Science in Hunter College, City University of New York.
Surinder S. Jodhka is Professor of Sociology in the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Devesh Kapur is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Sudipta Kaviraj is Professor of South Asian Politics in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University, New York.
Sunil Khilnani is Starr Foundation Professor and Director of South Asia Studies in the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC.
Atul Kohli is David K.E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Politics and International Affairs in Princeton University.
Anirudh Krishna is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science in Duke University, Durham, USA.
James Manor is Emeka Anyaoku Professor of Commonwealth Studies in the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.
Alistair McMillan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
Uday S. Mehta is Clarence Francis Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science in Amherst College, USA.
Subrata K. Mitra is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Bishnu N. Mohapatra is Programme Officer, Governance, The Ford Foundation, New Delhi. He formerly taught at the universities of Delhi and Kyoto, and Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Dilip Mookherjee is Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Development in Boston University.
Rahul Mukherji is Associate Professor in the South Asian Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.
Sudha Pai is Professor in the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Malte Pehl is Assistant Professor of International and Intercultural Studies in the College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Shirin M. Rai is Professor and Director of the Leverhulme Trust Programme on Gendered Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.
Lavanya Rajamani is Professor in the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
Anupama Roy is Associate Professor in the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Lloyd I. Rudolph is Professor Emeritus of Political Science in the University of Chicago.
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph is William Benton Distinguished Service Professor Emerita in the University of Chicago.
Arghya Sengupta is Professor and Research Associate in the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
Aseema Sinha is Associate Professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
E. Sridharan is Academic Director of the University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India (UPIASI), New Delhi.
Arun R. Swamy is Professor in the Department of Diplomacy and World Affairs, Occidental College, Los Angeles.
Steven I. Wilkinson is Professor of India and South Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science and International Affairs in Yale University, New Haven, USA.
Yogendra Yadav is Senior Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.
Table of contents
List of Tables and Appendices
List of Abbreviations
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Introduction (Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta)
PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING:
1:The State (Partha Chatterjee)
2:Constitutionalism (Uday S. Mehta)
3:Parliament (Vernon Hewitt and Shirin M. Rai)
4:Federalism Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl)
5:Local Governance (James Manor)
7:The Election Commission (Alistair McMillan)
8:The Party System (E. Sridharan)
PART II: SOCIAL CLEAVAGES, IDENTITY, AND POLITICS:
9:Class and Politics (John Harriss)
10:Caste and Politics (Surinder S. Jodhka)
11:Gender and Politics (Amrita Basu)
12:Regionalism and Secessionism (Sanjib Baruah)
13:Politics and National Identity (Sunil Khilnani)
14:The Hindu Nationalists and Power (Christophe Jaffrelot)
15:Minorities and Politics (Bishnu N. Mohapatra)
PART III: POLITICAL PROCESSES: Yadav)
16:Political Parties (Zoya Hasan)
17:Politics and Culture (Stuart Corbridge)
18:Political Mobilization (Arun R. Swamy)
19:Political Leadership (Ramachandra Guha)
20:Local Politics (Anirudh Krishna)
PART IV: IDEOLOGICAL CONTESTATIONS IN INDIAN POLITICS:
21:Nationalism (Sudipta Kaviraj)
22:Secularism (Neera Chandhoke)
23:Representation (Yogendra Yadav)
24:Social Justice (Gopal Guru)
PART V: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY:25:Social Movements (Amita Baviskar)
26:Farmers' Movements (Sudha Pai)
27:The Women's Movement (Anupama Roy)
PART VI: POLITICS AND POLICY:
29:Political Economy of the State (Devesh Kapur)
30:Business and Politics (Aseema Sinha)
31:Government Accountability (Dilip Mookherjee)
32:The Political Economy of Reforms (Rahul Mukherji)
33:Politics and Redistribution(Atul Kohli)
34:Employment Guarantee and the Right to Work (Jean Drèze)
PART VII: INDIA AND THE WORLD:
35:India and the World (Kanti Bajpai)
36:Indian Defence Policy(Sumit Ganguly)
PART VIII: WAYS OF LOOKING AT INDIAN POLITICS:
37:An Intellectual History of the Study of Indian Politics (Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph)
38:Data and the Study of Indian Politics (Steven I. Wilkinson)
Notes on Contributors
Index
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