Militarism in
India: The Army and Civil Society in Consensus
by Apurba
Kundu
Despite the historical multiplicity of military coups d'état in countries around the
world-including in neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh-the Indian armed forces have never
threatened their civilian government's supremacy-of-rule. Why not?
The Idea of India
by Sunil
Khilnani
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Reconstituting India
by Pradip
Sarbadhikari (Editor)
The Government and
Politics of India (Comparative Givernment & Politics)
by Ramesh
Thakur
Explains the historical legacies that have shaped government structures and political
patterns; describes the network of federal and provincial institutions, and the location
of power and the constraints on it; and discusses such issues as caste, religion, internal
regionalism, and the relationship of democratic politics to third-world development
The Untouchables :
Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India (Contemporary South Asia)
by Oliver
Mendelsohn, Marika
Vicziany
...the authors explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political
category, the historical background that led to such a definition, and their position in
India today. The authors argue that, despite efforts to ameliorate their condition, a
considerable edifice of discrimination persists.
Ayodhya and the
Future India
by Jitendra
Bajaj (Editor)
Bewildered India :
Identity, Pluralism, Discord
by Rasheeduddin
Khan
Communal
Revivalism in India : A Study of External Implications
by Muchkund
Dubey (Editor)
Contesting the Nation
: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in India (South Asia Seminar Series)
by David
Ludden (Editor)
An explication of Indian communalism directed primarily to a US audience and representing
the current state of research on Hindu nationalism
Crisis in India
by K.L.
Chanchreek, Saroj
Prasad (Editor)
On the demolition of Babari Masjid, Faizabad, India, December 6, 1992 and its aftermath
Democracy, Security,
and Development in India
by Raju
G. C. Thomas
Indian democracy may seem fragile at the best of times, and tormented by extreme pressure
from Sikh and Nagaland separatist movements during the worst. Thomas (political science,
Marquette U.) examines the polarization of Hindu and Muslim communities, and the economic,
democratic, constitutional, and military dimensions of India's efforts to simultaneously
achieve pluralism and order.
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Politics in India
(Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology)
by Sudipta
Kaviraj (Editor)
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India, Pakistan,
and the Kashmir Dispute : On Regional Conflict and Its Resolution
by Robert
G. Wirsing
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The Peacekeepers of
Kashmir : The UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
by Pauline
Dawson
The Crisis in Kashmir
: Portents of War, Hopes of Peace (Woodrow Wilson Center Series)
by Sumit
Ganguly
The Sikhs of the
Punjab : Unheard Voices of State and Guerrilla Violence (Politics in Contemporary Asia)
by Joyce
J.M. Pettigrew
Pettigrew (anthropology, Queen's U., Belfast) portrays the human dimension of the struggle
for an independent Khalistan, now suppressed after 15 years of violence, but not defeated.
Using interviews, she delves into the perspectives, experiences, values, and goals of
Punjabi farmers, Sikh militants, and the Indian police commanders responsible for
containing the conflict. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland
Crescent over Kashmir
: Politics of Mullaism
by Anil
Maheshwari
Notes from Another
India
by Jeremy
Seabrook
Part-travel writing and part reportage, by a journalist who knows the country well, Notes
from Another India explores positive initiatives taken by the people's movements and
grassroots organisations in present day India.
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