Politics and the State in India
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TextSeries: SAGE eVidyaIndia SAGE Publications 2000Description: online resource(384 pages) illustrationsContent type: text ISBN: 9788132118534Subject(s): Citizenship Studies | Government and GovernanceAdditional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 364.1060 LOC classification: HG4701Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Examining the processes of state formation and consolidation, and the erosion of the post-colonial state, this book highlights three themes: the constraints of modernization; the contradictory logic of modernization vis-a-vis assertive political identities; and the politics of the governed and the battle for equal status at the level of the state. It sees the present crisis of the Indian state as a direct result of the post-colonial state's inability to grapple with the social and multicultural realities of the Indian polity, thus making way for various religious, caste and regional frictions to surface.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Examining the processes of state formation and consolidation, and the erosion of the post-colonial state, this book highlights three themes: the constraints of modernization; the contradictory logic of modernization vis-a-vis assertive political identities; and the politics of the governed and the battle for equal status at the level of the state. It sees the present crisis of the Indian state as a direct result of the post-colonial state's inability to grapple with the social and multicultural realities of the Indian polity, thus making way for various religious, caste and regional frictions to surface.
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