Ebook: Politics in India: Structure, Process and Policy

Front Cover; Politics in India; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of diagrams; List of tables; List of maps; List of boxes; Preface; Abbreviations; Glossary; 1 Introduction: modern politics and traditional society in the making of Indian democracy; Some puzzles of India's politics; Democracy and elite agency: the 'room to manoeuvre in the middle'; Democratic legitimacy and current policy challenges; The distinctiveness of Indian politics: resilience of democracy and governance; Level playing fields: the multiple roles of the state in India.;A comprehensive analysis of the broad spectrum of India's politics, the book explains the key features of Indian politics in a comparative and accessible narrative, illustrated with relevant maps, life stories, statistics and opinion data. Using familiar concepts of comparative politics the book highlights the policy process, with a focus on anti-poverty measures, liberalisation of the economy, nuclearisation and relations with the United States and Asian neighbours such as Pakistan and China. While managing to introduce the novice to India, this accessible, genuinely comparative account of In.