Culture and rationality : the politics of social change in post-colonial India

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Culture and rationality : the politics of social change in post-colonial India

by Subrata K. Mitra

Sage Publications, 1999

  • : India : Hb
  • : US : Hb

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-429) and index

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Examining the politics of social change in India after independence and using the post-colonial state as the backdrop, this book addresses the theoretical issues of transformation in a multicultural and hierarchical society coping with the twin challenges of democratization and development.

目次

PART ONE: MODELS AND METHODS OF SOCIAL CHANGE Flawed Paradigms Some 'Western' Models of Indian Politics Paradoxes of Power Political Science as Morality Play Desecularising the State Religion and Politics in India after Independence Caste and the Politics of Identity Beyond the Orientalist Discourse PART TWO: POLITICS AND THE SOCIAL PROCESS Ballot Box and Local Power Elections in an Indian Village The Perils of Promoting Equality The Latent Significance of the Anti-reservation Movement in India Room to Manouevre in the Middle Local Elites, Political Action and the State in India The Rational Politics of Cultural Nationalism Sub-national Movements of South Asia in Comparative Perspective Party Organisation and Policy-Making in a Changing Environment The Indian National Congress Transformation of the Party System, Social Change and Civil Society in India PART THREE: THE STATE AND SOCIAL CHANGE India Dynastic Rule or the Democratisation of Power? Between Transaction to Transcendence The State and the Institutionalisation of Power in India Crowds and Power Democracy and the Crisis of 'Governability' in India Epilogue Crisis and Resilience in Indian Democracy

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