India since 1950 : Society, politics, economy and culture

Table of Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction

Part One
POLITICS AND ECONOMY: INDIA'S PATH AND ITS TRANSFORMATIONS
Chapter 1 - The world's largest democracy during the "Congress system"
Chapter 2 - The first reign of Indira Gandhi: socialism, populism and authorization
Chapter 3 - Congress versus Janata: Short-lived alterations in power and the resilience of the Gandhis
Chapter 4 - The paradoxical democratization of Indian democracy
Chapter 5 - Building the economy: 1947-1980
Chapter 6 - The era of economic reforms: 1980-2011
Chapter 7 - Is India's development sustainable?
Chapter 8 - The Policy of non-alignment: 1947-1971
Chapter 9 - The restructuring of India's external relations: 1971-1998
Chapter 10 - A quest of power: India's foreign policy after the nuclear tests of 1998
Chapter 11 - India in South Asia
Chapter 12 - The Indian armed forces

Part Two
THE INDIAN UNION AND THE POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION OF ITS DIVERSITY
Chapter 13 - Indian federalism: Moving towards a more balanced system
Chapter 14 - The Dravidian issue or well-tempered regionalism?
Chapter 15 - Sikhs Between integration and separatism
Chapter 16 - Assam and its neighbouring states: A turbulent history
Chapter 17 - The Kashmir conflict

Part Three
THE INDIAN PEOPLE: CLASS, CASTE AND COMMUNITIES
Chapter 18 - Beyond the billion: India's demography at the beginning of the Century
Chapter 19 - Rural India
Chapter 20 - Labour movements and organizations in India
Chapter 21 - The caste factories: society, state, democracy
Chapter 22 - Untouchables, Scheduled Castes and Dalits in the Indian Republic
Chapter 23 - The World of tribes: Revolutionary movements and ethnic withdrawal
Chapter 24 - Social and political transformations of Hinduism
Chapter 25 - The Muslims of India: A minority of 170 million Muslims in South India
Chapter 26 - The Muslims of India: Towards marginalization?
Chapter 27 - Muslims and politics
Chapter 28 - The Christian Community: Christians who are very much Indian

Part Four
MEDIA AND THE ARTS: THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURE
Chapter 29 - Painting and sculpture in contemporary India: Thematics and aesthetics
Chapter 30 - Primitivism and post-primitivism in modern Indian painting
Chapter 31 - Indian cinema: Rasa cinematographica
Chapter 32 - To be or not to be filmi: Opening the black box of film-making practices in India
Chapter 33 - The golden age of the media: Rise of private radio and television
Chapter 34 - The Indian Press: Diversity, growth and regionalization
Chapter 35 - Indian music Twentieth century Carnatic music
Chapter 36 - Indian writing in English: a focus on the novel
Chapter 37 - Indian literature: a literature in several languages

The languages of India
Bengali literature since Independence
Modern Hindi literature
Urdu literature
Marathi literature
Tamil literature

Conclusion
Annexures
Chronology
Bibliography
List of Maps
About the Contributors
Panel of Translators and Editors