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Mitra, Subrata Kumar,

Culture and rationality : the politics of social change in post-colonial India / Subrata K. Mitra. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1999. - 438 p. ; 22 cm.

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

Contents:
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Introduction
Machine derived contents note: 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.
Bibliography
Index
About Author

ISBN: 8170367794 0761993142 9788170367796 9780761993148 (hbk)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political participation--India.
Social change--Political aspects--India.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Politics and government--1947-
India--Social conditions--1947-

Dewey Class. No.: 306.2 MIT