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008 981124s1999 ii b 001 0 eng
020 _a8170367794
_qIndia
020 _a0761993142
020 _a9788170367796
020 _a9780761993148 (hbk)
082 _a306.2 MIT
100 1 _aMitra, Subrata Kumar,
245 1 0 _aCulture and rationality :
_bthe politics of social change in post-colonial India /
_cSubrata K. Mitra.
260 _aThousand Oaks, Calif. :
_bSage Publications,
_c1999.
300 _a438 p. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [409]-429) and index.
505 _aContents: 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
650 0 _aPolitical participation
_zIndia.
650 0 _aSocial change
_xPolitical aspects
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xPolitics and government
_y1947-
651 0 _aIndia
_xSocial conditions
_y1947-
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/98052039-t.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0660/98052039-d.html
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_cBK
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