The Politics of India Since Independence

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Summary

A comprehensive study of the major political, cultural and economic changes in India since gaining independence.

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List of figures and tables
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction: continuities and discontinuities between pre- and post-Independence India
Political Change: Introduction
Political change, political structure and the functioning of government
Parties and politics
State and local politics
Pluralism and National Integration: Introduction
Language problems
Crises of national unity: Punjab, the northeast and Kashmir
Communal and caste conflict: secularism, Hindu nationalism and the Indian state
Political Economy: Introduction
Politics, economic development and social change
Political aspects of agricultural change
Conclusion: problems and prospects
Bibliography
Index
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