Crisis and change in contemporary India / edited by Upendra Baxi and Bhikhu Parekh
1995, First Edition. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications in association with the Book Review Literary Trust, New Delhi. Publisher's review copy. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390212
ISBN: 0803991827
Physical description; 453 pages ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: 1. Introduction / Upendra Baxi -- 2. Jawaharlal Nehru and the crisis of modernisation / Bhikhu Parekh -- 3. The doctrine of Swaraj in Gandhi's philosophy / Anthony J. Parel -- 4. Grandhi: Guru for the 1990s? / Judith M. Brown -- 5. Gandhi, Nehru, and modernity / Thomas Pantham -- 6. Emancipation as justice: Babasaheb Ambedkar's legacy and vision / Upendra Baxi -- 7. Interpreting Indian politics: A personal statement / Rajni Kothari -- 8. Civil loyalty and the New India / Leroy S. Rouner -- 9. The great language debate: Politics of metropolitan versus Vernacular India / D.L. Sheth -- 10. Crowds and power: Democracy and the crisis of 'governability' in India / Subrata K. Mitra -- 11. Personality politics: A psychoanalytic perspective / Prakash N. Desai -- 12. The politics of application and social relevance in contemporary psychology / Ashis Nandy -- 13. The health scenario in India / Jayshree P. Mehta -- 14. Religion, politics and modernity / Sudipta Kaviraj -- 15. Religious and secular identities / Rajeev Bhargava -- 16. Cultural embodiment and histories: Towards construction of self / Gurpreet Mahajan -- 17. Communal riots in contemporary India: Towards a sociological explanation / Pravin J. Patel -- 18. The Sardar Sarovar Project: Ecopolitics of development / Pravin N. Sheth -- 19. Raojibhai Patel (Mota): An appreciation / Bhikhu Parekh. Subjects: Since 1947. Politics and government. Aufsatzsammlung
Politische Krise. Politischer Wandel. Politieke situatie.
India Politics and government 1947-. India Politics and government 1977-. India Politics and government 1765-1947.
Price: €48.00