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  • Women in State Politics in India

    Missing in the Corridors of Power

    Edited by Pam Rajput, Usha Thakkar ...
    The dynamics of Indian politics is reflected in the flexible and fluctuating relations between the centre and the states as well as in the equations within the multiparty political system. This book is one of the first to explore the participation of women in state politics in India and how women navigate the dynamic spaces and hierarchies of the Indian political system.With the help of in-depth ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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    A Contemporary History of Nepal

    by Prashant Jha ...
    Battles of the New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal is a story of Nepal's transformation from war to peace, monarchy to republic, a Hindu kingdom to a secular state, and a unitary to a potentially federal state. Part-reportage, part-history, part-analysis, part-memoir, and part-biography of the key characters, the book breaks new ground in political writing from the region. With access to ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Fall and Rise of Telangana

    by Gautam Pingle ...
    Post Independence, the state of Andhra Pradesh was created by merging the Telangana region, a part of the princely state of Hyderabad, with the coastal region of Andhra and Rayalaseema—both parts of the erstwhile Madras state. With Madras, the major source of income of the state, allocated to Tamil Nadu, it was necessary to include the revenue-surplus Telangana to create a financially viable ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • India's Power Elite

    Class, Caste and Cultural Revolution

    by Sanjaya Baru ...
    India's Power Elite is a study of the nature of power and elitism in postcolonial India. Its point of departure is the political transition under way in twenty-first-century India, with the marginalization of the Congress Party and the staging of a cultural revolution symbolized by the rise of Hindu majoritarianism. Baru deconstructs the morphology of the Indian power elite-comprising remnants of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • When Crime Pays

    Money and Muscle in Indian Politics

    by Milan Vaishnav ...
    The first thorough study of the co-existence of crime and democratic processes in Indian politics   In India, the world’s largest democracy, the symbiotic relationship between crime and politics raises complex questions. For instance, how can free and fair democratic processes exist alongside rampant criminality? Why do political parties recruit candidates with reputations for wrongdoing? Why are ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Caste and Democratic Politics in India

    by GHANSHYAM SHAH ...
    The Indian constitution seeks to prevent the perpetuation of caste and build a casteless social system. But this has not happened over the fifty-odd years since Indian independence, and shows little sign of happening in the near future. Therefore no understanding of Indian politics is possible without a thorough understanding of the complexities of caste. The aim of this book is to bring about ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Democracy against Development

    Lower-Caste Politics and Political Modernity in Postcolonial India

    by Jeffrey Witsoe ...
    Series series South Asia Across the Disciplines
    Hidden behind the much-touted success story of India’s emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation’s recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, political movements. In Democracy against Development, Jeffrey Witsoe investigates this counter-narrative, uncovering an antagonistic ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • India

    Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century

    by John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey, Trent Brown ...
    India has been catapulted to the centre of world attention. Its rapidly growing economy, new geo-political confidence, and global cultural influence have ensured that people across the world recognise India as one of the main sites of social dynamism in the early twenty-first century.In this book, research leaders John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown explore in depth the economic, social, ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Religion and Politics in Contemporary Japan

    Soka Gakkai Youth and Komeito

    by Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen ...
    Series series Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
    Presenting a study of politics at grassroots level among young Japanese, this book examines the alliance between the religious movement Soka Gakkai (the ‘Value-creation Society’) and Komeito (the ‘Clean Government Party’), which shared power with the Liberal Democratic Party from 1999 to 2009. Drawing on primary research carried out among Komeito supporters, the book focuses on the lives of ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Rival Claims

    Ethnic Violence and Territorial Autonomy under Indian Federalism

    by Bethany Ann Lacina ...
    In this study of struggles for ethnoterritorial autonomy, Bethany Lacina explains regional elites’ decision whether or not to fight for autonomy, and the central government’s response to this decision. In India, the prime minister’s respective electoral ties to separate, rival regional interests determine whether ethnoterritorial demands occur and whether they are repressed or accommodated.Using ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Dna of Dalit Movement

    by Ojha Jai Prakash ...
    The book is a collection of essays woven around the contours of the growth of the dalit movement, the crusade undertaken by the dalit icons for the cause of dalit emancipation and the burning issues that have cropped up before the dalits. These issues are at the crux of very lively debates that are taking place in contemporary India. Politics of exclusion and identity have restricted the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics

    Edited by Atul Kohli, Prerna Singh ...
    India’s growing economic and socio-political importance on the global stage has triggered an increased interest in the country. This Handbook is a reference guide, which surveys the current state of Indian politics and provides a basic understanding of the ways in which the world’s largest democracy functions.The Handbook is structured around four main topics: political change, political economy, ... Read more

    $106.99 USD