Democracy and Discontent

By - Kohli, Atul

Floor - Floor 4

Published - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990

ISBN 10 - 0521396921

ISBN 13 - 9780521396929

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Gouvernement fédéral Inde 1970-2000

Shelf No - 4

Call Number - 954.05 KOH

Physical Description - xi, 420 pages ; 24 cm

Notes - Includes Index

Book Information

Long considered one of the great successes of the developing world, India has more recently experienced growing challenges to political order and stability. Institutional mechanisms for the resolution of conflict have broken down, the civil and police services have become highly politicized, and the state bureaucracy appears incapable of implementing an effective plan for economic development. In this book, Atul Kohli analyzes political change in India from the late 1960s to the late 1980s. Based on research conducted at the local, state and national level, the author analyzes the changing patterns of authority in and between the centre and periphery. He combines rich empirical investigation, extensive interviews and theoretical perspectives in developing a detailed explanation of the growing crisis of governance his research reveals. The book will be of interest to both specialists in Indian politics and to students of comparative politics more generally.

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