TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kumar, Asutosh
AU  - Kumar, Asutosh, ed.
TI  - Rethinking state politics in India: Regions within regions
SN  - 9780415597777
U1  - 320.0954 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Routledge
KW  -  State governments -- India
KW  - State-local relations -- India
KW  - India -- Politics and government -- 1977-
N1  - Front Cover; Rethinking State Politics in India; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Charts; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction --
Rethinking State Politics in India: Regions within Regions: Ashutosh Kumar; Part I: United Colours of New States; 
1. Rethinking 'Regional Developmental Imbalances'; Spatial Versus the Socio-political 'Region': The Case of Tribals in Jharkhand: Amit Prakash; 
2. Constitution of a Region: A Study of Chhattisgarh: Dharmendra Kumar; 
3. The Creation of a Region: Politics of Identity and Development in Uttarakhand: Pampa Mukherjee. 

Part II: Quest for Territorial Homeland
4. Regions within Region and their Movements in Karnataka: Nuances, Claims and Ambiguities: Muzaffar Assadi; 
5. Backwardness and Political Articulation of Backwardness in the North Bengal Region of West Bengal: Arun K. Jana; 
6. Assertion of a Region: Exploring the Demand for Telangana: Rama Rao Bonagani; 
7. Region, Caste and Politics of 'Reverse Discrimination': The Case of Harit Pradesh: Jagpal Singh; 
8. Regions Within but Democracy Without: A Study of India's North-east: Samir Kumar Das. 
9. Politics of Autonomy in a Comparative Perspective: Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir: Ashutosh Kumar

Part III: Caste and Politics of Marginality; 
10. Garv Se Kahon Hum Lingayat Hain! Caste Associations and Identity Politics in Maharashtra: Rajeshwari Deshpande; 
11. Emergence of Dalit Organisations in Tamil Nadu: Causes, Forms of Assertion and Impact on the State Politics of Tamil Nadu: Neeru Sharma Mehra; 
12. Affirmative Action, Group Rights and Democracy: The Mala-Madiga Conflict in Andhra Pradesh: Sudha Pai; 
13. Caste and Marginality in Punjab: Looking for Specificities: Ronki Ram. Part IV: State Electoral Politics --
Regional Variance14. Subregions, Identity and Nature of Political Competition in Rajasthan: Sanjay Lodha; 15. Regions within Regions --
Negotiating Political Spaces: A Case Study of Karnataka: Sandeep Shastri; Part V: Politics of Public Policy; 16. Political Regimes and Economic Reforms: A Study of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh: Ashok K. Pankaj; Note on the Editor; Notes on Contributors; Index
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