Democracy and Discontent : India's Growing Crisis of Governability

By:

Kohli, Atul

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TextPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.Description: xi, 420p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0521396921

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DDC classification:

320.954 KOH/D

Contents:

An overview of the study -- Some conceptual and theoretical considerations -- The Growing Problems of Governing the Periphery: Politics in the Districts -- Introduction: the districts -- Kheda, Gujarat -- Guntur, Andhra Pradesh -- Belgaun, Karnataka -- Calcutta, West Bengal -- Madurai, Tamil Nadu -- Conclusion: the districts -- Order and Breakdown in the States -- Introduction: the states -- Breakdown in a "backward" state: Bihar -- Growing turmoil in an "advanced" state: Gujarat -- From breakdown to order: West Bengal -- Conclusion: the states -- Centralization and Powerlessness at the Center -- Introduction: the Center -- Managing the economy: halfhearted liberalization -- Managing the troubled political institutions: the Congress party and relations with Punjab -- Conclusion: the Center -- Political change in a democratic developing country.

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General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University (Yangang Campus) General Book Section	320.954 KOH/D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	P33747
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University (Yangang Campus) General Book Section	320.954 KOH/D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	P33748
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University (Yangang Campus) General Book Section	320.954 KOH/D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	P01177
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University (Yangang Campus) General Book Section	320.954 KOH/D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	P02164

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An overview of the study --
Some conceptual and theoretical considerations --
The Growing Problems of Governing the Periphery: Politics in the Districts --
Introduction: the districts --
Kheda, Gujarat --
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh --
Belgaun, Karnataka --
Calcutta, West Bengal --
Madurai, Tamil Nadu --
Conclusion: the districts --
Order and Breakdown in the States --
Introduction: the states --
Breakdown in a "backward" state: Bihar --
Growing turmoil in an "advanced" state: Gujarat --
From breakdown to order: West Bengal --
Conclusion: the states --
Centralization and Powerlessness at the Center --
Introduction: the Center --
Managing the economy: halfhearted liberalization --
Managing the troubled political institutions: the Congress party and relations with Punjab --
Conclusion: the Center --
Political change in a democratic developing country.

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