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Much of the change that one experiences in India in recent times are arguably the effects of the Globalisation maelstrom – the complex of hegemonic economics structures and forces operated upon by powerful economies of developed countrie's, TNCs, flexible capital accumulation which are inducing a new international division of labour, communication and technological super revolution amidst other far reaching changes and in multitudinous ways are ...
With the replacement of the Dominant Party System of India, minority and/or coalition governments in New Delhi have become the order of the day. Except for the Congress Minority Government of P.V. Narsimha Rao and National Democratic Alliance Government of Atal Behari Vajpayee, all such governments since 1989 have been unstable. Yet instability apart, coalition governments have been effective in enhancing democratic legitimacy, representativeness and national ...
The Indian Government and Politics stands out as a classic work on the Indian politics in the sense that it does not only analyse the working of the body politic but also offers practicable alternatives and suggestions within the framework of the constitution, law and politics. Through published way back in 1960, the book was ahead of its time even then as it went beyond the prevalent trends in the legal and administrative studies of the period. It initiated an ...
This book deals with the issues of democracy, development and discontent in the general context of South Asia and the specific contexts of the major countries of the region. Major challenges confronting democracy and development in South Asia--including the interface between multicultural identity, democracy and development in India; movement for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan; and the Maoist movement and its democratic accommodation in Nepal--are part ...