The twenty-eight papers in this set of three volumes provide deep insights into the understanding of the dynamics of Karnataka Government and Politics. Giving a brief account of the geography of Karnataka, they examine the process by which the modern state of Karnataka emerged. Further tracing the origin and growth of the office of the speaker in the state, the contributors take stock of the position of the office of the Chief Minister and analyse the functional dimensions of judiciary, the role of the leader of opposition, functions of the Public Service Commission and the structure as well as working of the secretariat. They also extend discussion on the representation of women in local government, socio-economic bases of state politics, the working of party system, the dimensions of planning, impact of language of politics, implications of communal issues, the politics of separate statehood, land reforms, working of Panchayati Raj Institutions, and the role of the press in the politics of Karnataka.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.H. Patil
Dr. S.H. Patil is a Professor of Political Science (Retd.), Karnataka University, Dharwad, and was I.C.S.S.R. Senior Fellow and U.G.C. Emeritus Fellow. He is the author of the following books: The Congress Party and Princely States, Gandhi and Swaraj, A Text Book of Political Thought, Modern Western Political Thought, Central Grants and State Autonomy, Political Analysis (Co-author), Bharatadalli Dharmanirapekshe (Secularism in India, Dharwad), and Bharatad Swatantra Mattu Karnataka Ekikaran: LIngayatar Patra (The Role of the Lingayats in the Freedom Movement and Karnataka Unification, Co-editor, Gadag). His thirty articles have been published in the following academic journals: Social Sciences, Gandhi Marg, Political Science Review, Indian Journal of Politics, Journal of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, India Quarterly, ISDA Journal, Man and Development, Journal of Government and Political Studies, Basava Journal and Indian Journal of Secularism. Some of his articles are abstracted in (i) International Political Science Abstracts, Paris, and (ii) I.C.S.S.R. Journal of Abstracts and Reviews, New Delhi.
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