This book focuses on the crucial experiment being conducted by independent India in transplanting western modern political ideas and institutions in the cultural and socio-economic soil of India. The 12 thematic chapters contained in this book throw light on how India is trying to adapt and adopt modern political ideologies such as constitutionalism, nationalism, federalism, democracy, secularism, fundamental rights, social justice, etc. Using those western models of modernization as analytical tools, the book highlights the challenges posed by the process of political modernization and explains how India has responded to them creatively and positively by blending the best of the west with that of India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M. Abel
Prof. M Abel, is an educationist of good standing and public recognition with a Ph.D. degree in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has three and a half decades of experience as Professor of History and Political Science. He served as Member-Secretary of the ICSSR Review Committee (1972-73) under the Chairmanship of Dr. Malcolm Adiseshiah. He was Principal of Madras Christian College (1978-81) and Founder Vice Chancellor of Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Andhra Pradesh. The books authored by Prof. M Abel among others include "Glimpses of Indian National Movement", "A Handbook of College Administration", "My Country, My People", "An Intelligent Citizen's Handbook on Government and Politics of India", "State, Religion and Ideologies in East Asia", etc.
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