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Seeing The State - Governance And Governmentality In India

by Glyn (Keele University) Williams, Manoj (London School Of Economics And Political Science) Srivastava, Rene (University Of Guelph, Ontario) Veron e Stuart (London School Of Economics And Political Science) Corbridge

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 How do poor people in India understand and make use of the state in their daily lives? The authors consider key debates in development studies on participation and good governance to answer these questions. They study the extent to which poorer people can engage the political process as citizens.
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Seeing The State - Governance And Governmentality In India

by Glyn (Keele University) Williams, Manoj (London School Of Economics And Political Science) Srivastava, Rene (University Of Guelph, Ontario) Veron e Stuart (London School Of Economics And Political Science) Corbridge

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 How do poor people in India understand and make use of the state in their daily lives? The authors consider key debates in development studies on participation and good governance to answer these questions. They study the extent to which poorer people can engage the political process as citizens.
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Footloose Labour - Working In India'S Informal Economy

by Jan (Universiteit Van Amsterdam) Breman

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 Thisstudy of the working poor in India examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work.
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India In The World Order - Searching For Major-Power Status

by Baldev Raj (Mcgill University, Montreal) Nayar e T. V. (Mcgill University, Montreal) Paul

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 The authors chart India's search for an international role since gaining independence in 1947. Central to their argument is India's belief that the acquisition of an independent nuclear capability is key to obtaining such status. The book makes an important contribution to a controversial debate.
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Footloose Labour - Working In India'S Informal Economy

by Jan (Universiteit Van Amsterdam) Breman

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 Thisstudy of the working poor in India examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work.
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Untouchables - Subordination, Poverty And The State In Modern India

by Marika Vicziany e Oliver Mendelsohn

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 This book explores the background and position of the Untouchables in India.
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Remembering Partition - Violence, Nationalism And History In India

by Gyanendra (The Johns Hopkins University) Pandey

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 Gyan Pandey's book is a compelling examination of the violence that marked the Partition of India and how it is remembered. It is also a critique of history-writing and nationalist myth-making. This is a book for historians of South Asia, sociologists, and all those concerned with the Indian subaltern story.
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The Success Of India'S Democracy

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 How has democracy taken root in India in the face of a low-income economy, poverty, illiteracy and ethnic diversity? Leading scholars explore this intriguing anomaly. Themes addressed include politics, ethnicity, federalism, caste, poverty, and Hindu nationalism. This is a tightly conceived volume on a controversial topic for students and generalists.
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The Untouchables - Subordination, Poverty And The State In Modern India

by Marika (Monash University, Victoria) Vicziany e Oliver (La Trobe University, Victoria) Mendelsohn

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 In a compelling account of the lives of those at the bottom of Indian society, the authors explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background which led to such a definition, and their position in India today. The authors argue that, despite efforts to ameliorate their condition, a considerable edifice of discrimination persists.
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India In The World Order - Searching For Major-Power Status

by Baldev Raj (Mcgill University, Montreal) Nayar e T. V. (Mcgill University, Montreal) Paul

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 The authors chart India's search for an international role since gaining independence in 1947. Central to their argument is India's belief that the acquisition of an independent nuclear capability is key to obtaining such status. The book makes an important contribution to a controversial debate.
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Remembering Partition - Violence, Nationalism And History In India

by Gyanendra (The Johns Hopkins University) Pandey

33,80€ + 10% CARD

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 Gyan Pandey's book is a compelling examination of the violence that marked the Partition of India and how it is remembered. It is also a critique of history-writing and nationalist myth-making. This is a book for historians of South Asia, sociologists, and all those concerned with the Indian subaltern story.
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India Working - Essays On Society And Economy

by Barbara (University Of Oxford) Harriss-White

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 In this 2002 book, Barbara Harriss-White describes the working of the Indian economy through its most important social structures of accumulation. Successive chapters explore a range of topics including labour, capital, and the state. The author's conclusion challenges the notion that liberalisation releases the economy from political interference.
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Population, Gender And Politics - Demographic Change In Rural North India

by Patricia (University Of Edinburgh) Jeffery e Roger (University Of Edinburgh) Jeffery

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 This is a study of the demographic processes of two castes in rural north India, that asks why fertility levels are higher among the Muslim Sheikhs than the Hindu Jats.
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Democracy And Authoritarianism In South Asia - A Comparative And Historical Perspective

by Ayesha (Harvard University, Massachusetts) Jalal

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 In a comparative and historical study of the interplay between democratic politics and authoritarian states in South Asia, Ayesha Jalal explains how a shared colonial legacy led to apparently contrasting patterns of political development, although confronting similar threats from ethnic and regional movements.
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Population, Gender And Politics - Demographic Change In Rural North India

by Patricia Jeffery e Roger Jeffery

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 This is a study of the demographic processes of two castes in rural north India, that asks why fertility levels are higher among the Muslim Sheikhs than the Hindu Jats.
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My Life In The Plo - The Inside Story Of The Palestinian Struggle

by Shafiq Al-Hout

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 The inside story of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, from its beginnings in 1964 to the signing of the Oslo agreement in 1993.
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Democratic Politics And Economic Reform In India

by Rob (Birkbeck College, University Of London) Jenkins

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 Successive Indian governments have remained committed to market-oriented reform since its introduction in 1991. In a well-argued examination of the political dynamics which underlie that commitment, Jenkins challenges existing theories of the relationship between democracy and economic liberalisation.

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