Indian politics and society since independence
Subtitle: events, processes and ideology
By: Bidyut Chakrabarty.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415408677; 9780415408684; 9780203927670
Subjects: Nationalism -- India; Democracy -- India; India -- Politics and government -- 1947-; India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the scene; title: Shaping Indian politics : the language of identity; title: Indian democracy : liberalism in its reinvented form; title: Parliamentary federalism in India : redefining the Westminster model; title: The chaotic 1960s : a decade of experiments and turmoil; title: The Left Front and the 2006 Assembly elections in west Bengal : marxism reinvented; title: Coalition politics in India : cultural synergy or political expediency; title: Conclusion.