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Reinventing India - Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,741
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Reinventing India - Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy (Hardcover): Corbridge

Reinventing India - Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy (Hardcover)

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When India was invented as a "modern" country in the years after Independence in 1947 it styled itself as a secular, federal, democratic Republic committed to an ideology of development. Nehrua s India never quite fulfilled this promise, but more recently his vision of India has been challenged by two "revolts of the elites": those of economic liberalization and Hindu nationalism. These revolts have been challenged, in turn, by various movements, including those of Indiaa s "Backward Classes". These movements have exploited the democratic spaces of India both to challenge for power and to contest prevailing accounts of politics, the state and modernity. Reinventing India offers an analytical account of the history of modern India and of its contemporary reinvention. Part One traces Indiaa s transformation under colonial rule, and the ideas and social forces which underlay the deliberations of the Constituent Assembly in 1946 to consider the shaping of the post--colonial state. Part Two then narrates the story of the making and unmaking of this modern India in the period from 1950 to the present day. It pays attention to both economic and political developments, and engages with the interpretations of Indiaa s recent history through key writers such as Francine Frankel, Sudipta Kaviraj and Partha Chatterjee. Part Three consists of chapters on the dialectics of economic reform, religion, the politics of Hindu nationalism, and on popular democracy. These chapters articulate a distinct position on the state and society in India at the end of the century, and they allow the authors to engage with the key debates which concern public intellectuals in contemporary India. Reinventing India is a lucid and eminently readable account of the transformations which are shaking India more than fifty years after Independence. It will be welcomed by all students of South Asia, and will be of interest to students of comparative politics and development studies.

General

Imprint: Polity Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2000
First published: November 2000
Authors: Corbridge
Dimensions: 236 x 164 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-2076-3
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN: 0-7456-2076-0
Barcode: 9780745620763

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