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book South Asia on a Short Fuse: Nuclear Politics and the Future of Global Disarmament |
South Asia on a Short Fuse: Nuclear Politics and the Future of Global Disarmamentby: Praful Bidwai
In May 1998, India did what many thought unthinkable: it conducted nuclear tests and joined the discriminatory global nuclear order it had long criticized-on the side of the discriminators. Pakistan followed. What impelled the two South Asian neighbours to nuclearize, especially just when... |
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The Politics of India Since Independenceby: Paul R. Brass
The Politics of India since Independence provides a comprehensive study of the major political, cultural, and economic changes in India since gaining independence. Paul Brass focuses on the consequences of the centralising drives of the national leadership to create a strong, unified nation, and... |
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The Narmada Daned: An Inquiry into the Politics of Developmentby: Dilip D'Souza
With its 18 October 2000 judgement, the Supreme Court allowed construction to resume on the Sardar Sarovar dam. But controversy still rages around the dam, and any chance of debate between the widely differing opinions on it is drowned in angry rhetoric. Where does that leave the common man in... |
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book Law and Gender Inequality: The Politics of Women's Rights in India |
Law and Gender Inequality: The Politics of Women's Rights in Indiaby: Flavia Agnes
Provides an analysis of the late-1990s trends of the debate on Uniform Civil Code located within a highly charged and communally-vitiated political scenario. The book goes on to expose the communal undertones of some recent judicial pronouncements. |
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Imperial Power and Popular Politics: Class, Resistance and the State in India, 1850-1950
In this series of interconnected essays, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar offers a powerful revisionist analysis of the relationship between class and politics in India between the Mutiny and Independence. Dr Chandavarkar rejects the 'Orientalist' view of Indian social and economic development as... |
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Politics
In this provocative but balanced essay, Kenneth Minogue discusses the development of politics from the ancient world to the twentieth century. He prompts us to consider why political systems evolve, how politics offers both power and order in our society, whether democracy is always a good thing,... |
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book Understanding Third World Politics: Theories of Political Change and Development |
Understanding Third World Politics: Theories of Political Change and Developmentby: B.C. Smith
Understanding Third-World Politics is a critical introduction to theories of political development and the comparative politics of the Third World. Following a review of the nature of the Third World, its commonalities and increasing diversity, and debates about its definition, Part One provides... |
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British Politicsby: Anthony Wright
Tony Wright's Very Short Introduction to British Politics is an interpretative essay on the British political system, rather than merely an abbreviated textbook on how it currently works. He identifies key characteristics and ideas of the British tradition, and investigates what makes British... |
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Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicityby: Martin Smith
Burma remains a land in deep crisis. The popular uprising in 1988 swept away 26 years of military rule under General Ne Win in name only. The National League for Democracy of Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide victory in the 1990 election, but the military have remained in control, and Burma's... |
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Women and Politicsby: Vicky Randall
'...as an introductory text, the book is admirable: it sets out the questions clearly and specifies the terms of the debate at every juncture.' - Ann Oakley, British Book News |
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