Democracy and Discontent : India's Growing Crisis of Governability
Kohli, Atul
Democracy and Discontent : India's Growing Crisis of Governability - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. - xi, 420p. ; 24 cm.
An overview of the study --
Some conceptual and theoretical considerations --
The Growing Problems of Governing the Periphery: Politics in the Districts --
Introduction: the districts --
Kheda, Gujarat --
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh --
Belgaun, Karnataka --
Calcutta, West Bengal --
Madurai, Tamil Nadu --
Conclusion: the districts --
Order and Breakdown in the States --
Introduction: the states --
Breakdown in a "backward" state: Bihar --
Growing turmoil in an "advanced" state: Gujarat --
From breakdown to order: West Bengal --
Conclusion: the states --
Centralization and Powerlessness at the Center --
Introduction: the Center --
Managing the economy: halfhearted liberalization --
Managing the troubled political institutions: the Congress party and relations with Punjab --
Conclusion: the Center --
Political change in a democratic developing country.
0521396921
Politics and government
Political stability
320.954 / KOH/D
Democracy and Discontent : India's Growing Crisis of Governability - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. - xi, 420p. ; 24 cm.
An overview of the study --
Some conceptual and theoretical considerations --
The Growing Problems of Governing the Periphery: Politics in the Districts --
Introduction: the districts --
Kheda, Gujarat --
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh --
Belgaun, Karnataka --
Calcutta, West Bengal --
Madurai, Tamil Nadu --
Conclusion: the districts --
Order and Breakdown in the States --
Introduction: the states --
Breakdown in a "backward" state: Bihar --
Growing turmoil in an "advanced" state: Gujarat --
From breakdown to order: West Bengal --
Conclusion: the states --
Centralization and Powerlessness at the Center --
Introduction: the Center --
Managing the economy: halfhearted liberalization --
Managing the troubled political institutions: the Congress party and relations with Punjab --
Conclusion: the Center --
Political change in a democratic developing country.
0521396921
Politics and government
Political stability
320.954 / KOH/D