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Author:   Sumit Ganguly ,  Larry Diamond (Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University) ,  Marc F. Plattner (Editor, National Endowment for Democracy)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780801887918

ISBN 10:   0801887917
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   05 November 2007
Recommended Age:   From 13
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Politics Chapter 1. Parties and the Party System, 1947–2006 Chapter 2. Reading the Election Results Chapter 3. Democracy and Ethnic Conflict Chapter 4. Caste and the Rise of Marginalized Groups Part II: The State Chapter 5. Federalism's Success Chapter 6. The Rise of Judicial Sovereignty Chapter 7. Police Agencies and Coercive Power Part III: Society Chapter 8. The Role of Civil Society Chapter 9. Civil Society versus Corruption Chapter 10. Breaking News: The Media Revolution Part IV: The Economy Chapter 11. Economic Growth and Political Accommodation Chapter 12. The State of the States Index

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This excellent collection of essays will be of great interest to India specialists and scholars concerned with democratic development... Highly recommended. -- Choice

<p>This work... provide[s] an accessible and authoritative framework for debate on the country's future.--William Crawley Asian Affairs (01/01/0001)

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Sumit Ganguly is Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Indian Cultures and Civilizations and a professor of political science at Indiana University. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of fourteen books on South Asian politics and is currently at work on a new book, India since 1980. Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution of War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. They serve as codirectors of the International Forum for Democratic Studies and coeditors of the Journal of Democracy.

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