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India and the politics of developing countries : essays in memory of Myron Weiner

Addressing important themes in Indian politics, this title includes political parties and democratic politics, ethnic politics, and political economy.
Print Book, English, 2004
SAGE Publications, New Delhi, 2004
271 p. ; 21 cm.
9780761932871, 9780761932888, 0761932879, 0761932887
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Introduction - Ashutosh VarshneyPART ONE: PARTY POLITICS AND DEMOCRACYMyron Weiner on India and the Theory of Democratization - Gabriel A AlmondWhy One Party Dominant Systems Decline - Lucian W Pye`Towel over Armpit′: Small-Time Political `Fixers′ in India′s States - James ManorPART TWO: ETHNIC POLITICSElite Incorporation in Multiethnic Societies - Kanchan Chandra`Unity in Diversity′: Composite Culture Is Not Multiculturalism - Christophe JaffrelotIndia, Consociational Theory and Ethnic Violence - Steven I WilkinsonPART THREE: POLITICAL ECONOMYThe Mother and the State in India - Mary Fainsod KatzensteinWhy Haven′t Poor Democracies Eliminated Poverty? - Ashutosh VarshneyThe BJP′s Economic Nationalism in Theory and Practice - Baldev Raj NayarIndex