In this second revised edition, the author incorporates political, strategic, economic, and other developments in India and the world since 1970 that significantly affect India’s foreign policy. The book critically examines the ends and means of Indian foreign policy, its basic determinants, the political institutions shaping it, the functioning of the Ministry of External Affairs, and the pe…
This volume objectively evaluates the headwinds of comprehensive security challenges that India would confront in the years ahead. Over nearly two decades, India has made successful transitions to ‘emerge’ on the regional and global scene, but informed and reasoned analyses of the multi-dimensional dangers that loom large, and the common opportunities available, have been lacking. This lacu…
This book is an analytical study of the new patterns of democracy that developed in India after independence. Vera Micheles Dean examines how the Indian nation, with its complex social and political heritage, attempted to build a functioning democratic system under challenging conditions. Using a historical and political approach, the Dean describes the political processes that were formed sinc…
This book examines various public, social, economic, or political issues raised, discussed, and debated before a legislative body (parliament). Its content will likely include an in-depth analysis of the legislative process, the challenges parliamentarians face in responding to public demands, and the impact of parliamentary decisions on the wider public. It can serve as a guide or critical ana…
This book is a celebration of India on the occasion of the nation’s fiftieth anniversary of independence. For over a decade, photographer Lindsay Hebberd traveled the length and breadth of India to capture the beauty and diversity of one of the most colorful and fascinating countries on earth. Originally produced for an international exhibition tour, these photographs illustrate the natural b…
This collection of articles and lectures covers a remarkable range of subjects. Together, they help towards an understanding of the bewildering complexity of India’s continental policy. Romesh Thapar, one of India’s most distinguished commentators, is editor of Seminar, the seventeen-year-old prestigious monthly symposium, and has been engaged in many spheres of activity, particularly in In…
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This book provides an analytical study of how public policies are formulated and implemented within the complex institutional and administrative structures of India. It examines the dynamics between political leadership, bureaucracy, and public institutions that shape the processes of decision-making in the country.rnrnThrough detailed discussions, the author highlights the challenges faced in …
This series is dedicated to the proposition that it is no longer valid or profitable to study comparative politics only within an essentially North American- and European-centered frame of reference. Although admittedly more familiar, more comprehensible, and—in the past, at least—closer and more important to us, the political histories, ideologies, and institutions of these areas constitut…
In May 1998, India shocked the world—as well as many of its own citizens—by detonating five nuclear weapons in the Rajasthan desert. This landmark act raised central questions: Why did India pursue nuclear weapon status at a time when 149 nations had signed a ban on nuclear testing? What prompted India’s new Hindu nationalist government to depart from decades of nuclear restraint? And how…