This volume presents an analytical history of India's struggle for freedom and the role played in it by the Indian National Congress. Drawing on statistical analysis and exhaustive research, it provides a comprehensive account of the Independence movement, encompassing events su…
"This book reveals the complex relationship between elite perceptions and behaviour, and governance, in China. It moves away from existing scholarship by focusing on functionaries, grass-roots elites, leading intellectuals, and opinion-makers in China and by looking beyond the t…
"The danger of groupthink is now standard fare in leadership training programs and a widely accepted explanation, among political scientists, for policy-making fiascoes. Efforts to avoid groupthink, however, can lead to an even more serious problem - deadlock. Groupthink or Dead…
"Governing cabinets are composed of ministers who come and go even as governments march on. They work for the chief executive, the prime minister or the president, for their parties and for the constituent groups from which they come. They are chosen for their role and dismissed…
"The Politics of Presidential Appointments examines in depth how and why presidents use political appointees and how their choices impact government performance - for better or worse."--Jacket.