India and South Africa, two states that bookended the process of twentieth century decolonization, punched above their weight in global politics in their initial years of liberation. Postscripts on Independence analyses and compares the making of foreign policy ideas, identities…
"India and South Africa, two states that bookended the process of twentieth century decoloniszation, punched above their weight in global politics in their initial years of liberation. This book analyses the foreign policy ideas, identity, and institutions of these two newly ind…
"This study explores the nature and circumstances of India's social unrest in the 1980s. The author provides an analysis of the widespread corruption among politicians and in most strata of the government machinery, the blatant discrepancy between legislation ostensibly designed…
Presenting a study of coalition politics in India, this book argues that there has been a significant change from the post-independence one-party dominated polity. It also examines why coalition politics has become a dominant feature through renewed emphasis on questions of iden…
"This volume is a history of the growth and evolution of coalition governments in India both at the national and provincial levels. The phenomenon of political parties of diverse ideologies and affirmations coming together to share power has been highlighted as a prominent featu…
Iranian scholar Ramin Jahanbegloo interviews one of the leading political thinkers our time, Bhikhu Parekh, and in the process addresses issues ranging from cultural diversity, religion, and global ethics to identity politics, liberal democracy, Islam and Europe, and Gandhi's ro…
