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42 produkter
A Sixth Of Humanity
Independent India's Development Odyssey
Av Devesh Kapur, Arvind Subramanian
Inbunden, 2026
434 kr
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India's journey has been distinctively precocious among its peers. It opted for democracy before development and social change, promoted high-skilled services before and over low-skilled manufacturing, and chose a globalization that favored the export of talented people and short-changed the poor. …
The Other One Percent
Indians in America
Av Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
663 kr
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One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the millennium. Complete with a new epilogue, …
When Nehru Looked East
Origins of India-US Suspicion and India-China Rivalry
Inbunden, 2020
1035 kr
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Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs from 1947 to 1964, set the framework of foreign policy which has remained India's reference point until the present. One of the most significant leaders of the twentieth century, Nehru came to power in the early years …
Social Justice through Inclusion
The Consequences of Electoral Quotas in India
Inbunden, 2017
2215 kr
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Across the world, governments design and implement policies with the explicit goal of promoting social justice. But can such institutions change entrenched social norms? And what effects should we expect from differently designed policies? Francesca R. Jensenius' Social Justice through Inclusion is …
Social Justice through Inclusion
The Consequences of Electoral Quotas in India
Häftad, 2017
650 kr
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Across the world, governments design and implement policies with the explicit goal of promoting social justice. But can such institutions change entrenched social norms? And what effects should we expect from differently designed policies? Francesca R. Jensenius' Social Justice through Inclusion is …
The Other One Percent
Indians in America
Av Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
691 kr
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One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the millennium. Not only has its recent growth …
Dispossession without Development
Land Grabs in Neoliberal India
Inbunden, 2018
2352 kr
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Since the mid-2000s, India has been beset by widespread farmer protests against land dispossession. Dispossession Without Development demonstrates that beneath these conflicts lay a profound shift in regimes of dispossession. While the postcolonial Indian state dispossessed land mostly for …
Dispossession without Development
Land Grabs in Neoliberal India
Häftad, 2018
656 kr
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Since the mid-2000s, India has been beset by widespread farmer protests against "land grabs." Dispossession Without Development demonstrates that beneath these conflicts lay a profound transformation in the political economy of land dispossession. While the postcolonial Indian state dispossessed …
Capable Women, Incapable States
Negotiating Violence and Rights in India
Inbunden, 2021
1666 kr
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In recent decades, the issue of gender-based violence has become heavily politicized in India. Yet, Indian law enforcement personnel continue to be biased against women and overburdened. In Capable Women, Incapable States, Poulami Roychowdhury asks how women claim rights within these conditions. …
Capable Women, Incapable States
Negotiating Violence and Rights in India
Häftad, 2021
722 kr
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In recent decades, the issue of gender-based violence has become heavily politicized in India. Yet, Indian law enforcement personnel continue to be biased against women and overburdened. In Capable Women, Incapable States, Poulami Roychowdhury asks how women claim rights within these conditions. …
The Absent Dialogue
Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Military in India
Inbunden, 2019
1362 kr
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Civilian control over the military is widely hailed as one of the major successes of India's democracy. Because it is so rare, especially among post-colonial states, this control is rightfully celebrated. But has this come at a cost? In The Absent Dialogue, Anit Mukherjee argues that the pattern of …
Business and Politics in India
Av JAFFRELOT, Christophe Jaffrelot m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1985 kr
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Over the last few decades, politics in India has moved steadily in a pro-business direction. This shift has important implications for both government and citizens. In Business and Politics in India, leading scholars of Indian politics have gathered to offer an analytical synthesis of this vast …
Business and Politics in India
Av Christophe Jaffrelot, Atul Kohli m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
543 kr
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Over the last few decades, politics in India has moved steadily in a pro-business direction. This shift has important implications for both government and citizens. In Business and Politics in India, leading scholars of Indian politics have gathered to offer an analytical synthesis of this vast …
Mobilizing the Marginalized
Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements
Av Amit Ahuja
Inbunden, 2019
2215 kr
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India's over 200 million Dalits, once called "untouchables," have been mobilized by social movements and political parties, but the outcomes of this mobilization are puzzling. Dalits' ethnic parties have performed poorly in elections in states where movements demanding social equality have been …
Mobilizing the Marginalized
Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements
Av Amit Ahuja
Häftad, 2019
335 kr
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India's over 200 million Dalits, once called "untouchables," have been mobilized by social movements and political parties, but the outcomes of this mobilization are puzzling. Dalits' ethnic parties have performed poorly in elections in states where movements demanding social equality have been …
Gambling with Violence
State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India
Inbunden, 2019
1985 kr
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In Gambling with Violence, Yelena Biberman tackles a global problem that is particularly consequential for Pakistan and India: state outsourcing of violence to ordinary civilians, criminals, and ex-insurgents. Why would these countries gamble with their own national security by outsourcing …
Gambling with Violence
State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India
Häftad, 2019
492 kr
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In Gambling with Violence, Yelena Biberman tackles a global problem that is particularly consequential for Pakistan and India: state outsourcing of violence to ordinary civilians, criminals, and ex-insurgents. Why would these countries gamble with their own national security by outsourcing violence …
Clients and Constituents
Political Responsiveness in Patronage Democracies
Inbunden, 2019
2260 kr
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Scholars of distributive politics often emphasize partisanship and clientelism. However, as Jennifer Bussell demonstrates in Clients and Constituents, legislators in "patronage democracies" also provide substantial constituency service: non-contingent, direct assistance to individual citizens. …
Clients and Constituents
Political Responsiveness in Patronage Democracies
Häftad, 2019
553 kr
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Scholars of distributive politics often emphasize partisanship and clientelism. However, as Jennifer Bussell demonstrates in Clients and Constituents, legislators in "patronage democracies" also provide substantial constituency service: non-contingent, direct assistance to individual citizens. …
Farewell to Arms
How Rebels Retire Without Getting Killed
Av Rumela Sen
Inbunden, 2021
1720 kr
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How, in the absence of institutional mechanisms, do Maoist rebels in India quit an ongoing insurgency without getting killed?How do rebels give up arms and return to the same political processes that they had once sought to overthrow? The question of weaning rebels away from extremist groups is …
Farewell to Arms
How Rebels Retire Without Getting Killed
Av Rumela Sen
Häftad, 2021
392 kr
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How, in the absence of institutional mechanisms, do Maoist rebels in India quit an ongoing insurgency without getting killed?How do rebels give up arms and return to the same political processes that they had once sought to overthrow? The question of weaning rebels away from extremist groups is …
Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism
India, Pakistan, and Turkey
Inbunden, 2021
1276 kr
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A collection of essays that situates and furthers contemporary debates around the prospects of democracy in diverse societies within and beyond the West. Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism examines the relationship between the functioning of democracy and the prior existence of religious …
Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism
India, Pakistan, and Turkey
Av Karen Barkey, Sudipta Kaviraj
Häftad, 2021
506 kr
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A collection of essays that situates and furthers contemporary debates around the prospects of democracy in diverse societies within and beyond the West. Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism examines the relationship between the functioning of democracy and the prior existence of religious …
Patching Development
Information Politics and Social Change in India
Inbunden, 2022
1304 kr
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Diving into an original and unusually positive case study from India, Patching Development shows how development programs can be designed to work.How can development programs deliver benefits to marginalized citizens in ways that expand their rights and freedoms? Political will and good policy …
Patching Development
Information Politics and Social Change in India
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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Diving into an original and unusually positive case study from India, Patching Development shows how development programs can be designed to work.How can development programs deliver benefits to marginalized citizens in ways that expand their rights and freedoms? Political will and good policy …
Cultivating Democracy
Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India
Inbunden, 2021
1304 kr
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An ethnographic study of Indian democracy that shows how agrarian life creates values of citizenship and active engagement that are essential for the cultivation of democracy.Cultivating Democracy provides a compelling ethnographic analysis of the relationship between formal political institutions …
Cultivating Democracy
Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India
Häftad, 2021
378 kr
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An ethnographic study of Indian democracy that shows how agrarian life creates values of citizenship and active engagement that are essential for the cultivation of democracy.Cultivating Democracy provides a compelling ethnographic analysis of the relationship between formal political institutions …
Making Meritocracy
Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present
Av Tarun Khanna, Michael Szonyi
Inbunden, 2022
1469 kr
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How do societies identify and promote merit? Enabling all people to fulfill their potential, and ensuring the selection of competent and capable leaders are central challenges for any society. These are not new concerns. Scholars, educators, and political and economic elites in China and India have …
Making Meritocracy
Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present
Av Tarun Khanna, Michael Szonyi
Häftad, 2022
420 kr
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How do societies identify and promote merit? Enabling all people to fulfill their potential, and ensuring the selection of competent and capable leaders are central challenges for any society. These are not new concerns. Scholars, educators, and political and economic elites in China and India have …
Unequal Contagion
Citizenship, Democracy, and the Politics of COVID-19 in India
Av Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, Poulami Roychowdhury
Inbunden, 2026
1344 kr
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The COVID-19 pandemic was a global emergency, but its health, social, and economic effects were highly uneven. In India--one of the world's most unequal democracies--the pandemic and government responses unfolded across a hierarchical social landscape and uneven institutional terrain, producing …
