{"product_id":"democracy-and-discontent-indias-growing-crisis-of-governability-hardback-9780521391610","title":"Democracy and Discontent; India's Growing Crisis of Governability (Hardback) 9780521391610","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocracy and Discontent\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIndia's Growing Crisis of Governability\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this study, Atul Kohli analyzes political change in India from the late 1960s to the late 1980s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAtul Kohli (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521391610, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 April 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e436 pages, 5 b\/w illus.  23 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 15.9 x 2.7 cm, 0.686 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book is a tour de force. Kohli's implicit argument is that the state in India cannot be understood simply by looking at the machinations in New Delhi. Rather, one must examine three different levels. The district, state and national stages are all important in understanding the overall place of the state in Indian society. The grave difficulty that the Indian state has encountered in trying to govern its heterogeneous society comes despite a great centralization of function and power over the last … [few] decades. Kohli explains this paradox and shows why events at the local level have placed severe constraints on the ability of the state to govern Indian society. Democracy and Discontent will surely be among the most important books on the politics of India.' Joel Migdal, University of Washington, Seattle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLong considered one of the great successes of the developing world, India has more recently experienced growing challenges to political order and stability. Institutional mechanisms for the resolution of conflict have broken down, the civil and police services have become highly politicized, and the state bureaucracy appears incapable of implementing an effective plan for economic development. In this book, Atul Kohli analyzes political change in India from the late 1960s to the late 1980s. Based on research conducted at the local, state and national level, the author analyzes the changing patterns of authority in and between the centre and periphery. He combines rich empirical investigation, extensive interviews and theoretical perspectives in developing a detailed explanation of the growing crisis of governance his research reveals. The book will be of interest to both specialists in Indian politics and to students of comparative politics more generally.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables and figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface and acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. An overview of the study\u003cbr\u003e 2. Some conceptual and theoretical considerations\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Growing Problems of Governing the Periphery: Politics in the Districts: Introduction: the districts\u003cbr\u003e 3. Kheda, Gujarat\u003cbr\u003e 4. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh\u003cbr\u003e 5. Belgaun, Karnataka\u003cbr\u003e 6. Calcutta, West Bengal\u003cbr\u003e 7. Madurai, Tamil Nadu\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: the districts\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Order and Breakdown in the States: Introduction: the states\u003cbr\u003e 8. Breakdown in a 'backward' state: Bihar\u003cbr\u003e 9. Growing turmoil in an 'advanced' state: Gujarat\u003cbr\u003e 10. From breakdown to order: West Bengal\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: the states\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Centralization and Powerlessness at the Center: Introduction: the center\u003cbr\u003e 11. Managing the economy: halfhearted liberalization\u003cbr\u003e 12. Managing the troubled political institutions: the Congress party and relations with Punjab\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: the center\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Final Inferences: 13. Political change in a democratic developing country\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political structures: democracy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political structures: democracy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20structures:%20democracy%20%5BJPHV%5D%22\"\u003eJPHV\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007220044056,"sku":"9780521391610","price":89.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521391610i_ba13dcda-c2f9-4bc4-a696-5b57f9db13b7.jpg?v=1691376271","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democracy-and-discontent-indias-growing-crisis-of-governability-hardback-9780521391610","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}