A Possible India
Author | : Partha Chatterjee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015042081193 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book A Possible India written by Partha Chatterjee and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, one of India's foremost political scientists offers a richly detailed and critical analysis of Indian politics in the fifty years since independence. Using a variety of genres--essays, book reviews, commentaries and journal entries--Partha Chatterjee scans the entire period from the Nehru era through the through the regimes of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi to the present. He attempts to develop a true perspective on democracy in India, not in the cliche-ridden sense of government of, by, and for the people, but as politics of the governed.