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Long 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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Full title: Democracy and Discontent
• Subtitle: India's Growing Crisis of Governability
• Author: Atul Kohli
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 436
• EAN: 9780521391610
• ISBN: 052139161X
• ID: 02029363
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 686 g
• Dimensions: 238 × 159 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. April 1991

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