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100			_aBalbir Singh
245		0	_aState politics in India : explorations in political processes in Jammu and Kashmir
260			_aNew Delhi
260			_bMacmillan
260			_c1982
300			_a229: ill
520			_aThis book studies the political institutions of and political processes in the State of Jammu and Kashmir since independence. The State of Jammu and Kashmir enjoys a unique constitutional position in the Indian Union. The anthor has provided a systemic analysis of all the vital segments of political life in Jammu and Kashmir. He first traces the development of political institutions in the State and analyses them as they exist today. An important segment of the book deals with the legislative elite, their sociological structure and the process of politicization, their role perceptions and performance and the role of women. His conclusions are drawn on the basis of exhaustive interviews. The book also provides an analysis of the critical problems which affect the functioning of state political institutions, like the decline of legislative authority, the instability of state governments as a result of inter-party defections and intra-party factionalism and the implications of a single-party dominant system in the absence of a viable opposition.
650			_aPolitical science HistoryIndia Jammu & Kashmir
942			_cB _2ddc