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082			_a320.954 BRA 2nd ed
100			_a"Brass, Paul R."
245		0	_aPolitics of India since Independence
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aCambridge
260			_bCambridge university press
260			_c2006
300			_a403p.-
520			_aThe Politics of India since Independence provides a comprehensive study of the major political, cultural, and economic changes in India since gaining independence. Paul Brass focuses on the consequences of the centralising drives of the national leadership to create a strong, unified nation, and a dynamic economy, all of which have been put into jeopardy in recent years by increased inter-caste conflicts, the rise of militant Hindu nationalism, and the worst communal massacres since Independence. In the second edition of his book, the author takes account of recent events to ask whether the country can find the right leadership to restore a political and communal balance in state and society.
650			_aIndia-Politics and government-1947
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