Political Process in Contemporary India | UG, PG & aspirants of State and Civil Service Exam | By Pearson
About the Author
Abhay Prasad Singh, PGDAV College, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.Krishna Murari, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.
Contents:
1. Political processes in contemporary India: an introductory note
2. Political parties in India
3. Changing trends in party system in India: dominant party system and its breakdown
4. Political economy of state politics in India
5. Determinants of voting behaviour: caste, Class, gender and religion
6. Regional aspirations: the politics of accommodation through development
7. Religion and politics: minority and majority communalism
8. Nature of secularism in contemporary India: an appraisal of issues and trends
9. Caste in politics and the politicisation of caste
10. Dalit movement in India
11. Affirmative action in India: The case of Scheduled castes/tribes and other backward classes
12. Affirmative action and women in India
13. Reservation policy in India: a review and Rethinking
14. Indian democratic developmental state and welfare regimes glossary references
