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Power and Contestation
Nivedita Menon
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Description for Power and Contestation
Paperback. Gives an introduction to the changing history of India since the end of the Cold War. It also shows that the turbulence and turmoil are signs of India's continued vibrancy and democracy. Series: Global History of the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
1989 marks the unraveling of India's 'Nehruvian Consensus' around the idea of a modern, secular nation with a self-reliant economy. Caste and religion have come to play major roles in national politics. Global economic integration has led to conflict between the state and dispossessed people, but processes of globalization have also enabled new spaces for political assertion, such as around sexuality. Older challenges to the idea of India continue from movements in Kashmir and the North-East, while Maoist insurgency has deepened its bases. In a world of American Empire, India as a nuclear power has abandoned non-alignment, a shift ... Read more
1989 marks the unraveling of India's 'Nehruvian Consensus' around the idea of a modern, secular nation with a self-reliant economy. Caste and religion have come to play major roles in national politics. Global economic integration has led to conflict between the state and dispossessed people, but processes of globalization have also enabled new spaces for political assertion, such as around sexuality. Older challenges to the idea of India continue from movements in Kashmir and the North-East, while Maoist insurgency has deepened its bases. In a world of American Empire, India as a nuclear power has abandoned non-alignment, a shift ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Global History of the Present
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842778159
SKU
V9781842778159
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Ref
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About Nivedita Menon
Nivedita Menon is Reader in the Department of Political Science at the University of Delhi . She is author of Recovering Subversion: Feminist Politics Beyond the Law (2004) and editor of Gender and Politics in India (1999). A feminist scholar and political theorist, she has been involved in a wide range of political and social movements, especially against the ... Read more
Reviews for Power and Contestation
'This is a sophisticated yet accessible survey of contemporary Indian politics and society. It will be an excellent textbook and a handy reference work to a complex field of study' Faisal Devji, New School University 'This book approaches the daunting task of analyzing the contradictory, diverse, and divergent history of India since 1989 with uncommon intelligence. To ... Read more