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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Huha Thakurta, Paranjoy. Divided we stand. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2007 (DLC) 2007036647 (OCoLC)172521663 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta; Shankar Raghuraman |
ISBN: | 9788132101642 8132101642 1282078054 9781282078055 |
OCLC Number: | 437123725 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (524 pages) : illustrations |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Introduction : India in a time of coalitions -- UPA government : congress in coalition -- Indian national congress : alive, but not quite kicking -- The Bharatiya Janata Party : in search of the right strategy -- Caste in stone: politics of the Hindi heartland -- Small is beautiful : rooted in region -- Left parties : Communists or social democrats? -- Friends in need : are coalitions inherently unstable? -- Friends in deed : can coalitions govern effectively? -- Illusion of consensus -- Gazing at a crystal ball -- Index -- About the authors. |
Responsibility: | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Shankar Raghuraman. |
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The book helps one to understand the dynamics of tele-evangelism and explains why it is nothing but fundamentalism. -- The New Indian Express (Chennai) Dismissing the notion of bi-polarity, and resting the debate on whether coalition governments are at best a necessary evil or are better than single-party governments. Challenging many widely held views on the Indian political process, this book is a must read for anyone interested in contemporary Indian politics at the beginning of the 21st century. -- Free Press Journal This is a remarkable book on the durability of coalition governments to which the Indian polity is destined for the next few decades, according to the authors who are both second- generation scholars and gifted journalists. -- The Tribune This is an encyclopaedic book with a gripping account of contemporary politics of India. It is a comprehensive and objective analysis of political parties in pursuit of power and the games they play in that process. The book unfolds several myths about parties, policies, polls and delineates the undercurrents. No analysis of ongoing politics in India could claim ` definitive answers`. The authors restrain from such a trap. The book is a `SWAT` analysis of political parties and the India polity without going for voluminous empirical data....Overall, the book is a pioneering effort for its distinct style, depth of analysis and open-ended inferences. The authors deserve to be complimented for presenting a complex subject in a serious and professional manner. It is a must-read for all those interested in the contemporary history of India. -- Hindustan Times The book is not a dry academic treatise, but a very readable, informative account, which stands out for its blunt assessment of the leading personalities of the Indian political scene, particularly those who are currently at the helm of affairs. -- Frontline The book is a racy read and all the events of the last few decades have been faithfully chronicled. -- Mail Today This is an encyclopaedic book with a gripping account of contemporary politics in India....the book is a pioneering effort for its distinct style, depth of analysis and open-ended inferences. The authors deserve to be complimented for presenting a complex subject in a serious and professional manner. It is a must-read for all those interested in the contemporary history of India. -- Prabhaat Khabar Read more...

