The Indian Leader, 1979
Title | The Indian Leader, 1979 PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | |
Release | 1979 |
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India Unbound
Title | India Unbound PDF eBook |
Author | Gurcharan Das |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2002-04-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0385720742 |
India today is a vibrant free-market democracy, a nation well on its way to overcoming decades of widespread poverty. The nation’s rise is one of the great international stories of the late twentieth century, and in India Unbound the acclaimed columnist Gurcharan Das offers a sweeping economic history of India from independence to the new millennium. Das shows how India’s policies after 1947 condemned the nation to a hobbled economy until 1991, when the government instituted sweeping reforms that paved the way for extraordinary growth. Das traces these developments and tells the stories of the major players from Nehru through today. As the former CEO of Proctor & Gamble India, Das offers a unique insider’s perspective and he deftly interweaves memoir with history, creating a book that is at once vigorously analytical and vividly written. Impassioned, erudite, and eminently readable, India Unbound is a must for anyone interested in the global economy and its future.
Indian Politics and Society since Independence
Title | Indian Politics and Society since Independence PDF eBook |
Author | Bidyut Chakrabarty |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2008-05-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1134132689 |
Focusing on politics and society in India, this book explores new areas enmeshed in the complex social, economic and political processes in the country. Linking the structural characteristics with the broader sociological context, the book emphasizes the strong influence of sociological issues on politics, such as social milieu shaping and the articulation of the political in day-to-day events. Political events are connected with the ever-changing social, economic and political processes in order to provide an analytical framework to explain ‘peculiarities’ of Indian politics. Bidyut Chakrabarty argues that three major ideological influences of colonialism, nationalism and democracy have provided the foundational values of Indian politics. Structured thematically and chronologically, this work is a useful resource for students of political science, sociology and South Asian studies.
My Enemy's Enemy
Title | My Enemy's Enemy PDF eBook |
Author | Avinash Paliwal |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2017-10-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190911581 |
The archetype of 'my enemy's enemy is my friend', India's political and economic presence in Afghanistan is often viewed as a Machiavellian ploy aimed against Pakistan. The first of its kind, this book interrogates that simplistic yet powerful geopolitical narrative and asks what truly drives India's Afghanistan policy.
Coups, Rivals, and the Modern State
Title | Coups, Rivals, and the Modern State PDF eBook |
Author | Beth Rabinowitz |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2018-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 110842046X |
Using extensive research, this book argues that successful African leaders consolidate their rule by developing strategic rural coalitions.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Title | Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | United States. President |
Publisher | |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Presidents |
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The Fourth World
Title | The Fourth World PDF eBook |
Author | George Manuel |
Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 2019-03-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1452959242 |
A foundational work of radical anticolonialism, back in print Originally published in 1974, The Fourth World is a critical work of Indigenous political activism that has long been out of print. George Manuel, a leader in the North American Indian movement at that time, with coauthor journalist Michael Posluns, presents a rich historical document that traces the struggle for Indigenous survival as a nation, a culture, and a reality. The authors shed light on alternatives for coexistence that would take place in the Fourth World—an alternative to the new world, the old world, and the Third World. Manuel was the first to develop this concept of the “fourth world” to describe the place occupied by Indigenous nations within colonial nation-states. Accompanied by a new Introduction and Afterword, this book is as poignant and provocative today as it was when first published.