Beschrijving
The articles in this book examine the politics of seven of India’s major states during the Indira Gandhi years to assess the effects of central government’s intervention and the intensification of political conflict.
Although the Congress Party has dominated Indian national politics in recent years, a more uncertain picture has emerged at the level of India’s twenty-two states. Tensions resulting from modernization and increased popular participation in politics have aroused unprecedented factionalism in Congress-run states and brought opposition parties to pow
