Culture and Rationality: The Politics of Social Change in Post-colonial India - Hardcover

Mitra, Subrata K

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761993142 ISBN 13: 9780761993148

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Examining the politics of social change in India after independence and using the post-colonial state as the backdrop, this book addresses the theoretical issues of transformation in a multicultural and hierarchical society coping with the twin challenges of democratization and development.

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About the Author:

Subrata K Mitra was trained as a political scientist at the University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University, both in India, as well as at the University of Rochester, New York, USA. He is currently Professor and Head, Department of Political Science at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University and was the coordinator, Area A (Governance and Administration), Cluster of Excellence―Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows (2008–2010). His publications include The Puzzle of India’s Governance: Culture, Context and Comparative Theory (2005) and When Rebels become Stakeholders (2009). He is the academic editor of Advances in South Asian Studies, Heidelberg Series in South Asian and Comparative Studies and editor of Critical Issues in the Modern Politics of South Asia (2009).

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0761993142
• ISBN 13: 9780761993148
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448