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

A comprehensive and up-to-date study of the major political, cultural and economic changes in India during the past 45 years.

Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world

Steven I. Wilkinson explores how India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics, when so many other countries have failed. He uncovers the command

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