TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zoya Hassan,Ed.
TI  - Politics and the state in India
T2  - Readings in Indian Government and Politics
SN  - 978076199395
U1  - 320.954 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Delhi 
PB  - Sage
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - India
N2  - Examining the processes of state formation and consolidation, and the erosion of the post-colonial state, this book highlights three themes: the constraints of modernization; the contradictory logic of modernization vis-a-vis assertive political identities; and the politics of the governed and the battle for equal status at the level of the state. It sees the present crisis of the Indian state as a direct result of the post-colonial state's inability to grapple with the social and multicultural realities of the Indian polity, thus making way for various religious, caste and regional frictions to surface
ER  -