| Conflict Resolution in Multicultural Societies: The Indian Experience Contributor(s): Mukherjee, Jhumpa (Author) |
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ISBN: 9351500330 ISBN-13: 9789351500339 Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Violence In Society - Political Science |
| Dewey: 303.690 |
| LCCN: 2014026924 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 190 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Is it not interesting that at a time when the idea of a global clash of civilizations is reverberating so mightily and so ominously, how India puts up with the challenge of forging national unity amidst its intricate diversity? What is the key to her comparative success as an integrated state? The question has assumed added significance after the disintegration of the former multiethnic Soviet Union in the early 1990s. The present study, informed by a modified neo-institutionalism, seeks to identify the key to India's success as an integrated democracy amidst a whole lot of trajectories. As an answer to India's relative success in state formation and political order, this study emphasizes the role of democratic multicultural decentralization, which is a distinctive institutional-political formulation grown out of India's specific contexts, and which has served as a method of effective governance in India. The book is primarily aimed at first degree undergraduate and postgraduate students. It is aimed at students specializing in India politics, post-colonial studies, Third world politics and those studying decentralization in non-Western countries. The work would have direct appeal political scientists, sociologists, policy makers, research institutes, activists, and development agencies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mukherjee, Jhumpa: - Jhumpa Mukherjee, MA (Gold Medalist), PhD is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. She is an advisory member of the Centre for Decentralization and Rural Development, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. She has published articles on contemporary social and political issues in nationally acclaimed journals and has participated in national seminars. Her areas of research interest include South Asian Politics, Human Rights and multiculturalism, federdalism, and decentralization. |
