Essays about: "Indian politics"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words Indian politics.

1. 16. India - the Role of Civil Society and the State in a Nation Fragmented by Ethnicity and Religion.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nina Johansson; [2008]
   Keywords : India; civil society; fragmentation; democracy; violence; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The Indian society is made up of a complex web of relations deeply rooted in caste, religion and ethnic belonging. Violence and turmoil is common and the entrance of BJP (the nationalistic party that in many ways have dominated the political scene since the late 1980:s) has greatly increased polarization. READ MORE

3. 17. India Changing Differences in patterns of patronage and socioeconomic development among the state of India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Per Olsson; [2007]
   Keywords : States of India; socioeconomic development; patterns of patronage; horizontal mobilization; contributing factor; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Two schematic modes of political mobilization of the electorate, and patterns of patronage, have been historically common in Indian politics; indirect vertical mobilization and broad horizontal mobilization. This thesis examines the impact of these modes of mobilization on socioeconomic development among the larger states of India. READ MORE

4. 18. Beyond Asymmetry: the Changing Face of Sino-Indian Diplomatic, Security and Economic Relations (1950s-2000s)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Jie Bai; [2006]
   Keywords : China; India; Sino-India relations; security policy; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : China and India are two countries that had been in the positions of ally and rival in modern history. After the Cold War, there was a change in the relationship between China and India. READ MORE

5. 19. PAKISTAN : POLITICS IN A POST-COLONIAL STATE

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Ejaz Hussain; [2006]
   Keywords : Pakistan; the Punjab; politics; praetorian oligarchy; military; colonial politics; strategic partition; structural dynamics; civil-military bureaucracy; the landed-feudal; the urbanrural poor; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis attempts to explain why the military is still a powerful political institution/force in Pakistan. Its purpose was to test a hypothesis that the colonial authority structure along with partition (1947) oriented structural dynamics provides an important structural construct to explain politics and the military in post-colonial state of Pakistan. READ MORE

6. 20. Identity Formation : A Process Entwining Generations

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Azade Hatami; [2002]
   Keywords : Roy; India; Women; Identity; Generations; Colonial Postcolonial.;

   Abstract : The core of this essay is the book "The God of Small Things" written by the Indian novelist Arundhati Roy. The strong power of both caste systems or traditional principles and politics is the starting-point of this essay. READ MORE