The state and governance in India : the Congress ideal / William F. Kuracina.
نوع المادة : نصالسلاسل:Routledge studies in South Asian history ; 8.الناشر:London ; New York : Routledge, 2010وصف:x, 238 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780415779449 (hbk)
- 0415779448 (hbk)
- 9780203854747
- 0203854748
- JQ298.I5 K87 2010
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JQ298.I5 K87 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011309016 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JQ298.I5 K87 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011309017 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Processes Fueling the Development of the State and Governance 2. Indian Democracy and Civil Liberties 3. Opposing Imperialism through Foreign Affairs 4. Planning for Economic Liberation 5. Imagining a Unique Federal State 6. Erosion of the Ideal: Defense and National Government 7. Conclusions.
This book presents an innovative investigation of the policies of the Indian Congress during the late colonial period. Departing from the existing historiography of Indian nationalism, it analyses the extent to which Congress elites engaged in processes intended to foster nation-building in India. Rejecting the long-standing premise that the Congress primarily sought to generate a national identity, the author hypothesizes that Congress elites knowingly grappled with the creation of a national governmentality. He argues that they distanced themselves from lethargic nation-building exercises and instead opted to support more practical and more feasible state-building efforts. Accordingly, this book shows that Congress elites constructed the institutions that would enable Indians to govern themselves after India{u2019}s liberation from British imperialism. It presents evidence which shows that Congress elites began to perceive themselves and their organization as an emerging post-colonial state.