ISBN: 9788178298818    Publisher: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd Year of publishing: 2008     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 382        

A SAGE Text! This core Political Science textbook written for the paper Indian Government and Politics explores the changing nature of politico-constitutional institutions and is drawn from the 1950 Constitution of India. Key Features: " Provides an analytical account of the political happenings in India and how the political institutions have emerged and changed, since the end of colonial rule in India; " Covers areas outlined in the latest UGC Model Curriculum 2000 , thus making it a comprehensive textbook in this subject; and " Model questions at the end of the book.
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Bidyut Chakrabarty is a Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. Dr. Chakrabarty has over 20 years of teaching experience in the field of Political Science in India and abroad. After completing his doctoral research at the London School of Economics, he began his academic career in India as a Reader in the Department of Political Science, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. After a long stint abroad he became a Reader in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. He held visiting professorship in Europe, USA, and Australia during his long academic career. He also occupied the prestigious India Chair at the Asian-Africa Institute, Hamburg University, Hamburg,Germany. He has a wide range of solo authored and co-authored publications in the field of Political Science. Some of his recent co-publications include: Forging Power: Coalition Politics in India, 2006; Social and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi, 2006; Reinventing Public Administration: The Indian Experience, 2007 and Indian Politics and Society since Independence, 2008. He has also published a biography of Mahatma Gandhi entitled Gandhi: A Historical Biography in 2007. Rajendra Kumar Pandey is a Lecturer at the Hindu College, University of Delhi. He has also taught at the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi. Dr Pandey has been teaching for over ten years in Delhi University. He is a specialist in micro-politics. His M. Phil was on the topic 'Governing the Indian Capital: A Study of the New Politico-Administrative Set-up of Delhi'. Under the supervision of Professor Bidyut Chakrabarty he completed a doctoral dissertation, 'Disaster Management in India: A Case Study of Flood Control in Delhi' in 2001. The thesis was highly acclaimed by experts.
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