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Author : M. Mayadas
Publisher : Lancer Publishers
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Howitzers
ISBN : 1897829647
On the last 15 years of Indian history with special reference to the selection of Bofors gun deal.
Author : Michael P. Colaresi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199389780
Recent scandals like WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden's disclosure of NSA documents have brought public debates over government accountability and secrecy bubbling to the surface. How can modern democracies balance the need for privacy in delicate foreign policy matters with the necessity of openness in gaining and maintaining the trust of citizens? Democracies keep secrets from potential enemies and their citizens. This simple fact challenges the surprisingly prevalent assumption that foreign policy successes and failures can be attributed to public transparency and accountability. In fact, the ability to keep secrets has aided democratic victories from the European and Pacific theatres in World War II to the global competition of the Cold War. At the same time, executive discretion over the capacity to classify information created the opportunity for abuse that contributed to Watergate, as well as domestic spying and repression in France, Norway and Canada over the past forty years. Therefore, democracies face a secrecy dilemma. Secrecy is useful, but once a group or person has the ability to decide what information is concealed from a rival, citizens can no longer monitor that information. How then can the public be assured that national security policies are not promoting hidden corruption or incompetence? As Democracy Declassified shows, it is indeed possible for democracies to keep secrets while also maintaining useful national security oversight institutions that can deter abuse and reassure the public. Understanding secrecy and oversight in democracies helps us explain not only why the Maginot Line rose and the French Republic fell, or how the US stumbled but eventually won the Cold War, but more generally how democracies can benefit from both public consent and necessary national security secrets. At a time when ubiquitous debates over the issue of institutional accountability and transparency have reached a fever pitch, Democracy Declassified provides a grounded and important view on the connection between the role of secrecy in democratic governance and foreign policy-making.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015081726757
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : South Asia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132646311
Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1438 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN : UOM:39015079755800
Author : Sumantra Bose
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674728196
A nation of 1.25 billion, India is the world's most diverse democracy. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork and experience of Indian politics, Sumantra Bose tells the story of democracy's evolution in India since the 1950s and describes the challenges it faces today: from poverty and inequality to Maoist revolutionaries and Kashmir secessionists.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1118 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : English imprints
ISBN : UOM:39015063188851
Author : Bidyut Chakrabarty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134132683
Focusing on politics and society in India, this book explores new areas enmeshed in the complex social, economic and political processes in the country. Linking the structural characteristics with the broader sociological context, the book emphasizes the strong influence of sociological issues on politics, such as social milieu shaping and the articulation of the political in day-to-day events. Political events are connected with the ever-changing social, economic and political processes in order to provide an analytical framework to explain ‘peculiarities’ of Indian politics. Bidyut Chakrabarty argues that three major ideological influences of colonialism, nationalism and democracy have provided the foundational values of Indian politics. Structured thematically and chronologically, this work is a useful resource for students of political science, sociology and South Asian studies.
Author : Akhil Gupta
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780822351108
Yet India's poor are not disenfranchised; they actively participate in the democratic project.
Author : Paul R. Brass
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134078585
The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics examines key issues in politics of the five independent states of the South Asian region: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Written by experts in their respective areas, this Handbook introduces the reader to the politics of South Asia by presenting the prevailing agreements and disagreements in the literature. In the first two sections, the Handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern political history of the states of the region and an overview of the independence movements in the former colonial states. The other sections focus on the political changes that have occurred in the postcolonial states since independence, as well as the successive political changes in Nepal during the same period, and the structure and functioning of the main governmental and non-governmental institutions, including the structure of the state itself (unitary or federal), political parties, the judiciary, and the military. Further, the contributors explore several aspects of the political process and political and economic change, especially issues of pluralism and national integration, political economy, corruption and criminalization of politics, radical and violent political movements, and the international politics of the region as a whole. This unique reference work provides a comprehensive survey of the state of the field and is an invaluable resource for students and academics interested in South Asian Studies, South Asian Politics, Comparative Politics and International Relations.
Author : Chitra Subramaniam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015033095202
Author : Stephen P. Cohen,Sunil Dasgupta
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815724926
India has long been motivated to modernize its military, and it now has the resources. But so far, the drive to rebuild has lacked a critical component—strategic military planning. India's approach of arming without strategic purpose remains viable, however, as it seeks great-power accommodation of its rise and does not want to appear threatening. What should we anticipate from this effort in the future, and what are the likely ramifications? Stephen Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta answer those crucial questions in a book so timely that it reached number two on the nonfiction bestseller list in India. "Two years after the publication of Arming without Aiming, our view is that India's strategic restraint and its consequent institutional arrangement remain in place. We do not want to predict that India's military-strategic restraint will last forever, but we do expect that the deeper problems in Indian defense policy will continue to slow down military modernization."—from the preface to the paperback edition
Author : Kathrin Wessendorf (ed),International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Publisher : IWGIA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8790730453
Indigenous peoples all over the world find themselves part of political systems that are not their own but created and defined by governments with alien rules and led by politicians. Over the last centuries, indigenous peoples have gained experience in dealing with these imposed systems of politics and with hitherto unknown social structures. The experiences are very diverse and the reactions to political systems vary. This book gives an impression of and some ideas and inspiration on the issue of involvement of indigenous peoples in national politics. It may be seen as the beginning of a process that will hopefully lead to further discussion and co-operation within the regions but also at an interregional level. The book is a compilation of articles initially written for a number of workshops on Indigenous Peoples' Experiences with Political Parties and Elections. The workshops took place between 1999-2000 in different regions of the world.
Author : Sonia Gandhi
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015058116131
This book is a portrait of Rajiv Gandhi by the person who knew him best: his wife Sonia. It is in four parts, the first and last being in the nature of meditations - one in words, the other in images. In the first, Sonia Gandhi reveals Rajiv through recollections and reflections, delicate and restrained in tone but powerful in resonance. In the last, Rajiv discloses the essence of himself in a gallery of his own photographs. The biographical narrative in between progresses through pictures and extended captions, interweaving Rajiv's personal history with the milieu in which it unfolded.
Author : Chris Smith
Publisher : Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 019829168X
Chris Smith explores the evolution of Indian defence policy since 1947. He looks carefully at the domestic dynamics of Indian defence policy. This includes an in-depth analysis of the period 1947-62, which is often ignored by Indian defence analysts, and the performance of the defence industrial base. He concludes that India's defence policy is designed more as one aspect of the quest for great power status than as an attempt to aquire security at an affordable price.