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This work by Hardgrave (U. of Texas at Austin) and Kochanek (Pennsylvania State U.) is an introduction to the politics of India in its six decades of independence, with opening chapters examining major socioeconomic changes over the whole era, as well as the nationalist movement that fought for independence. Other chapters discuss such issues as the fragmentation of the party systems, the rise of public interest litigation, federalism and regionalization, the rise of identity politics and Hindu nationalism, the decline of the once dominant Congress Party, impacts of economic liberalization and globalization, and Indian foreign policy in the post-Cold War era and the implications of India's nuclear power status. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
