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Autore |
Ganguly Sumit |
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Titolo |
Ascending India and Its State Capacity : Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy / / William R. Thompson, Sumit Ganguly |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2017] |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (349 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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National security - India |
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century |
India Politics and government 21st century |
India Foreign relations 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Indian State's Capacity to Get Things Done -- 2. Ascending Major Powers -- State Capacity -- 3. Conceptualizing and Measuring State Strength -- 4. Extraction and Legitimacy -- 5. Violence Monopoly -- State-Capacity Corollaries -- 6. The Economy -- 7. Infrastructure -- 8. Inequality -- 9. Democratic Institutions -- 10. Grand Strategy -- 11. Defense and Security Policies -- Summary and Conclusion -- 12. Ascending India-Its State-Capacity Problems and Prospects -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A comprehensive and revealing account of the ongoing struggles and instability of India's political and economic institutions India's ascent as a formidable power on the world stage and its geopolitical ramifications have received much attention in recent years. This comprehensive study by Sumit Ganguly and William Thompson, two highly distinguished scholars of political science and international relations, delves into the intricate inner workings of this great Asian nation to reveal an Indian state struggling to maintain national security, domestic order, and steady fiscal growth despite weaknesses in its economic and political institutions. The authors' sobering account questions India's perceived strengths and domestic and foreign policy |
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initiatives, while focusing on the South Asian giant's infrastructural and economic growth problems, opposition to reform, and other important hurdles the nation has faced and will continue to face over the coming decade and beyond. |
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