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Autore |
Schottli Jivanta |
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Vision and strategy in Indian politics : Jawaharlal Nehru's policy choices and the designing of political institutions / / Jivanta Schottli |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-62786-3 |
1-283-46217-6 |
9786613462176 |
0-203-80259-4 |
1-136-62787-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in South Asian studies ; ; 22 |
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320.60954/09045 |
320.6095409045 |
954.042092 |
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Soggetti |
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Political planning - India - History - 20th century |
India Politics and government 1947- |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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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1. The art and craft of policy making -- 2. The analytic framework -- 3. Nehru, his world view -- 4. Contextualising Nehru : his contemporaries and 'the structure of opportunities' -- 5. Case study : the planning commission -- 6. Case study : the Panchasheela agreement -- 7. Case study : the Hindu code bills -- 8. The shelf-life of Nehru's institutions : a comparative study of three policies. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The 1950s in India were a crucial transition phase where the legacy and institutions of British rule had to be transformed to fit the needs of a post-colonial state. This period is closely associated with India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru (1947 - 64). Selecting three key policies closely associated with him, the book traces the political origins of the Panchasheela Agreement with China in 1954, the Hindu Code Bills of 1955 and 1956 and the founding of the Planning Commission in 1950. Each provides a window into the compulsions of Indian domestic politics at the time as well as |
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