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This is a short introduction to the life and ideas of Jawaharlal Nehru, independent India's first prime minister, aimed at the general readers and the students.

The book tells the hitherto untold story of evolution of employment conditions in India over a period of six decades beginning in the mid-1950s. It reviews, in a sharp and concise manner, the conditions of employment existing at the start of India's journey of development, the way the conditions have changed since then and the linkages between the changes in employment conditions and economic growth. It outlines the employment challenge that India is now confrontedwith and discusses the possibilities and ways of meeting the challenge.

This book provides an introduction to federalism and centre-state relations in India. Looking at the constitutional, political and economic dimensions of the relations between the central government and states, the book offers insights into some of the thorniest issues facing India today. These include the scope and limits of central authority, the rights of minorities, sources of economic dynamism, the ability to improve public services and tackle regionalinequalities.

Surrogacy is a concise look at the ways in which systems of surrogacy have evolved in India, the issues and practices surrounding reproduction, kinship, women's bodies, reproductive technologies, and transnational reproductive tourism.

This book is a short introduction to the causes, experiences, the aftermath and the legacies of the Partition of India. It introduces the history and the major debates in the writing about this division. The book asks the reader to reflect on the many ways of framing 1947 and its continuing relevance in the contemporary challenges faced in South Asia today.

This short introduction offers a comprehensive overview of popular Hindi cinema, commonly called the 'Bollywood'. This is a focused study that will help the reader understand Hindi cinema's historical role and its aesthetics or grammar. The author gives an account of the production and distribution practices in India, briefly touching upon the economics of film production, and traces the changes in Hindi cinema after it became a global brand.

Critical introduction to India's democratic politics; this text offers a quick guide to key issues pertaining Indian democracy. This book introduces to the lay reader deeply contested riddles about India's democracy in a non-technical language. For anyone wanting to make assessment of Indian democracy, this tract should be the first valuable entry point.

Party systems have important political, social and economic consequences in a polity. This book analyses the characteristics, evolution and determinants of party system in India. It argues that party system in India continues to be shaped by a complex interaction of sociological, institutional and contextual factors. The book reinforces the argument that a competitive party system remains key to the functioning of Indian democracy, and the parties remain the mostimportant link between the state and its citizens.

India is a country of increasing domestic complexity and mounting international importance. As she rises to prominence, this Oxford India Short Introduction provides an invaluable introduction to both the internal and external aspects of her national security. In an increasingly inter-dependent and globalizing world, appreciating the interests and principles structuring Indias national security has never been so important, in particular how they relate tointer-national security issues.

An Indian citizen's right to information is guaranteed by the Constitution of India, and implicitly embedded in his right to freedom and expression. Through comparative analysis of the law in various other parts of the world, this book presents a concise introduction to the Right to Information Act 2005, the various privileges it confers, the success stories, and suggests suitable policy recommendations to improve its implementation.

This introduction to the Political Economy of Reforms in India discusses the political economy of the country's growth, globalization and welfare. It finds that political economy of growth and globalization are intimately connected. And, the political economy of welfare, though dependent to a much greater extent on state intervention than growth, is critically dependent on the growth process.

This book examines alternative paths to economic development with special reference to the Indian context. It examines alternative meanings of development, the main obstacles to it, including domestic, international and non-economic ones, and alternative strategies and solution. It argues against a doctrinaire neoliberal strategy and favours a balanced approach that pays careful attention to contextual factors.