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This book looks at the patterns and trends of participation in Indian elections since 1952 - the first elections held in independent India. It engages with debates around the nature of the multi-party electoral politics in India, and the robustness of the mammoth democratic exercise.

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: A Rising and Assertive India -- PART I: Consolidating Pre-eminence in South Asia -- 1. India's New Regional Environment: South Asia 2.0 -- 2. India and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor -- 3. Digital Space and Religious Intolerance in South Asia: India and Bangladesh -- 4. The Offshore Hindu Nation: The Indian Ocean in the Hindu Nationalist Imagination, 1990-2019 -- PART II: Deepening Great Power Relations -- 5. The Elusive Settlement: India-China Negotiations Over 'The Boundary Question' -- 6. India-Japan Alignment in the Indo-Pacific -- 7. A Comparative Analysis of Russian and French Strategies towards India and South Asia -- 8. India and the United States: Friends Elsewhere, Foes at the United Nations -- PART III: Articulating a Diplomatic Vision -- 9. Institutionalization of Paradiplomacy in India -- 10. Futures in the Making: An Analysis of Indian Climate Policy Articulations -- 11. India's Foreign Aid to the Pacific: A Strategic Tool of Cooperation? -- 12. Attitudes of the Indian-American Diaspora towards Politics in India -- 13. India's Response to Covid-19: A Soft Power Perspective -- Conclusions: India's Global Reconfiguration -- Index.

A practical, real-world guide to investing in India India's rapid economic growth offers obvious opportunities for foreign investors, but making wise investing decisions can be difficult for any investor without a deep knowledge of the country and its culture. With a vibrant democracy and an active press, India can be a complex and chaotic place in which investors can find it difficult to make investing decisions with confidence. This book offers an on-the-ground perspective on India from one of India's most successful value investors. Looking deeply into the internal realities that impact India's investment climate, Investing in India helps investors both inside and outside the country cut through the noise and find the facts that truly matter for anyone who wants to invest there. Features charts of stocks, markets, and other helpful Indian economic indicators Offers a real-world look at India's politics and governance; its financial system and capital markets; its asset classes and equity markets; the private equity scene; and the real estate market Written by Indian value investing guru Rahul Saraogi.

Majoritarian State traces the ascendance of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP administration has established an ethno-religious and populist style of rule since 2014. Its agenda is also pursued beyond the formal branches of government, as the new dispensation portrays conventional social hierarchies as intrinsic to Indian culture while condoning communal and caste- and gender-based violence. The contributors explore how Hindutva ideology has permeated the state apparatus and formal institutions, and how Hindutva activists exert control over civil society via vigilante groups, cultural policing and violence.

Intro -- Inhalt -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- Verzeichnis der Tabellen und des Schaubildes -- Vorwort -- Vorwort zur 2. Auflage -- 1 Einleitung -- 1.1 Die historische Entwicklung des indischen Subkontinents -- 1.2 Die sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Herausforderungen -- 1.3 Erfolge und Probleme der indischen Demokratie -- 1.4 Die Konzeption des Buches -- 2 Institutionen: Gewaltenteilung, Verwaltung, Staatsstruktur -- 2.1 Die Legislative -- 2.1.1 Das Abgeordnetenhaus (Lok Sabha) -- 2.1.2 Die Vertretung der Bundesstaaten (Rajya Sabha) -- 2.1.3 Der Prozess der Gesetzgebung -- 2.1.4 Der politische und soziale Wandel des Parlaments -- 2.2 Die Exekutive -- 2.2.1 Der Präsident -- 2.2.2 Präsident und Premierminister -- 2.2.3 Der Premierminister -- 2.2.4 Premierminister, Kabinett, Ministerrat -- 2.3 Die Judikative -- 2.3.1 Der Oberste Gerichtshof -- 2.3.2 Judikative und Politik -- 2.4 Die Verwaltung: Bürokratie, Militär, Polizei -- 2.4.1 Die staatliche Bürokratie -- 2.4.2 Das Militär -- 2.4.3 Die Polizei -- 2.5 Die Bundesstaaten -- 2.5.1 Der indische Föderalismus -- 2.5.2 Die politische Struktur der Bundesstaaten -- 2.6 Die lokale Selbstverwaltung -- 2.6.1 Die Entwicklung der lokalen Selbstverwaltung -- 2.6.2 Die Reformen von 1992/3 -- 2.7 Die Rolle der Medien -- 2.8 Alte und neue Herausforderungen für die politischen Institutionen -- 3 Akteure und Prozesse: Parteien, Interessengruppen, Nichtregierungsorganisationen -- 3.1 Entwicklung und Wandel des Parteiensystems -- 3.1.1 Politische Repräsentation in der britischen Kolonialzeit -- 3.1.2 Die Entwicklung des Parteiensystems nach 1947 -- 3.1.3 Die Herausbildung regionaler Parteiensysteme -- 3.2 Die Parteien -- 3.2.1 Die Kongresspartei -- 3.2.2 Die Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- 3.2.3 Die kommunistischen Parteien -- 3.2.4 Andere Parteien und Bündnisse.

Based on empirical research, this book shows how public interest litigation (PIL) grants the appellate courts enormous flexibility in procedure, allowing them to manoeuvre themselves into positions of overweening authority. While PIL cases are usually politically analysed solely in terms of their effects, whether beneficial or disastrous, this book locates the political challenges that PIL poses in its very process, arguing that its fundamentally protean nature stems from its mimicry of ideas of popular justice. It examines PIL as part of a larger trend towards legal informalism in post-Emergency India. Casting a critical eye over these institutional reforms that aimed to adapt the colonial legal inheritance to 'Indian realities', this book looks at the challenges posed by self-consciously culturalist juridical innovations like PIL to ideas of fairness in adjudication, as well as democratic politics

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Tables -- Figures and Maps -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Culture, Society and Democracy -- 1. India's Counterfactual Democracy: Institutional Innovation, Political Capital and the Promise of Resilience -- 2. Elections and Voting in India -- 3. Territory and Indian Identity: Postcolonial and Postmodern Perspectives -- 4. The Paradox of Doctrinaire Violence and Non-violence -- 5. Cultural Paradigm Analysis: A Comparison of India and Europe -- Part II: Economy and Development: Domestic and International Dimensions -- 6. The Service Sector in the Indian Economy -- 7. Alter-globalisation in India: Origins, Evolution and Significance -- 8. The Indian Banking System: Reforms and Beyond -- Part III: Foreign and Security Policy -- 9. India's Evolving Foreign Policy in a Regional Perspective -- 10. India-Pakistan Relations and the Role of China -- 11. India-China Encroachment and Positioning in South East Asia -- 12. India's Foreign Policy Following the End of the Cold War -- 13. Indian Approaches to Security and Conflict Resolution -- 14. Environmental Security in India -- 15. An Evolving Partnership between India and the US: Opportunities, Convergences and Challenges -- Part IV: India and the EU: Comparison, Interaction and Exchange -- 16. Perceptions and Visibility of the European Union in India: A Study of the Media, Elites and Public Opinion -- 17. India-EU and the Afghanistan Challenge -- 18 The EU-India Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Economic Dimensions -- 19. The European Union-India Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Political Concerns and Social Reaction -- Bibliography -- About the Editors -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

section 1. Urbanization and urban growth -- section 2. Urban governance -- section 3. Urban infrastructure and basic services -- section 4. Urban housing and transportation -- section 5. Planning and environment -- section 6. Future challenges and new areas for research

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Prologue -- 1 Mamata's Absolutism and Governance -- 2 TMC's Political and Organizational Weakness -- 3 Minority Appeasement versus Majoritarian Politics -- 4 BJP's Organization and the RSS's Groundwork -- 5 Decline of the Left Front -- 6 Run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections -- 7 Post-election Bengal's Political Future.