State and Politics in India
Partha Chatterjee
- 1st Ed.
- Delhi Oxford University Press 1997
- x, 576p. : illus, map ; 23 cm
This volume collects contributions by eminent scholars on the subject of the sociological roots of Indian politics. The papers focus on the ways in which modern politics has affected (and has been affected by) recent changes in caste structure, religious communities, and other types of identity.