Decentring the Indian Nation (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032452005 ISBN 13: 9781032452005

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

First published in 2003, Decentring the Indian Nation examines the various centrifugal forces apparent in recent Indian politics. After achieving independence in 1947 India’s elite opted to build a modern nation-state. This idea was carefully nurtured during the fight for freedom from British rule by the dominant Congress movement. In recent years, the idea of a centralised state has been challenged from a number of directions. Strong regional political movements have questioned the assumption that India’s federal system requires a dominant centre. The related trend of identity-based mobilisation has challenged settled notions of Indian national identity. The authors discuss the idea that as a nation, India is becoming ‘decentred’, and consider the implications of this idea for the development of the Indian polity. This book will be of interest to students of politics, geography and development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032452005
• ISBN 13: 9781032452005
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152
• Editor: Wyatt Andrew, Zavos John