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Book SynopsisThese essays reflect the works of the authors over a period of 50 years since their first visit to India in 1956. They re-emphasize the importance of area studies challenging American parochialism in the social sciences. They challenge the use of statistics to identify universal patterns that underlie economic and political systems. 9/11 reinforced the authors' methods and modes of inquiry. It challenged America's parochialism. It reminded America that it was a part of a diverseworld and that they did not have the means to grasp its complexities.
Table of ContentsPREFACE; ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; PART I: PROCESSES OF STATE FORMATION ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. THE SUBCONTINENTAL EMPIRE AND THE REGIONAL KINGDOM IN INDIAN STATE FORMATION (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 2. STATE FORMATION IN ASIA: PROLEGOMENON TO A COMPARATIVE STUDY (SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 3. STATE FORMATION IN INDIA: BUILDING AND WASTING ASSETS (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 4. RELIGION, STATES, AND TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY (SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 5. FRAMING THE INQUIRY: HISTORICIZING THE MODERN STATE (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND J.K. JACOBSEN) ; PART II: PROCESSES OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE ; INTRODUCTION ; 6. GENERALS AND POLITICIANS IN INDIA (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 7. THE CENTRIST FUTURE OF INDIAN POLITICS (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 8. JUDICIAL REVIEW VERSUS PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY: THE STRUGGLE OVER STATENESS IN INDIA (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 9. RETHINKING SECULARISM: GENESIS AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE TEXTBOOK CONTROVERSY, 197779 (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 10. DEMAND GROUPS AND PLURALIST REPRESENTATION IN INDIA (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 11. THE ICONIZATION OF CHANDRABABU: SHARING SOVEREIGNTY IN INDIAS FEDERAL MARKET ECONOMY (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 12. REDOING THE CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN: FROM AN INTERVENTIONIST TO THE REGULATORY STATE (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH) ; 13. NEW DIMENSIONS OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY (LLOYD I. RUDOLPH AND SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH); ; INDEX
