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Since its independence in 1947, India, as a large, diverse, and rapidly changing country, has had to meet federalizing problems of a magnitude unprecedented in history. The result has been a process that combines, modifies, and transforms many established ideas about federalism. Professor Franda deals with the complexities of India's experience by



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Tables. Figures, pg. xii*I. Introduction, pg. 1*II. States Reorganization: The Development of State Demands, pg. 8*III. States Reorganization: The Response to State Demands, pg. 36*IV. The Damodar Valley Corporation: The Creation and Loss of DVC Autonomy, pg. 62*V. The Damodar Valley Corporation: Center-State Relations and the DVC, pg. 96*VI. Land Reform: The Absence of Consensus, pg. 129*VII. Center-State Relations and the Development of a Land Reform Policy for West Bengal, pg. 151*VIII. Party Government and Center-State Relations, pg. 179*IX. Sources of State Independence, pg. 200*Bibliography, pg. 225*Index, pg. 253

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 08/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691622767, 978-0691622767
      ISBN10: 0691622760

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      Book Synopsis

      Since its independence in 1947, India, as a large, diverse, and rapidly changing country, has had to meet federalizing problems of a magnitude unprecedented in history. The result has been a process that combines, modifies, and transforms many established ideas about federalism. Professor Franda deals with the complexities of India's experience by



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Tables. Figures, pg. xii*I. Introduction, pg. 1*II. States Reorganization: The Development of State Demands, pg. 8*III. States Reorganization: The Response to State Demands, pg. 36*IV. The Damodar Valley Corporation: The Creation and Loss of DVC Autonomy, pg. 62*V. The Damodar Valley Corporation: Center-State Relations and the DVC, pg. 96*VI. Land Reform: The Absence of Consensus, pg. 129*VII. Center-State Relations and the Development of a Land Reform Policy for West Bengal, pg. 151*VIII. Party Government and Center-State Relations, pg. 179*IX. Sources of State Independence, pg. 200*Bibliography, pg. 225*Index, pg. 253

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