I was a student of political science (hons.) in my Bachelors. And, then took it further with Masters in International Relations. While, pursuing both these academic degrees, one thing got clear that studying one's own state itself is endless.
India is a huge state and occupies a massive area in the region of South Asia. The history that the state has and the changes it is undergoing constantly, for a student of Indian politics, deciphering what to read on state and society of India is therefore a gigantic task.
Intending to relieve a bit of that pressure, I present a listing of fundamental books that covers the following topics for understanding the Indian state and society:
- Concept of western and non-western state system
- State formation
- Historical genealogies of Indian state
- Institutional planning and development
- Industrialization
- Agrarian reforms
- Liberalization and Indian economic reforms
- Democracy and decentralization
- Rise of identity politics - caste, religion, language
- Minority rights
- Women's rights
- Social movements
- Federalism and pluralism
- Globalization and its impact on state formation
State in Society: Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute one Another
by
Joel S. Migdal
Society Must be Defended: Lectures at the College de France 1975-76
by
Michel Foucault
Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the College de France 1977-78
by
Michel Foucault
Bringing the State Back In
by
Peter B. Evans, Dietrich Rueschmeyer and Theda Skocpol
Dynamics of State Formation: India and Europe Compared
by
Martin Doornbos and Sudipta Kaviraj
The Political Economy of Development in India
by
Pranab Bardhan
The Political Economy of Underdevelopment
by
Amiya Kumar Bagchi
In Pursuit of Lakshmi: The Political Economy of the Indian State
by
Lloyd I. Rudolph
Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of Democracy
by
Frankel Francine, Zoya Hasan, Rajeev Bhargava and Balveer Arora
Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India
by
Rob Jenkins
Economic Liberalization in India: Analytics, Experience and Lessons (R.C. Dutt Lectures on Political Economy, 1993)
by
D. Nayyar
Making India Hindu: Religion, Community and the Politics of Democracy in India
by
David Ludden
Democracy and Discontent: India's Growing Crisis of Governability
by
Atul Kohli
India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North Indian Politics
by
Christopher Jafferlot
Dalit Identity and Politics (Cultural Subordination and the Dalit Challenge)
by
Ghanshyam Shah
Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India
by
Gail Omvedt
A Field of One's Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia
by
Bina Agarwal
The Violence of Development: The Politics of Identity, Gender and Social Inequalities in India
by
Karin Kapadia
Experiencing the State
by
Lloyd I. Rudolph and Jhon Kurt Jacobsen
Reinventing India: Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy
by
Corbrdige Stuart and John Harriss
The Everyday State and Society in Modern India
by
C.J. Fuller and Veronique Benei
State and Politics in India
by
Paratha Chatterjee
So, these are the books that will enable a scholar on Indian politics to understand the relationship between the state and society as well as equip the scholar with tools to analyse the concept of state from both empirical and conceptual framework.
Till then, happy reading!
*Affiliate Links
0 comments:
Post a Comment