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Volume 88 – No. 1

Indian Political Studies: In Search of Distinctiveness

Keywords: India, state, democracy, party systems, political thought, foreign policy

DOI: 10.5509/2015881135 (free access)


POLITICAL SCIENCE. ICSSR Research Surveys and Explorations. General Editor, Achin Vanaik. Box edition New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013. 4 vols. CAD$325.50, cloth. ISBN 978-0-19-809244-5.
Reviewed by John Harriss, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

POLITICAL SCIENCE. VOLUME 1, THE INDIAN STATE. ICSSR Research Surveys and Explorations. Edited by Samir Kumar Das; General editor, Achin Vanaik. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013. xxxv, 175 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-808494-5.
Reviewed by Aseema Sinha, Claremont Mckenna College, Claremont, US

POLITICAL SCIENCE. VOLUME.2, INDIAN DEMOCRACY. ICSSR Research Surveys and Explorations. Edited by K.C. Suri; General editor, Achin Vanaik. Box edition New Delhi: Oxford University Press: ICSSR, 2013. 352 pp. CAD$325.50 (4v. set), cloth. ISBN 9780198084952.
Reviewed by Andrew Wyatt, Department of Politics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

POLITICAL SCIENCE. VOLUME 3, INDIA POLITICAL THOUGHT. ICSSR Research Surveys and Explorations. Edited by Pradip Kumar Datta and Sanjay Palshikar; General editor, Achin Vanaik. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013. 277 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-808222-4.
Reviewed by John Harriss, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

POLITICAL SCIENCE. VOLUME 4, INDIA ENGAGES THE WORLD. ICSSR Research Surveys and Explorations. Edited by Navnita Chadha Behera; General editor, Achin Vanaik. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013. 608 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-808540-4.
Reviewed by Sinderpal Singh, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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