ICSSR Research Surveys and Explorations Political Science, Box Set, Volumes 1-4

The four volumes of research surveys and explorations in political science conducted by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) not only provide a summary evaluation of the state of the research and valuable bibliographic guide but also highlight research trends and possible lines of future enquiry. Volume 1, while referring to studies before and after the period 2003-9, focuses more specifically on the literature of this period by analysing four key themes-the social character of the Indian state, political economy, social policy, and law and rights. Volume 2 examines key issues confronting Indian democracy and provides an analytical overview of the changing perceptions of it over the past two decades. It explores literature on the Constitution of India and its institutions, the party system, elections, civil society initiatives, and federalism in India. Volume 3 critically reviews research done on ancient, medieval, and modern Indian political thought. It uses a multidisciplinary approach to explore research on themes such as politics of time and knowledge, ethics and politics, nationalism, and cosmopolitanism. Volume 4 focuses on the transformations occurring in the research, practice, and theories of international relations in India. Acknowledging the broadening scope of the discipline, it looks at traditional as well as new issues such as global governance, international law and norms, development and civil society. It also examines a wide range of theoretical approaches such as realism, critical theory, neo-Marxism, postcolonialism, development theory, and liberalism.

Achin Vanaik, Former Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi

Achin Vanaik is former Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.

Volume 1
Foreword by Javeed Alam
General Introduction (Achin Vanaik)
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Surveying the Literature on State in Post-Independence India (Samir Kumar Das)
1. Social Character of the Indian State: A Survey of Current Trends (Sobhanlal Datta Gupta)
2. Political Economy of India: A Selected Review of Literature (Supriya RoyChowdhury)
3. Social Policy in India: Education Reform and Employment Guarantee in a Rapidly Changing Economy (Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya)
4. Law, Rights, and the Indian State (Mangesh Kulkarni)
Index
About the Editors and Contributors.
Volume 2
Foreword by Javeed Alam
General Introduction (Achin Vanaik)
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: India's Democracy-An Exception or a Model? (K.C. Suri)
1. Indian Democracy: Cognitive Maps (Neera Chandhoke and Rajesh Kumar)
2. Constitution and Its Institutions (Manjari Katju)
3. Indian Federalism (Balveer Arora, K.K. Kailash, Rekha Saxena, and H. Kham Khan Suan)
4. Election Studies (Suhas Palshikar)
5. Party System and Party Politics in India (K.C. Suri)
6. The Representation Deficit in Civil Society (Neera Chandhoke)
Index
About the Editors and Contributors.
Volume 3
Foreword by Javeed Alam
General Introduction (Achin Vanaik)
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Reframing Indian Political Thought (Pradip Kumar Datta and Sanjay Palshikar)
1. Time and Knowledge (Prathama Banerjee)
2. Revisiting Early Indian Political Thought: Texts, Practices, Material Culture (Kumkum Roy)
3. Revisiting Middle Period Political Thought: Texts, Practices, Material Culture (Nandita Prasad Sahai)
4. Nationalism (Rinku Lamba)
5. Cosmopolitanism: A Review of Literature in Indian Political Thought (Mohinder Singh)
6. Demystifying Democracy in the Dalit-Bahujan, Adivasi, and Feminist Discourses (Krishna Swamy Dara)
7. Ethics and Politics (Rajarshi Dasgupta)
Index
About the Editors and Contributors.
Volume 4
Foreword by Javeed Alam
General Introduction (Achin Vanaik)
List of Abbreviations
Introduction (Navnita Chadha Behera)
1. Global Governance Meets Globalization: Mapping the Trajectory of a Contested Paradigm (Jayati Srivastava)
2. Normative Dimensions of India's International Engagement (A.K. Ramakrishnan)
3. Indian Development Discourse in a Changing World (Amit Prakash)
4. The Analysis of the Practice of Indian Diplomacy (Deep K. Datta-Ray)
5. Nuclear Weapons, Indian Strategy, and International Politics (Rajesh Rajagopalan)
6. Indian Civil Society and the 'International' (Mathew Joseph C.)
7. Exploring Indian Peace Perspectives in New Millennium (Priyankar Upadhyaya)
8. Contemporary Indian Perspectives on International Law (V.G. Hegde)
9. Borders (Shibashis Chatterjee)
Index
About the Editors and Contributors.