01477nam a2200205Ia 4500 9372 9372 9780300215922 320.954 GAN-A Ganguly, Sumit Ascending India and its state capacity: extraction, violence and legitimacy New Haven Yale University Press 2017 ix, 338p. includes index India’s ascent as a formidable power on the world stage and its geopolitical ramifications have received much attention in recent years. This comprehensive study by Sumit Ganguly and William Thompson, two highly distinguished scholars of political science and international relations, delves into the intricate inner workings of this great Asian nation to reveal an Indian state struggling to maintain national security, domestic order, and steady fiscal growth despite weaknesses in its economic and political institutions. The authors’ sobering account questions India’s perceived strengths and domestic and foreign policy initiatives while focusing on the South Asian giant’s infrastructural and economic growth problems, opposition to reform, and other important hurdles the nation has faced and will continue to face over the coming decade and beyond. Violence monopoly India Defence and security policies India Demorcratic institutions India Political economy India Thompson, William R. BK ddc 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2018-03-26 OP 2018-02-28 0 320.954 GAN-A 49904 2019-04-18 00:00:00 2019-04-18 BK