India in the World Since 1947: National and Transnational Perspectives (Hardcover)

Contents: Andreas Hilger/Corinna R. Unger: Introduction: India in the world since 1947 ? Manjeet S. Pardesi: India in Asia: India’s relations with Southeast Asia and China, 1962-1991 ? William Gould: Muslims in India: Secularism and its international preconditions ? Nicolas Blarel: Linguistic movements, secessionism and state-building in India ? Sunil Bhatia/Anjali Ram: Destiny’s Children: Mediated Selves and ambiguous identities in the Indian diaspora in the U.S ? Vijay Singh: Some strategies of Indian communists after 1947 ? David C. Engerman: The political power of economic ideas? Foreign economic advisors and Indian planning in the 1950s and 1960s ? Michael Mann: Delhi-Metro-Polis: Public transport, public opinion and national Politics ? Boris Niclas-Tolle: India’s ≪ Ville Radieuse ≫: Modernist town planning in Chandigarh ? Hans-Joachim Bieber: The first stages of India’s nuclear policy ? Mohan Rao: Indian globalisms: From population control to reproductive tourism ? Dietmar Rothermund: Employment and unemployment in a global economy: The Indian case ? Nadja-Christina Schneider: The medialisation of post-colonial Indian society: National and transnational dynamics ? Jennifer Bussell: Foreign policy and the success of India’s democracy ? Robert J. McMahon: On the periphery of a global conflict: India and the cold war, 1947-1991 ? Amit Das Gupta: Divided nations: India and Germany ? Srinath Raghavan: Between regional and global interests: The Indo-Soviet Treaty of 1971.