Political Theories and Social Reconstruction: A Critical Survey of the Literature on India - Tapa dura

`This admirable book provides an invaluable introduction to recent political and theoretical writing about modern India. Pantham is widely read and has a talent for apt encapsulation of trends and arguments. He takes readers on a tour of recent (1971-92) Indian writing about the nature of India's politics, its political ideas and its state.... Clear, accessible and concise, this book will help scholars, teachers, undergraduates, journalists - indeed, anyone seeking an introduction to the rich literature of ideas about the state and politics in modern India' - Australian Journal of Political Science

What is the difference between liberal-democratic, Marxist-Leninist, Gandhi and Hindutva theorizing? Have these differences been well explained and critically examined by social and political theorists with reference to India? These are the questions asked in this survey of the literature concerning major political theories relating to the restructuring of Indian society.