Governance by stealth : the Ministry of Home Affairs and making of the Indian state / Subrata K. Mitra.
India's Ministry of Home Affairs, with its striking durability, and ability to adapt to the transition from colonial rule to post-colonial governance, is a remarkable example of institutional resilience. Home's special expertise in governance by stealth - maximum order with the use of mini...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Summary: | India's Ministry of Home Affairs, with its striking durability, and ability to adapt to the transition from colonial rule to post-colonial governance, is a remarkable example of institutional resilience. Home's special expertise in governance by stealth - maximum order with the use of minimum force - was instrumental for the department to acquire a secure niche within the colonial structure. Following the end of colonial rule in 1947, the Home Department, still ensconced in the majestic North Block of Delhi, mutated into the Home Ministry of the Indian Republic. How a colonial institution whose key task was to hold Indian nationalism at bay became the architect of the post-colonial state and nation, is one of the main questions to which the author responds in this book. |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 476 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190993375 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780199460489.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record and publisher information. |