The Congress Party in Rajasthan: Political Integration and Institution-Building in an Indian State

Richard Sisson

Univ of California Press, Jan 8, 2021 - Political Science - 376 pages

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Contents

• CONCEPTION AND PURPOSE: 1
• POLITY AND SOCIETY IN THE PRINCELY: 18
• Land and Villages Under Khalsa and Jagirdari Tenure: 24
• Administrative Divisions and Districts of Rajasthan: 29
• Population Characteristics of Rajasthan: 31
• Size of Castes in the Rajputana States: 33
• Dispersion of Major Castes by Region: 34
• Regional Dispersion of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Rajasthan: 37
• THE ORIGINS OF THE PARTY SYSTEM: 41
• Segmentation in the Organization of Political: 60
• Recruitment of Praja Mandal Elites: 62
• Political Generation and Caste Mobilization: 63
• The Praja Mandals and the Nationalist Movement: 66
• Settlement Operations by 1949: 75
• Peasant: 83
• POLITICAL COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL: 97
• INSTITUTIONAL FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTA: 124
• Social Representation in the Rajasthan Congress: 130
• General Social Composition of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee 19461965: 132
• Caste Composition of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee 19461965: 133
• Caste Composition of the PCC Executive Committee 19461965: 134
• Caste of Congress and Top Opposition Candidates in Rajasthan 19521967: 135
• Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee 19461965: 144
• Region: 145
• Caste Representation on the PCC and DCCs from the Matsya Region 19461965: 150
• Caste of Congress and Top Opposition Candidates in the Matsya Region 19521967: 151
• Caste Representation on the PCC and DCCs from the Jaipur Region 19461965: 155
• Caste of Congress and Top Opposition Candidates in the Jaipur Region 19521967: 156
• Peasant: 160
• Caste Representation on the PCC and DCCs from Shekhawati 19461965: 162
• ORGANIZATIONAL MOBILITY AND PARTICI: 178
• CONFLICT AND COHESION IN THE LEGIS: 204
• INSTITUTIONAL LINKAGES: 260
• Caste and the Factional System: 271
• Factional Cleavage and Generational Change: 277
• FACTIONAL CONFLICT AND POLITICAL: 283
• NOTES AND PROPOSITIONS: 311
• GLOSSARY: 327
• INDEX: 341

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Congress Party in Rajasthan: Political Integration and Institution-Building in an Indian State; Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley
• Author: Richard Sisson
• Publisher: Univ of California Press, 2021
• ISBN: 0520339347, 9780520339347
• Length: 376 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Commentary & Opinion