Redrawing the body politic: Federalism, regionalism and the creation of new states in India

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 34-54

  Mawdsley, Emma ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEDERAL SYSTEM; NATION STATE; POLITICAL CHANGE; REGIONALISM; STATE BUILDING;

INDIA;

EID: 0037628618     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713999602     Document Type: Article

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