This textbook offers a lucid and comprehensive understanding of J&K politics, government and governance.
Government and Politics of Jammu and Kashmir provides an engaging account of different aspects of the key themes of politics and governance structures of Jammu and Kashmir, right from the formation of the State to its bifurcation into two Union Territories. Spanned over 13 chapters, the book aims to provide a clear idea about the political awakening of the people in the state, creation of leadership and political formations leading to the movement against Princely Order. The analysis and findings on different themes are presented as succinctly and lucidly as possible.
This book will serve as a helpful companion for undergraduate and post-graduate students of political science as well as civil service aspirants.
Key Features:
First-of-its-kind textbook on the politics of Jammu and Kashmir
Concise and well-balanced coverage of state politics in India
Incorporates recent literature, latest data and illustrations
Includes pedagogically rich content, which closely follows UGC curriculum guidelines for the subject
Acknowledgements
About the Book
Introduction - Aijaz Ashraf Wani
State Formation, Nature of the Princely Order and the Colonial Interventions
- Aijaz Ashraf Wani and Suhail R. Lone
Social and Political Marginalization: Prologue to the Movement Against the
Princely Order - Suhail R. Lone
Politics, Political Mobilization and Ideology (19321947): From Muslim
Conference to National Conference - Aijaz Ashraf Wani
Partition and Aftermath: From a Princely State to Accession with India -
Muzamil Yaqoob and Tahir Mohi-ud-Din Badana
Peace Brokering Attempts: UN Interventions, Diplomatic Contestation and the
Continued IndiaPakistan Rivalry - Tabzeer Yaseen
Special Position within Indian Union: Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian
Constitution - Farooq Ahmad Waza
The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir: Internal Governance and CentreState
Relations - Imran Ahmad Khan
Government Structure: Legislature, Executive and Judiciary - Mehrag ud din
Bhat
Contested Democracy: Evolution of Party system and Electoral Politics in
Jammu and Kashmir - Javid Ahmad Ahanger
Addressing the Identity Claims: Regional and Sub-regional Autonomy Models -
Showkat Ahmad and Farooq Ahmad Waza
Cross-LOC Trade: Progress, Problems and Its Untimely Death - Arshid Iqbal Dar
and Tanveer Ahmad Khan
Water Politics: Indus Waters Treaty and Its Impact on Jammu and Kashmir -
Shahnawaz Mantoo
Changed Dynamics (20192020): Abrogation of Article 370 and the
Reorganization Act - Muzamil Yaqoob
Index
Aijaz Ashraf Wani is Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, where he has been teaching for more than 14 years. His research interests include governance and public policy, J&K politics, Indian politics, identity politics and electoral politics. He is the author of What Happened to Governance in Kashmir? (2019). His research papers have been published in journals such as Asian Ethnicity, Studies in Indian Politics, Economic & Political Weekly, Indian Historical Review and South Asian Survey. Several of his chapters have appeared in books published by well-known publishers. He has participated and presented papers at a number of conferences both within and outside India. Wani has received funding for research projects from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, and the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi. Farooq Ahmad Waza is a PhD in political science from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar. Currently, he is working as lecturer (contractual) in political science at Higher Education Department, J&K. His academic interests include politics in J&K, decentralization and development studies. He was recipient of a doctoral fellowship from the ICSSR, New Delhi (20152017). His research has been published in many national journals.
