Download or read book Explaining Indian Democracy: A Fifty Year Perspective, 1956-2006 written by Lloyd I. Rudolph and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays reflect the works of the authors over a period of 50 years since their first visit to India in 1956. They re-emphasize the importance of area studies challenging American parochialism in the social sciences. They challenge the use of statistics to identify universal patterns that underlie economic and political systems. 9/11 reinforced the authors' methods and modes of inquiry. It challenged America's parochialism. It reminded America that it was a part of a diverse world and that they did not have the means to grasp its complexities.