Police and Political Development in India

by David H. Bayley

Book Overview

As a pervasive and relatively modernized element of Indian society, the police are potentially a powerful vanguard in the establishment of a stable democratic process and a major factor in public attitudes toward the government. Professor Bayley's book, based upon 3,600 interviews during two extended periods of research in India, explores in depth the formative role police play in the maintenance and development of the Indian political system...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691621772
• ISBN13: 9780691621777
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"