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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Political Scandals in the United Kingdom, German Political Scandals, Political Scandals of the United States, List of Canadian Political Scandals, Indian Political Scandals, List of French Political Scandals, List of Political Scandals in Chile, List of Australian Political Controversies, Italian Political Scandals. Excerpt: This is a list of major political scandals in Germany : item General Gunter Kiessling 's supposed closet homosexuality (1984) item Waterkantgate, scandal around Uwe Barschel , carrying on past his mysterious death (late 1980s / early… [cont.]
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The Scandal of the State is a revealing study of the relationship between the postcolonial, democratic Indian nation-state and Indian women's actual needs and lives. Well-known for her work combining feminist theory and postcolonial studies, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan shows how the state is central to understanding women's identities and how, reciprocally, women and women's issues affect the state's role and function. She argues that in India law and citizenship define for women not only the scope of political rights but also cultural identity and everyday life. Sunder Rajan delineates the postcolonial state in implicit contrast with the enlightened, postfeminist neoliberal state in the West. Her analysis wrestles with complex social realities, [cont.]
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What happens when ideologues obtain power? The K Street Gang is the inside story of how a group of self-styled Republican reformers succumbed to the temptations of power, becoming even worse than the Democrats they had been elected to replace. Now, some of those very reformers, including Tom De Lay and Jack Abramoff, are under investigation, their careers and reputations tarnished by the very system they helped to create. The story begins in 1994, when a landslide victory led to the first GOP-controlled Congress in forty years. The Republicans had it all: a visionary leader in Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, a program for reform in the Contract With America, and a bonafide electoral mandate. They pledged to shrink government, reform… [cont.]
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It's summer 1934, and Tom Freshour, the controversial assistant prosecutor, is ready to speed out of Oklahoma for a long overdue vacation. But before he leaves, a famous Indian artifact collector is murdered, the beautiful Rainy Davis comes to claim the estate, and Freshour is drawn into a tense and violent investigation of murder, political scandal, and some very private affairs. A sexy literary mystery concerning the discovery and exploitation of the most significant pre-Columbian North America temple mound ever found.
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Honor's Kingdom : As casualty lists grimly mount in America's Civil War, the death of a lowly man of the cloth in London attracts an unaccountable degree of attention. Confederate agents seek warships for their struggling navy at any cost. The Union's representative to Britain -- the son and grandson of US presidents -- maneuvers desperately to block them. And a federal officer with a limp and a Welsh lilt returns to the land he once left in hope of a better life.In a stunning re-creation of 1860s London and Glasgow that reaches from the worst slums in Europe to the lobbies of Parliament, Owen Parry brings the past to ravishing life. Grotesque murders multiply as Major Abel Jones pursues a monstrous killer who may be a well-connected… [cont.]
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A place of spectacle and ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis. It is not just a big city but also a soaring vision of modern urban life. Millions from India and beyond, of different ethnicities, languages, and religions, have washed up on its shores, bringing with them their desires and ambitions. Mumbai Fables explores the mythic inner life of this legendary city as seen by its inhabitants, journalists, planners, writers, artists, filmmakers, and political activists. In this remarkable cultural history of one of the world's most important urban centers, Gyan Prakash unearths the stories behind its fabulous history, viewing Mumbai through its turning points and kaleidoscopic ideas, comic book heroes, and famous scandals.… [cont.]
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Originating in 1891 in the port city of Surabaya, the Komedie Stamboel, or Istanbul-style theater, toured colonial Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia by rail and steamship. The company performed musical versions of the Arabian Nights, European fairy tales and operas such as Sleeping Beauty and Aida, as well as Indian and Persian romances, Southeast Asian chronicles, true crime stories, and political allegories. The actors were primarily Eurasians, the original backers were Chinese, and audiences were made up of all races and classes. The Komedie Stamboel explores how this new hybrid theater pointed toward possibilities for the transformation of self in a colonial society and sparked debates on moral behavior and mixed-race politics. While… [cont.]
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The Scandal of the State is a revealing study of the relationship between the postcolonial, democratic Indian nation-state and Indian women's actual needs and lives. Well-known for her work combining feminist theory and postcolonial studies, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan shows how the state is central to understanding women's identities and how, reciprocally, women and women's issues affect the state's role and function. She argues that in India law and citizenship define for women not only the scope of political rights but also cultural identity and everyday life. Sunder Rajan delineates the postcolonial state in implicit contrast with the enlightened, postfeminist neoliberal state in the West. Her analysis wrestles with complex social realities, [cont.]
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An Indian political scandal commonly refers to some action by a politician deemed unacceptable in law or by custom, or which is held to be morally unacceptable to the politician's peers or the electorate. In almost all Indian political scandals, the politicians are not prosecuted.
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This volume brings together the editorials of Chandra Shekhar written for Young Indian (weekly)-spanning nearly 30 JL years from 1970 to 2001. The Topics covered in the current volume deal with the Political Events of the concerned period. This was a period of turmoil. Indo-Pak War and emergence of Bangladesh; Smt. Indira Gandhi's Garibi Hatao campaign, her victory in 1971 Lok Sabha elections, subsequent disillusionment and JP movement; the Emergency; the Janata experiment and its disintegration; Smt. Indira Gandhi's coming back to power, her assassination and Congress' unprecedented victory under late Rajiv Gandhi and his exit from power after Bofors scandal; Formation of VP Singh's Govt., its fall and Chandra Shek
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Sir Antony Mac Donnell served in late-Victorian India as one of the most eminent and accomplished members of the Indian Civil Service. From 1881, when Mac Donnell was promoted to the post of accountant general and revenue secretary in Bengal, he figured prominently in most significant provincial legislation until his departure from India in 1901. Mac Donnell was known throughout his Indian career as a staunch champion of the ryots, India's peasantry. His attention to detail and indefatigable energy rendered Mac Donnell an authority on tenant right and famine relief. He served as administrative chief of four provinces in India (acting Chief Commissioner of Burma for three months in 1889, Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces from 1890… [cont.]
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History - From the Jacket This book is centred on the legend of Padmini, the medieval Rajput queen widely believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, Sultan of Delhi. Sreenivasan investigates the many narratives that exist about this heroic queen's legend in India, ranging from Sufi mystical romances in the sixteenth century to nationalist histories in the late nineteenth century. The Book explores the manner in which early modern regional elites, caste groups, and mystical and monastic communities shaped their distinctive versions of past times through the repeated refashioning of this legend. It then traces the appropriations of these narrations by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals for varying political ends. In… [cont.]
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The book is about Corporate governance in India in the context of recent mega-corporate frauds and corruption. It strives to discover appropriate governance rules to ensure the Sustainability and effectiveness of the Institution of corporate bodies, private and public, in India in the context of two mega corruption scandals of 2009, namely, Satyam and Specturam.The author argues that corruption mis-allocates scarce resources from the meritorious to the unworthy, the immoral, the Criminal and the powerful. Thus, the author points out, such transactions result in undermining people's trust in the Political system and hence causes a decline in the legitimacy of public office.Dr. Swamy refers to the LChap. 1 : Introduction : The Problem of… [cont.]
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May 1970, freelance human rights investigator John Alexander rides on horseback, away from the scene of his latest mission. Flames engulf the second story of the Hacienda Atalaya in southern Ecuador's Santa Isabel district that Alexander and a local named Efran have just set ablaze. Their arson is not just a typical job in Alexander's human rights campaign. It is a symbolic burning of the powerful Veintimita clan's shady politics and exploitation of the local peasantry. A hired snitch who has investigated the international sex trade, agribusiness scandals, shady elections, and political murders for various foundations' boards, Alexander is a single guy with two American passports, a British residency card, a master's degree in folklore… [cont.]
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Penguin Books A Passage To India Penguin Classics : When Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community. Determined to explore the real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterly portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political… [cont.]
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Narayan Dutt Tiwari, Sampurnanand, Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar, Laxmi Raman Acharya, Lalji Tandon, Jagdambika Pal, Premlata Katiyar. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Narayan Dutt Tiwari (born 18 October 1925) is an Indian political figure. He was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three times during the 1970s and 1980s and was Chief Minister of Uttarkhand from 2002 to 2007. A member of the Indian National Congress, he subsequently served as Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 2007 until 2009, when he resigned following a sex scandal. Narayan Dutt Tiwari was born in 1925, [cont.]
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When the American colonies defeated Britain during the War for Independence, Native American leaders began to establish diplomatic relations with the new nation. Here, for the first time, is the little-known history of American Indians and American presidents, what they said and felt about one another, and what their words tell us about the history of the United States. Focused on major turning points in Native American history, these pages show how American Indians interpreted the power and prestige of the presidency, and advanced their own agenda for tribal sovereignty, from the age of George Washington to the present day. In addition to exploring a pantheon of Indian leaders, from Little Turtle to Robert Yellowtail, this book also… [cont.]
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Winner 1999 American Book Award In his richest and most intimate literary adventure to date, Speer Morgan takes us back to the hot summer of 1934. Tom Freshour the controversial assistant prosecutor, is about to speed out of western Arkansas for a log overdue vacation. His plans are modest. Freshour want only to fish and relax, to ease the heat and escape the swarm of cases he's expected to oversee. But before he can steal away, an eccentric and enigmatic collector of Indian artifacts is brutally murdered. When the beautiful and brilliant Rainy Davis arrives to claim the estate, Freshour is suddenly drawn into a tense and violent investigation of murder, political scandal and some very private affairs. "... a memorable, riveting read.& [cont.]
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As casualty lists grimly mount in America's Civil War, the death of a lowly man of the cloth in London attracts an unaccountable degree of attention. Confederate agents seek warships for their struggling navy at any cost. The Union's representative to Britain -- the son and grandson of US presidents -- maneuvers desperately to block them. And a federal officer with a limp and a Welsh lilt returns to the land he once left in hope of a better life.In a stunning re-creation of 1860s London and Glasgow that reaches from the worst slums in Europe to the lobbies of Parliament, Owen Parry brings the past to ravishing life. Grotesque murders multiply as Major Abel Jones pursues a monstrous killer who may be a well-connected Confederate agent or a… [cont.]
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Narayan Dutt Tiwari, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, BC Khanduri, Tilak Raj Behad, Bipin Chandra Tripathi, Ramesh Pokhriyal, Nityanand Swami, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari. Excerpt: Narayan Dutt Tiwari (born 18 October 1925) is an Indian political figure. He was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three times during the 1970s and 1980s and was Chief Minister of Uttarkhand from 2002 to 2007. A member of the Indian National Congress, he subsequently served as Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 2007 until 2009, when he resigned following a sex scandal. Narayan Dutt… [cont.]
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