India : conditions, issues and U.S. relations / Breanna L. Ottone, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ottone, Breanna L., editor.

Series:

Asian Political, Economic and Social Issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Foreign relations--United States.

India.

United States--Foreign relations--India.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

India is a multi-party, federal, parliamentary democracy with a bicameral parliament. The president, elected by an electoral college, is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of the government. Under the constitution the 28 states and seven union territories have a high degree of autonomy and have primary responsibility for problems of law and order. This book discusses India's relations with the United States, as well as its current conditions and issues.

Contents:

""INDIA: CONDITIONS, ISSUES AND U.S. RELATIONS""; ""INDIA: CONDITIONS, ISSUES AND U.S. RELATIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: India�s New Government and Implications for U.S. Interests""; ""Summary""; ""Notable Recent Developments1""; ""Overview and Commentary""; ""A Historic Election and New Delhi�s New Government23""; ""Economic Policy Outlook""; ""Foreign Policy Outlook""; ""Hindu Nationalism and Related Policy""; ""Issues in U.S.-India Relations""; ""Economic and Trade Issues""; ""Security and Defense Issues""

""Human Rights Concerns""""End Notes""; ""Chapter 2: Testimony of Lisa Curtis, Senior Research Fellow, the Heritage Foundation. Hearing on ''Indispensable Partners - Re-energizing U.S.-India Ties''""; ""Opportunity to Reinvigorate""; ""U.S.�Indian Relationship""; ""Robust Foreign Policy""; ""Defense Trade and Cooperation""; ""Potential Stumbling Block: Communal Agenda""; ""U.S. Policy Recommendations""; ""Conclusion""; ""End Notes""; ""Chapter 3: India 2013 Human Rights Report""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from""

""a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life""""b. Disappearance""; ""c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment""; ""Prison and Detention Center Conditions""; ""d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention""; ""Role of the Police and Security Apparatus""; ""Arrest Procedures and Treatment of Detainees""; ""e. Denial of Fair Public Trial""; ""Trial Procedures""; ""Political Prisoners and Detainees""; ""Civil Judicial Procedures and Remedies""; ""f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence""

""g. Use of Excessive Force and Other Abuses in Internal Conflicts""""Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including""; ""a. Freedom of Speech and Press""; ""Internet Freedom""; ""Academic Freedom and Cultural Events""; ""b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association""; ""Freedom of Assembly""; ""Freedom of Association""; ""c. Freedom of Religion""; ""d. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons""; ""Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)""; ""Protection of Refugees""; ""Stateless Persons""

""Section 3. Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government""""Elections and Political Participation""; ""Section 4. Corruption and Lack of Transparency in Government""; ""Section 5. Governmental Attitude""; ""Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of""; ""Human Rights""; ""Section 6. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons""; ""Women""; ""Children""; ""Anti-Semitism""; ""Trafficking in Persons""; ""Persons with Disabilities""; ""National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities""; ""Indigenous People""

""Societal Abuses, Discrimination, and Acts of Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 7, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-412-8

OCLC:

899276752