To what extent does the Indian experience of political modernization challenge the binary opposition between tradition and modernity? How does the coexistence of traditional social structures with modern political institutions complicate classical Western models of modernization?

Political Modernization in India: Beyond the Tradition–Modernity Binary The discourse on political modernization has historically been framed through a binary opposition between “tradition” and “modernity,” most prominently articulated in classical Western modernization theory. Foundational scholars such as Daniel Lerner, Walt Rostow, Samuel Huntington, and Gabriel Almond conceptualised modernization as a linear, evolutionary transition from parochial, … Continue reading To what extent does the Indian experience of political modernization challenge the binary opposition between tradition and modernity? How does the coexistence of traditional social structures with modern political institutions complicate classical Western models of modernization?

How have post-colonial theoretical frameworks conceptualized the State, and to what extent do these interpretations critique, reformulate, or reproduce colonial legacies in the political structures of newly independent nations?

Post-colonial theoretical frameworks offer a critical lens through which the state in post-independence societies—especially in Asia, Africa, and Latin America—has been theorized, historicized, and interrogated. Moving beyond the developmentalist or modernist paradigms that often naturalize the post-colonial state as a successor to colonial administration, post-colonial thought exposes the ideological, institutional, and epistemological continuities with colonial … Continue reading How have post-colonial theoretical frameworks conceptualized the State, and to what extent do these interpretations critique, reformulate, or reproduce colonial legacies in the political structures of newly independent nations?