Background
Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber was born on April 3, 1930 in Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany, Germany. (parents American citizens). Daughter of Johannes and Elfriede (Fischer) H.
( Stressing the variations in meaning of modernity and tr...)
Stressing the variations in meaning of modernity and tradition, this work shows how in India traditional structures and norms have been adapted or transformed to serve the needs of a modernizing society. The persistence of traditional features within modernity, it suggests, answers a need of the human condition. Three areas of Indian life are analyzed: social stratification, charismatic leadership, and law. The authors question whether objective historical conditions, such as advanced industrialization, urbanization, or literacy, are requisites for political modernization.
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( Focusing on the dilution of state sovereignty, this boo...)
Focusing on the dilution of state sovereignty, this book examines how the crossing of state boundaries by religious movements leads to the formation of transnational civil society. Challenging the assertion that future conflict will be of the clash of civilizations” variety, it looks to the micro-origins of conflicts, which the contributors argue are as likely to arise between states sharing a religion as between those divided by it and more likely to arise within rather than across state boundaries. Thus, the chapters reveal the dual potential of religious movements as sources of peace and security as well as of violent conflict.Featuring an East-West, North-South approach, the volume avoids the conventional and often ethnocentric segregation of the experience of other regions from the European and American. Contributors draw examples from a variety of regions and world religions and consider self-generated movements from below” (such as Protestant sectarianism in Latin America or Sufi Islam in Africa) in contrast to centralized forms of organization and patterns of diffusion from above (such as state-certified religion in China). Together the chapters illustrate how religion as bearer of the politics of meaning has filled the space left by the decline of ideology, which has created a novel transnational space for world politics.
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( The pursuit of Lakshmi, the fickle goddess of prosperit...)
The pursuit of Lakshmi, the fickle goddess of prosperity and good fortune, is a metaphor for the aspirations of the state and people of independent India. In the latest of their distinguished contributions to South Asian studies, scholars Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph focus on this modern-day pursuit by offering a comprehensive analysis of India's political economy. India occupies a paradoxical plane among nation states: it is both developed and underdeveloped, rich and poor, strong and weak. These contrasts locate India in the international order. The Rudolphs' theory of demand and command polities provides a general framework for explaining the special circumstances of the Indian experience. Contrary to what one might expect in a country with great disparities of wealth, no national party, right or left, pursues the politics of class. Instead, the Rudolphs argue, private capital and organized labor in India face a "third actor"—the state. Because of the dominance of the state makes class politics marginal, the state is itself an element in the creation of the centrist-oriented social pluralism that has characterized Indian politics since independence. In analyzing the relationship between India's politics and its economy, the Rudolphs maintain that India's economic performance has been only marginally affected by the type of regime in power—authoritarian or democratic. More important, they show that rising levels of social mobilization and personalistic rule have contributed to declining state capacity and autonomy. At the same time, social mobilization has led to a more equitable distribution of economic benefits and political power, which has enhanced the state's legitimacy among its citizens. The scope and explanatory power of In Pursuit of Lakshmi will make it essential for all those interested in political economy, comparative politics, Asian studies and India.
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political and social science educator
Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber was born on April 3, 1930 in Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany, Germany. (parents American citizens). Daughter of Johannes and Elfriede (Fischer) H.
AB, Sarah Lawrence College, 1951. Master of Arts, Radcliffe College, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, Harvard University, 1955.
Instructor, lecturer government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1964;
associate professor political and social science, University of Chicago, 1964-1972;
professor, University of Chicago, since 1972;
master social science collegiate division, University of Chicago, 1973-1975;
chair department political science, University of Chicago, 1976-1979, 89;
director South Asia Center, University of Chicago, since 1980. Director Rockefeller Residency Institute, 1990-1994. Lecturer Phi Beta Kappa, 1977-1979, 86-90.
Member Board Foreign Scholarships, 1979-1982. Chairman of Commission on problems and policy, Social Science Research Council, 1987-1989.
( Stressing the variations in meaning of modernity and tr...)
( Focusing on the dilution of state sovereignty, this boo...)
( The pursuit of Lakshmi, the fickle goddess of prosperit...)
Board directors Sarah Lawrence College, 1984-1990, Kodaikanal-Woodstock Foundation, since 1988. Member American Political Science Association (vice president 1973-1974), Association Asian Studies (board directors 1973-1975, vice president 1985-1986, president 1986-1987), Asia Society (board directors since 1991).
Married Lloyd I. Rudolph, July 19, 1952. Children: Jenny W., Amelia C., Matthew C. J.