Diagnosis of the Brazilian Crisis
tionalist movement to political party the Indian National Congress, unlike many dominant parties of other newly independent nations, has chosen to compete with the opposition for popular support, to manage rather than to suppress internal conflict. Mr. Brass investigates the particular problems met in this transition in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, observing the party's confrontation with such diverse problems as Hindu-Muslim and caste tensions, the continuing influence of ex-landlords in the countryside, and the problems of a cash-crop economy. $6.00