{"product_id":"indian-foreign-service-history-and-challenge","title":"Indian Foreign Service - History and Challenge","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: J N Dixit\u003cbr\u003e\/\u003cbr\u003e: \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Konark\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 328\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 812200694-9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndian Foreign Service: History and challenge is the first book to comprehensively chronicle the evolution of India’s prestigious diplomatic service.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\nThe author, Shri J N Dixit, was a member of the Service for 36 years, ending his career as Foreign Secretary of India and the Head of the Diplomatic Service of the Government of India. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\nThe book traces the origin of the service from the period before independence and brings it up-to-date. Shri Dixit has written the book on the specific suggestion of the Ministry of External Affairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\nIt contains, in great detail, an analytical description of the evolution of the Indian foreign Service based on archival material as well as the personal experiences of the author in the Service spread over nearly four decades; a period which spanned the early stages of the Cold War to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of radical new trends in international politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\nThe author has not only touched upon the history of the Service; he ahs also undertaken an analytical exercise about the challenges the Indian Foreign Service faces at present and could face in the foreseeable future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nHistorical Background\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCreation of IFS\u003cbr\u003e\r\nTraining of Service\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWork culture, Political Role\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSocial dimensions of the Services\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFrom Abstractions to realism\u003cbr\u003e\r\nChanges under Indira Gandhi\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDealing with Crises: 1971-1975 and 1979\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe World in Transition\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCoping with the World in Transition: 1991-2002\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe marginalized Service: Gowda to Vajpayee\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDecision-making Powers: Political and functional Aspects\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIFS, Media and National Politics\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe Transformed World: Foreign Policy Challenges\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWomen in the IFS\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOperational Dimensions: Implementing Foreign Policy\u003cbr\u003e\r\nToday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nAPPENDIX 1: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nAPPENDIX 2: Details of Indian Foreign Service Personnel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"J N Dixit \/ Konark \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153588941168,"sku":"15584","price":41.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/15584.jpg?v=1793911397","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/indian-foreign-service-history-and-challenge","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}