Coalition Politics and Hindu Nationalism (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Adeney, Katharine; Saez, Lawrence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the emergence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ways in which its Hindu nationalist agenda was affected by the constraints of being a dominant member of a coalition government.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134239788
• Artikelnr.: 38401180

Autorenporträt

Katharine Adeney is a lecturer in politics at the University of Sheffield. Dr. Adeney is a specialist on the comparative study of federalism in India and Pakistan. She has authored work in Political Studies and the Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics. She is the Chair of the Politics of South Asia specialist group of the Political Studies Association in addition to being Secretary of the British Association of South Asian Studies. Lawrence Sáez is a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics. Dr. Sáez's areas of academic interest include the political economy of developing countries, with a focus on India and China. Sáez has published two books: Federalism Without a Centre (Sage 2001) and Banking Reform in India and China (Palgrave 2003). He used to be associate editor for South Asia at Asian Survey.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1. Theoretical Concerns Introduction: Coalition politics, religious
nationalism, and public policy: a theoretical examination. Katharine Adeney
and Lawrence Sáez 1. The BJP Coalition: Partisanship and power-sharing in
government. Alistair McMillan 2. The Shapes of Hindu Nationalism. John
Zavos 3. In part, a Myth: The BJP's organisational strength. James Manor
Section 2. Domestic Governance 4. The NDA and the politics of 'minorities'
in India Subrata Mitra 5. Hindu Nationalists and Federal Structures in an
Era of Regionalism Katharine Adeney 6. Social Justice and Empowerment of
the Weaker Sections and Gender Rights Nitya Rao 7. Managing the
Anti-Corruption Rhetoric: The NDA, transparency and corruption Gurharpal
Singh 8. Indian Education Policy Under the NDA Government Marie Lall
Section 3. External Factors 9. The NDA and the Politics of Economic Reform.
Rob Jenkins 10. The NDA and Indian Foreign Policy James Chiriyankandath and
Andrew Wyatt 11. The NDA and National Security Apurba Kundu 12. The BJP and
the 2004 General Election: Dimensions, causes, and implications of an
unexpected defeat Christophe Jaffrelot 13. Hindutva's March Halted? Choices
for the BJP after the 2004 defeat.