Coalition Politics and Hindu NationalismKatharine Adeney, Lawrence Saez This new collection examines the emergence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India and the ways in which its Hindu nationalist agenda has been affected by the constraints of being a dominant member of a coalition government. |
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... JAFFRELOT Hindutva's march halted? Choices for the BJP after the 2004 defeat MEGHNAD DESAI Bibliography Index 116 136 GURHARPAL SINGH 8 153 171 173 193 212 237 254 264 289 Illustrations Figures 11.1 Defence expenditure in $ (billions) ...
... Jaffrelot is the Director of the Centre D'études et de Recherches Internationalies (CERI) in Paris. His research focuses on theories of nationalism and democracy, the rise of the lower castes and the untouchables in North Indian ...
... coalition. The BJP's aim, as discussed elsewhere by Jaffrelot (1996) and also by Hewitt (2000) is a long-term one. In their view, the BJP has succeeded in changing the terms of discourse in relation to minorities. Therefore, Introduction 7.
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Contents
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2 The shapes of Hindu nationalism | 36 |
3 In part a myth | 55 |
Part II Domestic governance | 75 |
4 The NDA and the politics of minorities in India | 77 |
5 Hindu nationalists and federal structures in an era of regionalism | 97 |
6 Social justice and empowerment of the weaker sections and gender rights | 116 |
Part III External factors | 171 |
9 The NDA and the politics of economic reform | 173 |
10 The NDA and Indian foreign policy | 193 |
11 The NDA and national security | 212 |
12 The BJP and the 2004 general election | 237 |
13 Hindutvas march halted? Choices for the BJP after the 2004 defeat | 254 |
Bibliography | 264 |
Index | 289 |
7 Managing the anticorruption rhetoric | 136 |
8 Indian education policy under the NDA government | 153 |