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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... election in India saw the formation of a multiparty governing coalition led by a political party , the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) , espousing a Hindu nationalist agenda . This was significant because it was the first national ...
... election alliance where political parties agree to cooperate in securing votes by not putting up candidates in a certain constituency against other members of the alliance . Vote pooling had occurred in both the 1998 and the 1999 elections ...
... elections were held which resulted in the BJP coalition being replaced by another coalition led by the INC . The prospect of the 2004 general election in India weighed heavily as this volume was being drafted , particularly when the ...
... Election Manifesto Vote for a Stable Government and an Able Prime Minister ' is available at www.bjp.org . Likewise , the full text of the 1999 NDA coalition manifesto For a Proud , Prosperous India : An Agenda ' is also available from ...
... elections in 1998 and 1999. This means that the empirical depth is much shallower , but the attempt to describe ... election with an overall majority this is a straightforward task , but in the case of a hung parliament it can be ...
Contents
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The shapes of Hindu nationalism | 36 |
the BJPs organisational strength | 55 |
The NDA and the politics of minorities in India | 77 |
Hindu nationalists and federal structures in an era | 97 |
Social justice and empowerment of the weaker sections | 116 |
the National | 136 |
Indian education policy under the NDA government | 153 |
The NDA and the politics of economic reform | 173 |
The NDA and Indian foreign policy | 193 |
The NDA and national security | 212 |
dimensions causes | 237 |
Hindutvas march halted? Choices for the BJP after | 254 |
Bibliography | 264 |
Index | 289 |