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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... seen in relation to minorities as the chapters by Mitra , Lall and Rao demonstrate . Certain policies were withdrawn or overturned such as the decision to make school children sing Saraswati Vandana , a Hindu hymn . However , it does ...
... seen as an exogenous factor , but that actors can seek to change the rules and structures which govern political interactions . In the Indian case , it is clear that the choice of President or state governor can play an important part ...
... parties , mainly with a regionally confined support base . The decline of the INC exposed the fractured nature of the electoral arena , particularly when seen from a national perspective ( Sridharan 2002 The BJP coalition 17.
Katharine Adeney, Lawrence Saez. particularly when seen from a national perspective ( Sridharan 2002 ) . This enabled a large number of political parties to win seats in the Lok Sabha . Moreover , in situations where no one party has an ...
... seen to be closer to any median political space than the BJP . Theory would , therefore , suggest that the INC plus the remnants of the United Front ( and other minor parties ) could have formed an alternative government . As formateurs ...
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 |