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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... voting behaviour . He is author of Standing at the Margins : Representation and Electoral Reservation in India ( OUP , 2005 ) . Subrata Mitra is a Professor of South Asian Politics at the South Asia Institute , Heidelberg University ...
... votes, or covet that community's support such as the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Therefore, these parties are not ... voting. The majority of political parties' bases of support are regionally concentrated even if they do not espouse a ...
... vote pooling ' ( Horowitz 1991 ) is understood as a pre - 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 ...
... votes , or covet that community's support such as the Telugu Desam Party ( TDP ) . Therefore , these parties are not ... voting . The majority of political parties ' bases of support are regionally concentrated even if they do not ...
... being forced to accept that it could not gain majority support . In 1998 , the new President , Narayanan , acted more circumspectly , requiring evidence that any prospective government could win a vote of 14 Alistair McMillan.
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 |