Modi's India : Hindu nationalism and the rise of ethnic democracy /

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"Although ethnic and sectarian tensions have always been a feature of modern Indian history, the country was founded and governed in its first decades by a nationalist political movement - associated with the Indian National Congress -- that stressed the non-sectarian nature of Indian citizensh...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jaffrelot, Christophe (Author)
Other Authors: Schoch, Cynthia (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Modī, Narendra, > 1950-
2000-2099
Hindutva.
Democracy > India > History > 21st century.
Intégrisme hindou.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
Democracy.
Politics and government.
India > Politics and government > 21st century.
Inde > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siècle.
India.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The three ages of India's democracy
  • The Hindu nationalist power quest : Hindutva and populism
  • Hindu nationalism : a different idea of India
  • Modi in Gujarat, the making of a national-populist hero
  • Modi's rise to power or how to exploit hope, fear, and anger
  • What fight against poverty?
  • The world's largest de facto ethnic democracy
  • Hindu majoritarianism against secularism
  • Targeting minorities
  • A de facto Hindu rashtra : Indian-style vigilantism
  • The Indian version of comptetitive authoritarianism
  • Deinstitutionalizing India
  • Towards "electoral authoritarianism" : the 2019 elections
  • The making of an authoritarian Hindu state
  • Indian Muslims : from social marginalization to institutional exclusion and judicial obliteration.

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