Section 1. Theoretical Concerns Introduction: Coalition politics, religious nationalism, and public policy: a theoretical examination. Katharine Adeney and Lawrence Sáez 1. The BJP Coalition: Partisanship and power-sharing in government. Alistair McMillan 2. The Shapes of Hindu Nationalism. John Zavos 3. In part, a Myth: The BJP's organisational strength. James Manor Section 2. Domestic Governance 4. The NDA and the politics of 'minorities' in India Subrata Mitra 5. Hindu Nationalists and Federal Structures in an Era of Regionalism Katharine Adeney 6. Social Justice and Empowerment of the Weaker Sections and Gender Rights Nitya Rao 7. Managing the Anti-Corruption Rhetoric: The NDA, transparency and corruption Gurharpal Singh 8. Indian Education Policy Under the NDA Government Marie Lall Section 3. External Factors 9. The NDA and the Politics of Economic Reform. Rob Jenkins 10. The NDA and Indian Foreign Policy James Chiriyankandath and Andrew Wyatt 11. The NDA and National Security Apurba Kundu 12. The BJP and the 2004 General Election: Dimensions, causes, and implications of an unexpected defeat Christophe Jaffrelot 13. Hindutva's March Halted? Choices for the BJP after the 2004 defeat.
Katharine Adeney is a lecturer in politics at the
University of Sheffield. Dr. Adeney is a specialist on the
comparative study of federalism in India and Pakistan. She has
authored work in Political Studies and the Journal of Commonwealth
and Comparative Politics. She is the Chair of the Politics of South
Asia specialist group of the Political Studies Association in
addition to being Secretary of the British Association of South
Asian Studies.
Lawrence Sáez is a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International
Studies at the London School of Economics. Dr. Sáez's areas of
academic interest include the political economy of developing
countries, with a focus on India and China. Sáez has published two
books: Federalism Without a Centre (Sage 2001) and Banking Reform
in India and China (Palgrave 2003). He used to be associate editor
for South Asia at Asian Survey.
'The editors have compiled a timely, well-crafted collection of essays by leading India scholars...The book is a major contribution to the understanding of Indian politics and will be of interest to scholars and professionals...Highly recommended.' - ChoiceReviews.online
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