| | | Here you will find a list of publications produced by the Group: | | | | | ISBN-10: 0415359813
ISBN-13: 978-0415359818
Pub Date: 2005
Binding: Hardback
| | Coalition Politics and Hindu Nationalism (Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies)
Katharine Adeney & Lawrence Sáez (eds.)
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. Religious influence in contemporary politics offers a fertile ground for political-sociological analysis, especially in societies where religion is a very important source of collective identity. In South Asian societies religion can, and often has, provided legitimacy to both governments and those who oppose them. This book examines the emergence of the BJP and the ways in which its Hindu nationalist agenda has been affected by the constraints of being a dominant member of a coalition government. The collected authors take stock of the party's first full term in power, presiding over the diverse forces of the governing NDA coalition, and the 2004 elections. They assess the BJP's performance in relation to its stated goals, and more specifically how it has fared in a range of policy fields - centre-state relations, foreign policy, defence policies, the 'second generation' of economic reforms, initiatives to curb corruption and the fate of minorities. Explicitly linking the volume to literature on coalition politics, this book will be of great importance to students and researchers in the fields of South Asian studies and politics. | ISBN-10: 0195668014
ISBN-13: 978-0195668018
Pub Date: 2004
Binding: Hardback
 | | The Politics of Cultural Mobilization in India
John Zavos, Andrew Wyatt & Vernon Hewitt (eds.)
| ISBN-10: 071468323X
ISBN-13: 978-0714683232
Pub Date: 2003
Binding: Paperback
 | | Decentring the Indian Nation
Andrew Wyatt & John Zavos (eds.)
After achieving independence in 1947 India's elite opted to build a modern nation-state. This vision was carefully nurtured during the fight for freedom from British rule by the dominant Congress movement. In recent years the idea of a centralized state has been challenged from a number of directions. Strong regional political movements have questioned the assumption that India's federal system requires a dominant centre. The related trend of identity-based mobilization has challenged settled notions of Indian national identity. In this volume, social scientists with backgrounds in politics, geography and development studies examine various centrifugal forces apparent in recent Indian politics. The authors discuss the idea that as a nation, India is becoming "decentred", and consider the implications of this idea for the development of the Indian polity. | | |
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