{"product_id":"hindu-nationalism-and-governance","title":"Hindu Nationalism and Governance","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: John McGuire\u003cbr\u003eIan Copland\/\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Edito: John McGuire\/Ian Copland\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 476\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 978-0-19-567922-9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume—in the prestigious Themes in Politics series—describes the role of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the governance of India and dwells on its future as India’s main opposition party. A substantive introduction traces the BJP’s journey from the critical phase that followed the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992, to its rise to power in 1998, through to its defeat in the 2004 election. In doing so it raises several questions: To what extent did the BJP’s desire to rule compel it to forge strategic alliances? How did these alliances affect its hardline positions? To what extent was it able to implement the ideology of Hindutva? How did media shape the role of the BJP in power? What impact did BJP rule have on India’s foreign policy? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays demonstrate how the BJP repackaged core elements of its ideology to establish a stable coalition government. They show how, in order to meet the multiple demands of coalition politics, the BJP built regional alliances; transformed its economic policy from one that was informed by the idea of swadeshi to one that welcomed foreign capital; established Hindutva as the dominant cultural discourse in revisionist histories, cinema, and arts while simultaneously allaying the concerns of the regional parties; promoted a hegemonic Hindu discourse through the media; and fashioned significant shifts in India’s traditional foreign policy vis-à-vis Pakistan and Bangladesh. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume also sheds light on why the progress of the Hindu right has slowed in recent years, especially after the BJP’s 2004 election defeat. It speculates on how the BJP will balance demands of the Sangh Parivar with its need for regional allies-a test it cannot fail in its quest for power in the long-term.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith eminent contributors, this volume will be essential reading for scholars and students of politics and the history of modern India. In addition, it will be of interest to the general reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF TABLES AND MAPS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003eThe BJP and Governance in India: An Overview\u003cbr\u003eJOHN MCGUIRE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Assessing the National Expansion of Hindu Nationalism: The BJP in Southern and Eastern India, 1996-2001\u003cbr\u003eMICHAEL GILLAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. The BJP and the Shiv Sena: A Rocky Marriage?\u003cbr\u003eMARIKA VICZIANY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Routines and routinization: Moving Towards Municipal Elections in Mumbai, 2001-2\u003cbr\u003eJIM MASSELOS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. From Swadeshi to Globalization: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Shifting Economic Agenda\u003cbr\u003eSALIM MAYER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. The Hindu Rate of Reform: Privatization under the BJP-Still Waiting for that Bada Kadam\u003cbr\u003ePETER MAYER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Swayed by the Humbug of Finance: Economic Policy under the BJP-Led Government \u003cbr\u003ePRABHAT PATNAIK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Food Security, Governance, and Rural Development under the BJP\u003cbr\u003eDOUGLAS HILL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. The Work of the Indo-American Historians and the Rewriting of Indian History \u003cbr\u003eGREG BAILEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. The BJP’s Intellectual Agenda: Textbooks and Imagined History\u003cbr\u003eMUSHIRUL HASAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Crucibles of Hindutva? V D Savarkar, the Hindu Mahasabha, and the Indian Princely States \u003cbr\u003eIAN COPLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Fire, the BJP, and Moral Society\u003cbr\u003eJULIE MARSH AND HOWARD BRASTED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. The Water Controversy and the Politics of Hindu Nationalism\u003cbr\u003eEDWINA MASON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. Religion as Commodity Images: Securing a Hindu Rashtra\u003cbr\u003eBrain Shoesmith and Noorel Mecklai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Grand Canyon, Shaky Bridge: Media Revolution and the Rise of Hindu Politics\u003cbr\u003eROBIN JEFFREY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. Militarized Hindu Nationalism and the Mass Media: Shaping a Hindutva Public Discourse \u003cbr\u003eRITA MANCHANDA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17. Making India Strong: the BJP-Led Government’s Foreign Policy Perspectives \u003cbr\u003eACHIN VANAIK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18. Kashmir: A Testing Ground\u003cbr\u003eNAVNITA CHADHA BEHERA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19. Pakistan, the BJP, and the Politics of Identity \u003cbr\u003eHOWARD BRASTED AND ADEEL KHAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20. Bangladesh and the BJP\u003cbr\u003eDENIS WRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"John McGuire \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153649004912,"sku":"19902","price":51.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/19902.jpg?v=1793912041","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/hindu-nationalism-and-governance","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}