{"product_id":"the-bjp-and-the-compulsion-of-the-politics-in-india","title":"The BJP and the Compulsion of the Politics in India","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Thomas Blom Hansen\u003cbr\u003eChristophe Jaffrelot\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 332\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195652495\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopical and wide-ranging as well as rigorously historical and empirical, this book is an essential reading for anyone interested in the current transformation of Indian Politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines systematically, for the first time, the history of the BJP and its current strategies and dilemmas.  Well-known scholars with an intimate knowledge of India's states analyze the specific trajectory of the BJP at the regional level, the structure of its electorates, and the specific challenges it faces in  major parts of India.  This book also offers also offers a condensed overview of the current position of the BJP at the national level, even as it discusses this party's ambivalent response to the challenge of lower-caste mobilization and the globalization of Indy's economy.  Topical and wide-ranging as well as rigorously historical and empirical, this book will be essential reading for anyone interest in  the current transformation of Indian politics. Thomas Blom Hansen is Associate Professor at the Centre for International Development studies, roskilde University, Denmark. Christophe Jaffrelot is Research fellow at centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationalnes, France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The BJP After the 1996 Elections \u003cbr\u003eThomas Blom Hansen and Christophe Jaffrelot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBJP AND THE CASTE BARRIER: BEYOND THE TWICE-BORN?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sangh Parivar Between Sanskritization and Social Engineering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe BJP in Uttar Pradesh: From Hindutva to Consensual Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRajput Hindutva, Caste Politics, Regional Identity and the Hindu Nationalism in Contemporary Rajasthan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA HINDI-BELT PARTY OR A NATIONAL PARTY?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBJP and the Politics of Hindutva in Maharashtra \u003cbr\u003eSouthern Discomfort: The BJP in Karnataka\u003cbr\u003eBounded Nationalism: Kerala and the Social and Regional Limits of Hindutva\u003cbr\u003eThe Akalis and the BJP in Punjab: From Ayodhya to the 1997 Legislative Assembly Election\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDIVIDE THEY STAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe BJP's Riddle in Gujarat: Caste, Factionalism and Hindutva\u003cbr\u003eBJP and the Challenge of Factionalism in Madhya Pradesh\u003cbr\u003eThe Ethics of Hindutva and the Spirit of Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAFTERWORD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Thomas Blom Hansen \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153730630000,"sku":"8360","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/8360.jpg?v=1793913275","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-bjp-and-the-compulsion-of-the-politics-in-india","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}