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9780195652499

The Bjp and the Compulsions of Politics in India

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    9780195652499

  • ISBN10:

    0195652495

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-06
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Political conflicts around religious, caste and regional identities have multiplied in India. This volume brings together authoritative, original essays to explain the growing incidence of community conflicts in India by focusing on changes in the expression of community identity in relation to changes in the character of the state.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii
Introduction: The BJP After the 1996 Elections 1(21)
Thomas Blom Hansen
Christophe Jaffrelot
I BJP AND THE CASTE BARRIER: BEYOND THE `TWICE-BORN'?
The Sangh Parivar Between Sanskritization and Social Engineering
22(50)
Christophe Jaffrelot
The BJP in Uttar Pradesh: From Hindutva to Consensual Politics
72(29)
Jasmine Zerinini-Brotel
Rajput Hindutva, Caste Politics, Regional Identity and the Hindu Nationalism in Contemporary Rajasthan
101(20)
Rob Jenkins
II A `HINDI-BELT' PARTY OR A NATIONAL PARTY?
BJP and the Politics of Hindutva in Maharashtra
121(42)
Thomas Blom Hansen
Southern Discomfort: The BJP in Karnataka
163(39)
James Manor
Bounded Nationalism: Kerala and the Social and Regional Limits of Hindutva
202(26)
James Chiriyankandath
The Akalis and the BJP in Punjab: From Ayodhya to the 1997 Legislative Assembly Election
228(15)
Gurharpal Singh
III DIVIDED THEY STAND
The BJP's Riddle in Gujarat: Caste, Factionalism and Hindutva
243(24)
Ghanshyam Shah
BJP and the Challenge of Factionalism in Madhya Pradesh
267(24)
Christophe Jaffrelot
The Ethics of Hindutva and the Spirit of Capitalism
291(24)
Thomas Blom Hansen
Afterword Short Cuts to Power: From Lucknow to Delhi 315
Thomas Blom Hansen
Zoya Hasan
Christophe Jaffrelot

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