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This Study deals with election process in the broadest sense of the term. Significant political issues have been qualitatively examined with a view to relate them to the Tenth Lok Sabha elections of 1991. The inter-election phase of 1989-91 has been analysed to understand the significance of election.
This study examines the record of BJP-in-government and the main question is : how has BJP-in government, whether at the centre or in some states, been able to reconcile its ideology of Hindutva with the fundamentals of multicultural democracy? The main conclusion of this study is that the BJP and the fraternity of Sangh Parivar has devoted all its efforts in creating an anti-minority political culture in the country. The BJP had defined itself as a "party ...
This study is focused on the impact of imperialist globalization on the ideological and intellectual make up of Third World leaders of the ruling Classes, Nations and States. Imperialist globalization of the 1990s has impacted very powerfully on the thinking processes of the leaders of society and the state who have accepted their incapability to stand up against the pressures and dictations of the Supra-National capitalist institutions, Democracy, Nation and ...
The author has discussed and analysed complex problems faced by the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre. Sonia Gandhi-led Congress party has not only managed a coalition government at the Centre, it has also been engaged in tackling complex domestic and foreign policy issues while in government. It is an analytical-cum-evaluative study of UPA-in-Government around the issues of party politics, centre-state relations, domestic and foreign policies.
An attempt has been made to analyse the story of many India's which co-exist within One Indian State and they also participate in democratic-electoral process at the national, regional and local levels from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Further, the analytical exercise undertaken in this volume tries to link the external and internal dimensions of the Indian state and democratic political process because dialectics of a society cannot be analyzed and explained by ...
This is a study of how the bharatiya janta party has occupied centre stage in India and what the reasons are for the shift in Indian Society, Polity and Economy. The study has three inter linked parts. The first part is the genesis of the sangh parivar and its ideological and political praxis. The second part is an investigation of success of the Parivar to expand its social and political base finally, acts of omission and commission, and Foreign policy of ...
The book covers major issues of 2001 to 2004, like contest of political parties, personalities, ideologies and politics. The narrative deals with the NDA (The National Democratic Alliance) and the UPA (United Progressive Alliance). The Lok Sabha elections of 2004 have been described in a focused manner to convey a message that Hindutva is down but not out of the reckoning. The book may be of interest to all interested in the Indian polity.