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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Erscheint auch als Jaffrelot, Christophe Modi's India Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021] Online-Ausgabe (DLC)2021006333 Erscheint auch als Jaffrelot, Christophe, 1964 - Modi's India Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 639 Seiten) Online-Ausgabe (DE-627)177238075X |
Named Person: | Narendra Modī; Narendra Modī; Narendra Modi |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Christophe Jaffrelot; Cynthia Schoch |
ISBN: | 9780691206806 0691206805 |
OCLC Number: | 1258956736 |
Notes: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 469-616. Literaturhinweise: Seite 617-627. Index. |
Description: | xiv, 639 Seiten Diagramme, 1 Karte 25 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: The three ages of India's democracy -- The Hindu nationalist power quest : Hindutva and populism -- Hindu nationalism : a different idea of India -- Modi in Gujarat, the making of a national-populist hero -- Modi's rise to power or how to exploit hope, fear, and anger -- What fight against poverty? -- The world's largest de facto ethnic democracy -- Hindu majoritarianism against secularism -- Targeting minorities -- A de facto Hindu rashtra : Indian-style vigilantism -- The Indian version of comptetitive authoritarianism -- Deinstitutionalizing India -- Towards "electoral authoritarianism" : the 2019 elections -- The making of an authoritarian Hindu state -- Indian Muslims : from social marginalization to institutional exclusion and judicial obliteration. |
Other Titles: | L' Inde de Modi |
Responsibility: | Christophe Jaffrelot ; translated by Cynthia Schoch. |
Abstract:
"Although ethnic and sect ...
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"Christophe Jaffrelot, Winner of the Prix Raymond de Boyer de Sainte-Suzanne, Academie francaise (for the original French edition)" "Financial Times Best Books of 2021: Politics" "A The Hindu Top 10 Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year" "Modi's India is a masterpiece of careful research."---James Crabtree, Financial Times "The most comprehensive study of Modi's India to date offers a bleak and unsparing view of the direction of the country."---Gideon Rachman, Financial Times, Best Books of The Year 2021 "Christophe Jaffrelot's book is a work of outstanding scholarship, a formidable documentation and compelling commentary on how India has changed in the first seven years under the leadership of Narendra Modi. . . .it is only a scholar of exceptional assurance and erudition who would attempt such an audaciously comprehensive, contemporary history written in real-time rather than with hindsight, and succeed simultaneously to inform, stir and provoke his readers."---Harsh Mander, Telegraph of India "Modi's India is an exhaustive account of contemporary Indian politics, which impressively draws on numerous sources and examines a range of issues . . . . this work emerges as an important contribution to the study of the future of democracy in India and beyond."---Pratim Ghosal, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics Read more...

