
Congress After Indira
Policy, Power, Political Change (1984-2009)
Zoya Hasan(Author)
OUP India (Publisher)
Published on 18. October 2012
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-19-568597-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Indian National Congress (INC) has played a pivotal role in nation building in India's political history. Congress after Indira provides an interpretation of contemporary Congress politics and the challenges it has faced due to the political and economic change, both nationally and globally. The book provides an insight into the structure and direction of change within the INC, and the governance agenda essentially with respect to economy, society, polity, and leadership-after Indira Gandhi. The volume talks about the Ayodhya issue, the phase of economic liberalization, and the comeback of the Congress as a ruling party in 2004, as a coalition government for the first time. It also discusses the dualist structure of leadership and how this has shaped the perception of the masses regarding the party.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-568597-8 (9780195685978)
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Person
Zoya Hasan is Professor, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Content
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. Ayodhya and the Politics of Religion ; 2. Economic Liberalization and Its Discontents ; 3. Regime Change and Working the Coalition ; 4. Two-Power Centres and Government-Party Relations ; 5. Coping with Inequalities ; 6. Defending Livelihoods ; 7. Co-opting the Minorities ; 8. India-US Nuclear Deal and Great Power Ambitions ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX