Modi's India : : Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy / / Christophe Jaffrelot.
A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intoleranceOver the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism that has ensured its success at the polls...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Map of India
- Introduction: The Three Ages of India’s Democracy
- PART I. The Hindu Nationalist Power Quest: HINDUTVA AND POPULISM
- Introduction
- 1 Hindu Nationalism: A Different Idea of India
- 2 Modi in Gujarat: The Making of a National-Populist Hero
- 3 Modi’s Rise to Power, or How to Exploit Hope, Fear, and Anger
- 4 Welfare or Well-Being?
- Conclusion to Part I
- PART II. The World’s Largest De Facto Ethnic Democracy
- Introduction
- 5 Hindu Majoritarianism against Secularism
- 6 Targeting Minorities
- 7 A De Facto Hindu Rashtra: Indian-Style Vigilantism
- Conclusion to Part II
- PART III The Indian Version of Competitive Authoritarianism
- Introduction
- 8 Deinstitutionalizing India
- 9 Toward “Electoral Authoritarianism”: The 2019 Elections
- 10 The Making of an Authoritarian Vigilante State
- 11 Indian Muslims: From Social Marginalization to Institutional Exclusion and Judicial Obliteration
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index