Majoritarian state: how Hindu nationalism is changing India
Majoritarian State traces the ascendance of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP administration has established an ethno-religious and populist style of rule since 2014. Its agenda is also pursued beyond the formal branches of government, as the new d...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Hurst & Company
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford scholarship online Political Science
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Hinduism
/ Nationalism
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| Further subjects: | B
Hindutva
B Hindus ; India ; Politics and government ; 21st century B Hindus Politics and government 21st century (India) B Nationalism ; India ; History ; 21st century B India ; Politics and government ; 21st century B Nationalism ; Religious aspects ; Hinduism B Nationalism History 21st century (India) B Nationalism Religious aspects Hinduism B India Politics and government 21st century |
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| Summary: | Majoritarian State traces the ascendance of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP administration has established an ethno-religious and populist style of rule since 2014. Its agenda is also pursued beyond the formal branches of government, as the new dispensation portrays conventional social hierarchies as intrinsic to Indian culture while condoning communal and caste- and gender-based violence. The contributors explore how Hindutva ideology has permeated the state apparatus and formal institutions, and how Hindutva activists exert control over civil society via vigilante groups, cultural policing and violence. |
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| ISBN: | 0190099585 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190078171.001.0001 |