India’s 2019 Elections

The Hindutva Wave and Indian Nationalism
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-93-5388-244-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 428 Seiten

This book, the sixth in the series on India’s elections from SAGE, is arguably the first to critically analyze the 17th General Elections held in India in 2019. It closely analyzes how the elections were conducted and what factors influenced the electorate in returning Narendra Modi to power with a thumping majority. The book critically explores underlying factors such as the absolute dominance of extreme nationalism based on majoritarian religious identity as well as the increased participation of women and the marginalized sections of Indian society.

The initial chapters focus on national topics and are followed by fourteen analytical state and regional studies grouped into four regional clusters. A highlight of the book is its strong focus on contentious issues such as the structure, stability and integrity of electoral institutions as well as caste, tribal, minority and ethnic politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wallace, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Hindu Nationalism and TINA Propel BJP Wave - Paul Wallace
PART I: Thematic Studies
Bharatiya Janata Party: Consolidating Power - Walter Korfitz Andersen
Foreign Policy and the 2019 Indian National Elections - Sumit Ganguly
Amazing Dimensions of Managing the Biggest Election in World History - S Y Quraishi
Staking Gender Equality: The Electoral Dynamics of Identity and Rights - Rainuka Dagar
Political Accountability and Organized Public Action in India: Making Power Answer to People - Jyotirindra Dasgupta and Anshu N Chatterjee
Election News 2019: Free, Fair and Fake? Examining Trends in Misinformation around Indian National Polls - Pallava Bedi and Devika Malik
PART II: Analytical State Studies
A. Northern Cluster
War of Perception, Brand Modi and Voters’ Choice in Uttar Pradesh - Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar
Claims of Alternative Politics of AAP: Whither? Why? Punjab and the 2019 Elections - Pramod Kumar
Madhya Pradesh: A Potemkin Village of the New India under Modi 2.0 - Avinash Kumar and Pooja Rani

B. Kashmir and Western Cluster
Jammu and Kashmir Elections: A Precursor to ‘No More Two Flags, Two Constitutions’ - Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Husnain Iqbal
Gujarati Voters’ Faith and Pride: The 2019 Elections - Ghanshyam Shah
Onward March of BJP in Maharashtra - Suhas Palsikar and Nitin Birmal
C. Eastern and Southern Cluster
West Bengal 2019: The Summer of Our Discontent - Sriroop Chaudhuri
Biju Janata Dal’s Fifth Term in Odisha - Pradeep Nayak
Populist Regimes, Electoral Dynamics and Contrasting Outcomes: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in 2019 - Karli Srinivasulu
Karnataka: BJP’s Spectacular Victory over the Congress and JD(S) - Shivaputra S Patagundi and Prakash Desai
Tamil Nadu: Political Pluralism and Party System Changes - C Manikandan and Andrew Wyatt
Kerala: The Exception That Proves the Rule? - James Chiriyankandath
D. Northeast
Assam Polls: The Hindutva Wave - Akhil Ranjan Dutta
Politics of Identity, Regionalism and the BJP: A Synoptic View from Northeast India - Rajesh Dev
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wallace, Paul
Paul Wallace (PhD, University of California, Berkeley) is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has been a consultant on South Asia to a member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the US Attorney General’s Office, defense lawyers, and other agencies in North America and has received five Smithsonian-funded awards for national election studies in India. In September 2003, Professor Wallace served as the expert witness on Sikh violence at the Air India trial in Vancouver, Canada.

His research in India includes a Senior Fulbright Research Award in 1972, and funding from the Ford Foundation, 1988–89, the American Institute of Indian Studies (1980–81), and various government and non-government groups in India. Professor Wallace is the author or editor of eight books and 40+ book chapters and articles. His last co-edited book is India’s 2009 Elections: Coalition Politics, Party Competition and Congress Continuity” published by SAGE Publications in 2011.