The socialist opposition in Nehruvian India, 1947-1964
By: Boris Niclas-Tolle
Publisher: Peter Lang Edition
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9783631665732; 9783653060201
Subjects: Politics and government; Indian National Congress; Socialism; Political science; Opposition (Political science); Socialist Party (India); History; Political parties; Political and social views
Description: "This book examines the political and developmental thought of the democratic socialist opposition party of India during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. It thereby contributes to a modern global history of political ideas and examines the role of Marxism, Gandhi and modernisation theory for the political development of India during the Cold War. The study focuses on the modernisation policies implemented by the Nehru government: Increasingly facing competing claims from Nehru to be pursuing socialist policies after the mid-1950s, the movement eventually broke apart and large numbers of socialists were assimilated by the Congress Party where they continued to shape Indian politics"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The socialist movement before 1947; title: Socialist consolidation : the Socialist Party of India, 1947-1952; title: New ideas and dispersion, 1954-1964; title: Epilogue: The socialists and the end of Congress unity; title: Conclusion.