The paradox of populism
Subtitle: the Indira Gandhi years 1966-1977
By: Suhit K. Sen
Publisher: Primus Books
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9789352909421; 9789352909643
Subjects: Politics and government; War and emergency powers; History; Politique et gouvernement; Pouvoirs exceptionnels; Histoire
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and index.
Table of contents: title: The congress split : reconfiguring the polity; title: The centre cannot hold : breakdown in the Hinterland, 1967-1975; title: Brownian motion : defection and the crisis of the party system; title: The Indian National Congress and the politics of food procurement, 1967-1975; title: Democracy and its discontents : a prelude to emergency?; title: Epilogue : emergency-descent into autocracy.