The algebra of warfare-welfare : a long view of India's 2014 election /
Electoral democracy combines the ideas and practices of warfare and welfare, where both work in tandem as near synonyms. India's robust electoral democracy exemplifies this combination in diverse forms. Critically analyzing the 2014 Parliamentary elections beyond the seduction of immediacy and...
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- List of figures and tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations. Introduction: democracy and the algebra of warfare-welfare / Irfan Ahmad
- Democracy as rumour: media, religion, and the 2014 Indian elections / Irfan Ahmad
- Modi and the spectre of terrorism: crafting the Hindutva icon / Manisha Sethi
- Gurus and the Hindu nationalist politics: the Baba Ramdev-BJP Partnership in the 2014 elections / PRalay Kanugo
- The Gujarat model and the right-wing shift in 2014 / Zoya Hasan
- Communal violence, electoral polarization, and Muslim representation: Muzaffarnagar, 2013-14 / Hilal Ahmed
- Does space matter in electoral democracy?: Analysing Mother Ganga's "call" to the BJP's prime ministerial candidate / Bikramaditya Kumar Choudhary
- Caste and cultural icons: BJP's politics of appropriation in Tamil Nadu / R. Thirunavukkarasu
- Hindutva's reach out to Muslims in the 2014 elections: a historical analysis / Mohammad Reyaz
- Media, corporates, and democracy: lessons from the 2014 general elections / Sudhir Pattnaik
- On the ground: the unfolding of the 2014 general election campaign / Patrick French
- Unity in diversity: democracy and manifestos in the 2014 Indian elections / Irfan Ahmad
- On studying elections and democracy: a conversation with T.K. Oommen / R. Thirunavukkarasu. Afterword
- NOtes on editors and contributors
- Index.