Modi's India: Hindu nationalism and the rise of ethnic democracy

By:

Jaffrelot, Christophe

Contributor(s):

Schoch, Cynthia [Translator]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton University Press 2021 New JerseyDescription: xvi, 639 p.: ill Includes bibliography and indexISBN:

9780691206806

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.954 J2M6

Summary: Over the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism that has ensured its success at the polls, first in Gujarat and then in India at large. Modi managed to seduce a substantial number of citizens by promising them development and polarizing the electorate along ethno-religious lines. Both facets of this national-populism found expression in a highly personalized political style as Modi related directly to the voters through all kinds of channels of communication in order to saturate the public space. Drawing on original interviews conducted across India, Christophe Jaffrelot shows how Modi’s government has moved India toward a new form of democracy, an ethnic democracy that equates the majoritarian community with the nation and relegates Muslims and Christians to second-class citizens who are harassed by vigilante groups. He discusses how the promotion of Hindu nationalism has resulted in attacks against secularists, intellectuals, universities, and NGOs. Jaffrelot explains how the political system of India has acquired authoritarian features for other reasons, too. Eager to govern not only in New Delhi but also in the states, the government has centralized power at the expense of federalism and undermined institutions that were part of the checks and balances, including India’s Supreme Court. Modi’s India is a sobering account of how a once-vibrant democracy can go wrong when a government-backed by popular consent suppresses dissent while growing increasingly intolerant of ethnic and religious minorities. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691206806/modis-india

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Translation from Danish title 'Inde de Modi'.

Introduction: The three ages of India's democracy
The Hindu nationalist power quest: Hindutva and populism
Hindu nationalism: a different idea of India
Modi in Gujarat, the making of a national-populist hero
Modi's rise to power or how to exploit hope, fear, and anger
What fight against poverty?
The world's largest de facto ethnic democracy
Hindu majoritarianism against secularism
Targeting minorities
A de facto Hindu Rashtra : Indian-style vigilantism
The Indian version of competitive authoritarianism
Deinstitutionalizing India
Towards "electoral authoritarianism": the 2019 elections
The making of an authoritarian Hindu state
Indian Muslims: from social marginalization to institutional exclusion and judicial obliteration.

Over the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism that has ensured its success at the polls, first in Gujarat and then in India at large. Modi managed to seduce a substantial number of citizens by promising them development and polarizing the electorate along ethno-religious lines. Both facets of this national-populism found expression in a highly personalized political style as Modi related directly to the voters through all kinds of channels of communication in order to saturate the public space. Drawing on original interviews conducted across India, Christophe Jaffrelot shows how Modi’s government has moved India toward a new form of democracy, an ethnic democracy that equates the majoritarian community with the nation and relegates Muslims and Christians to second-class citizens who are harassed by vigilante groups. He discusses how the promotion of Hindu nationalism has resulted in attacks against secularists, intellectuals, universities, and NGOs. Jaffrelot explains how the political system of India has acquired authoritarian features for other reasons, too. Eager to govern not only in New Delhi but also in the states, the government has centralized power at the expense of federalism and undermined institutions that were part of the checks and balances, including India’s Supreme Court. Modi’s India is a sobering account of how a once-vibrant democracy can go wrong when a government-backed by popular consent suppresses dissent while growing increasingly intolerant of ethnic and religious minorities.

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691206806/modis-india

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