Book Summary of Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism And The State: A Biography Of Gujarat
In this path-breaking account, Nikita Sud critically re-examines the post-independence history and politics of Gujarat, one of Indias leading federal units. Today, Gujarat is known for its pioneering role in market liberalization and as the site of ethno-religious strife.
Adopting a long-term view, Sud offers a fresh perspective on the seemingly puzzling co-existence of economic liberalism and political illiberalism. Challenging paradigms that posit the decline of the developmental state in India, she places the ideas, institutions and politics of the state at the heart of the analysis.
Highlighting the states recent re-orientation, both as an enabler of the market and as a vehicle for Hindu cultural nationalism, Sud explores how interactions between a re-invigorated state, private corporate capital and ethno-nationalism are configuring the new India.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
Glossary of Hindi and Gujarati Terms
List of Abbreviations
Maps
Adopting a long-term view, Sud offers a fresh perspective on the seemingly puzzling co-existence of economic liberalism and political illiberalism. Challenging paradigms that posit the decline of the developmental state in India, she places the ideas, institutions and politics of the state at the heart of the analysis.
Highlighting the states recent re-orientation, both as an enabler of the market and as a vehicle for Hindu cultural nationalism, Sud explores how interactions between a re-invigorated state, private corporate capital and ethno-nationalism are configuring the new India.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
Glossary of Hindi and Gujarati Terms
List of Abbreviations
Maps
Part I: Introduction
1: Political Topography
PART II: GUJARAT'S TRAJECTORY OF DEVELOPMENT
2: From Development to Liberalization
3: From Land to the Tiller to Land Liberalization
4: The State in a Liberalizing Landscape
3: From Land to the Tiller to Land Liberalization
4: The State in a Liberalizing Landscape
PART III: RELIGION AND THE NATION-STATE
5: Reform, Revival, and the Call for Hindu Rashtra
6: Secularism, Hindu Nationalism and Gujarat's State
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index