Title Divided we govern : coalition politics in modern India / Sanjay Ruparelia

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Glossary; Introduction; Plan of the book; 1. The Paradoxes of India's Coalition Politics; The main protagonists; Preferences, interests and goals; Institutions as rules and incentives, opportunities and constraints; Formulas, strategies and tactics of power-sharing; The necessity and difficulty of exercising political judgment; Sources and methods; Part I: The Genesis of the Third Force; 2. The Roots of the Broader Indian Left (1934-1977); The Congress system; The breakdown of the Congress system The road to Emergency ruleThe Opposition coalesces; 3. The Janata Party (1977-1980); 4. The Rise of the Regions (1980-1989); The formation of the National Front; 5. The National Front (1989-1991); Part II: The Maturation of the Third Force; 6. The Crystallization of the Third Force (1991-1996); Manifestoes, strategies, prospects; 7. The Formation of the United Front (May 1996); The electoral verdict; The scramble for office; The isolation of the BJP; The formation of the United Front government; 8. Establishing Political Authority (June-September 1996); The first crisis in the Janata Dal Expansion of the Deve Gowda ministryThe Congress(I)-BSP electoral pact in Uttar Pradesh; Maintaining India's nuclear policy independence; Signaling the continuity of economic liberalization; Addressing Centre-state relations; Preparing for state assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir; Disputes over inter-state water sharing; The rise of Sitaram Kesri; 9. Exercising National Power (September-December 1996); Advances and setbacks of the monsoon parliamentary session; The temptations of national power in Gujarat, Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh; Engaging the Northeast; Growing political threats Mending subcontinental relationsThe fall of Narasimha Rao; 10. Reform amid Crisis (January-April 1997); Advancing economic liberalization; The 1997-98 Union budget; A political setback in Uttar Pradesh; The rise of Inder Kumar Gujral; Part III: The Fall of the Third Force; 11. The Decline of the United Front (May 1997-March 1998); The formation of the Rashtriya Janata Dal; Advancing bilateral relations with Pakistan and Nepal; The deceleration of economic reform; The vicissitudes of Centre-state relations; The fall of the United Front government; India's twelfth general election The BJP captures power12. The Dissolution of the Third Force (1998-2012); The first National Democratic Alliance, 1998-1999; The second National Democratic Alliance, 1999-2004; The first United Progressive Alliance, 2004-2009; The Fifteenth General Election and the fall of the Left Front, 2009-2012; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary This text investigates the rise and fall of the broader parliamentary left, and the dynamics of national coalition governments, in modern Indian democracy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 16, 2019) Subject Coalition governments -- India -- History Political parties -- India -- History Political parties Coalition governments Politics and government SUBJECT India -- Politics and government -- 1977- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064946 Subject India Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190492175 0190492171

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