India Since 1980

摘要: This book considers the remarkable transformations that have taken place in India since 1980, a period began with assassination of formidable Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Her death, and her son Rajiv seven years later, marked end Nehru-Gandhi era. Although country remains one few democracies developing world, many policies instigated by these earlier regimes been swept away to make room for dramatic alterations political, economic social landscape. Sumit Ganguly Rahul Mukherji, two leading political scientists South Asia, chart developments particular reference mobilization, rise BJP its challenge Nehruvian secularism changes foreign policy that, combination meteoric development, ensured significant on world stage.