
Aaku Srivastava
Paperback
1st
2022
401-500 Pages
Literature & Fiction
English
Paperback
Essays Books
9789355212368
1st
Aaku Srivastava
Prabhat Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.
India
Name : Sensex Of Regional Parties
Author : Aaku Srivastava
Book Format : Paperback
Edition : 1st
Genre : Literature & Fiction
ISBN : 9789355212368
Language : English
Pages : 401-500 Pages
Publish Year : 2022
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.
Sub Genre : Essays Books
This book by eminent journalist Aaku Srivastava, delves deep into the history of the politics of independent India with an aim to study the ups and downs of the regional parties arising with the contradictions and conflicts between the states against the ‘Centre’.
These ‘contradictions’ first appeared in the early 1970s when local political forces in 7 to 8 states formed their own ‘united governments’ and offered localist alternatives to the ‘Centrist’ Congress policies. Linguistic and local cultural identities made this change possible. In the Centre too, two non-Congress parties and local parties formed governments. In the era of globalisation, this tendency of decentralisation became even more forceful and compelling.
Perhaps that is why even now that Congress ‘centralism’ has been replaced by BJP, many localist identities keep clashing with BJP’s centralism as well. Aaku Srivastava critically examines the various dimensions of this fundamental contradiction of Indian politics. And they tell that this contradiction is due to ‘internal contradiction’ of our contemporary politics, which apparently appears to be a ‘curse for democracy’ but indirectly it seems to keep democracy alive. In my view, this book is a perfect read to understand the pulse of contemporary and future politics. —Sudhiesh Pachouri
Country of Origin : India
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