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

Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Map of India
Introduction: The Three Ages of India’s Democracy
Part I. The Hindu Nationalist Power Quest: Hindutva and Populism
	1. Hindu Nationalism: A Different Idea of India
		Hindutva: What It Means to Be a Hindu
		Sangh Parivar and Politics
		The Social Profile of Hindu Nationalism
	2. Modi in Gujarat: The Making of a National-Populist Hero
		A Pure Product of the RSS
		“The Emperor of Hindu Hearts”
		Moditva: Personalization of Power and Heroization
		A Charismatic Leader Sealing the Fate of the Moderation Thesis
	3. Modi’s Rise to Power, or How to Exploit Hope, Fear, and Anger
		The Political Orchestration of the Hindu Sense of Vulnerability
		The Rise of the Bajrang Dal and the Plebeianization of Hindu Nationalism
		A New Social Profile: The Sangh Parivar and Its “Angry Young Men”
		The 2014 Election Campaign
	4. Welfare or Well-Being?
		Antipoverty Policies or Politics of Dignity?
		Villagers as Losers
		Diluting Reservations
		Modi, Champion of the Elite
	Conclusion to Part I
Part II. The World’s Largest de Facto Ethnic Democracy
	5. Hindu Majoritarianism against Secularism
		Hinduizing the Public Space
		The Crusade against “Liberals”
	6. Targeting Minorities
		Anti-Christian Xenophobia
		Recurrent Mobilizations against Muslims
	7. A De Facto Hindu Rashtra: Indian-Style Vigilantism
		The Bajrang Dal, the Sangh Parivar’s Armed Wing
		Vigilantes and State Administrations
		The Rise of a Parallel State: Law and Order as Moral Order
		Digital Vigilantism and Physical Violence against “Sickularists”
	Conclusion to Part II
Part III. The Indian Version of Competitive Authoritarianism
	8. Deinstitutionalizing India
		Who’s Afraid of the Lokpal?
		The Slow Death of the Right to Information
		The Vain Resistance of the Central Bureau of Investigation
		The National Investigation Agency and the CBI: From “Caged Parrots” to Watchdogs on a Leash
		The Supreme Court, from Resistance to Surrender
		What Fourth Estate?
	9. Toward “Electoral Authoritarianism”: The 2019 Elections
		Chowkidar Modi
		A Well-Oiled Election Machine
		Caste Politics and Its Paradoxes
		An Uneven Electoral Playing Ground
		Modi’s BJP: The Elitist Hegemon
	10. The Making of an Authoritarian Vigilante State
		Fighting Political Opponents by Other Means—in and out of Parliament
		The Making of a Majoritarian State Fighting Dissent
		Policemen as Vigilantes and “Urban Naxals” as Political Prisoners
	11. Indian Muslims: From Social Marginalization to Institutional Exclusion and Judicial Obliteration
		Invisible in the Republic: Long-Standing but Aggravated Institutional Marginality
		Muslims in Dealings with the Police and the Courts
		Judicial Majoritarianism: Preparing the Ground for a Ram Temple in Ayodhya
Conclusion
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index