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The Communist Party of India and the Indian emergency / David Lockwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lockwood, David, 1953- author.
- Series:
- Sage series in modern Indian history ; 17.
- SAGE series in modern Indian history ; volume XVII
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984.
- Gandhi, Indira.
- Communist Party of India--History--20th century.
- Communist Party of India.
- Indian National Congress--History--20th century.
- Indian National Congress.
- Socialism--India--History--20th century.
- Socialism.
- Crisis management in government--India--History--20th century.
- Crisis management in government.
- India--Politics and government--1947-.
- India.
- India--Politics and government--1975-1977.
- India--Economic policy--1974-1980.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "India, June 1975. Fundamental rights are suspended. The Opposition is in jail. The Press is shut down. And Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has just declared Emergency. Only one political party supports Indira Gandhi's action--the Communist Party of India (CPI). Why did the CPI take up this lonely and much-criticised stand? Were there any pressures from the Soviet Union or was the CPI looking for some political mileage? CPI's stance on the issue has never been discussed, analysed and understood. In an exhaustive study of the period, David Lockwood lays bare the facts before us. Through personal interviews with CPI members, internal documents of the party and archives, he presents the most thorough study of the CPI and the Emergency so far"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Communist Party of India from 1947 to 1966
- India, from liberalisation to leftism
- The Communist Party of India and the Congress-crisis years
- The emergency
- Excesses
- Aftermath
- Globalisation and the emergency.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 93-5150-577-4
- 93-5150-579-0
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