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Conclusion: Interpreting the Emergency by Christophe Jaffrelot; Pratinav Anil is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Conclusion: Interpreting the Emergency about?

This chapter pursues the following questions: (1), was the Emergency a parenthesis, a turning point or was the difference between it and the periods that bookended it more a matter of degree? And (2), how exceptional was this episode for the average Indian? It compares the Emergency to the post-independence period of democracy that preceded it, as well as to the decades following it. The chapter places India’s first experiment with authoritarianism and the regime itself in a broader historical perspective. In sum, the conclusion interprets the Emergency and positions it in India’s postcolonial history.

Author

Christophe Jaffrelot; Pratinav Anil

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

2021

Language

EN