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Autumn of the matriarch : Indira Gandhi's final term in office / Diego Maiorano.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190247416 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984
| India -- Politics and government -- 1947Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190233068DDC classification: 954.052092 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The first systematic study of Indira Gandhi's final term in office as India's Prime Minister (1980-84), an important period in the country's recent history when some of the defining features of today's India's political system emerged. The book argues that the early 1980s were a period of uncompromising change, particularly in three key areas: the liberalisation of the economy; the emergence of new forms of political mobilisation; and the increasingly regionalised polity, with the states becoming crucial actors in India's political system.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first systematic study of Indira Gandhi's final term in office as India's Prime Minister (1980-84), an important period in the country's recent history when some of the defining features of today's India's political system emerged. The book argues that the early 1980s were a period of uncompromising change, particularly in three key areas: the liberalisation of the economy; the emergence of new forms of political mobilisation; and the increasingly regionalised polity, with the states becoming crucial actors in India's political system.
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