SRS 2195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sonia Gandhi, Narendra Modi, Neoliberalism
22 Mar 2017
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Jawarhalal nehru (1889-1964) = father of nation, undisputed leadership: constitution (1950) modeled on british, colonial structures continued, simply indigenized, constitution foresaw secular state = indian secularism . The threat of communalism : communalism = communities by religious identity. The congress party and the congress system : nehru had charisma enough to win elections without being too deliberate about getting all people"s votes, ghandi is ruling elite. The creation of indian states along linguistic lines happened b/c (note: not equal to communalism) Lok sabha (lower house) and rajya sabha (upper house) lower has more power. To the federal govt theoretically but constitution perceives presidential rule" = prime minister can delegitimize the govt: prime ministerial and cabinet executive with president, very similar to canada, except queen replaced by president. The opposition: strengths and weaknesses (disunited, not as broadly based as. Congress: deals with internal divisions b/c she doesn"t have as wide a base of support as.
