Achin Vanaik
Biographic Data
| ID | 3946777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Achin Vanaik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Achin |
| FAMILY NAME | Vanaik |
| SIGNATURE | VANAIK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delhi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Global and regional confrontation in South and Southeast Asia
The security situation in South and Southeast Asia plays out amid a global geopolitical order. The United States remains the single most powerful country and will remain so for some time; Russia is a rough equal only with respect to its nuclear arsenal; and China will soon become, in terms of total economic output, the world leader – but its per capita income level will not soon approximate those of Western developed countries. This article looks…
India's Two Hegemonies
How to grasp what’s new in the rule of right-wing strongmen like India’s Narendra Modi? Systematic comparison of the predominance of today’s BJP with that of the Congress Party under Nehru and his descendants. Contrasts of leadership style and party organization—continuities of cow-belt base, regional chauvinism and border enforcement
Trajetórias futuras para os BRICS
Nepal’s Maoists in Power
Capitalist Globalisation and the Problem of Stability
Ever-expanding capital accumulation cannot be stable or cumulative without coordination and regulation provided by the state and the system of states, wherein the subset of the most powerful states is vital for establishing stability. There is a hegemonic transition of sorts towards a new quintet of powers in which the USA will remain indispensable as the key coordinator. Pretensions regarding China as the new hegemon are exposed as also are Indi…
Subcontinental Strategies
Achin Vanaik explores the specificities of India’s social formation and its lefts, in the only country where both Stalinism and Maoism remain significant political actors. In the wake of recent electoral reverses, what are the prospects for radical renewal
Misconceiving Asia
The New Himalayan Republic
The overthrow of the monarchy in Nepal, brought about by a prolonged people’s war and massive popular mobilizations. Achin Vanaik sets out the complex socio-historical backdrop to the Second Democratic Revolution of 2006, the ensuing struggle for a new republic, and the tactical challenges facing the CPN-M
The Paradoxes of Indian Politics
This article by one of India's foremost writers on contemporary politics surveys twelve paradoxes. These are the key themes which have shaped domestic political change in India in recent decades and particularly since the mid‐eighties. It outlines how social and economic changes have intersected with political possibilities and especially stresses the way in which India's continued social inequalities have been played out in a democratic setting.…
Strategy after Bush
Myths of the Permit Raj
Rendezvous at Mumbai
The fourth World Social Forum, in the neoliberal capital of the global South. Soaring elite consumption, widening inequality and anti-Muslim pogroms of Shining India, with the New Hindu Right set for fresh electoral victory
Making India strong
The New Indian Right
What is the nature of the BJP regime in Delhi—does it offer a viable formula for neoliberal rule in the subcontinent? Bigotry of the market: bigotry of the temple—is a lasting union between them possible? The obsessions and mystifications of Hindu communalism
Reply to Pizzo
The Indian Nuclear Tests
Research Article| May 01 1998 The Indian Nuclear Tests: Causes, Consequences and Portents Achin Vanaik Achin Vanaik Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1998) 18 (1): 52–63. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-18-1-52 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Achin Vanaik; The Indian Nuclear Tests: Causes, Consequences and Portents. Co…
Reflections on Communalism and Nationalism in India
It is widely agreed that the spectre of growing communalism is the most important issue facing India today. In the battle for the soul of Indian nationalism three positions have been staked out. Firstly, there are those who insist that Indian nationalism must rest on cultural and psychological
The Indian Left
The record of the major formations of the Indian Left is contradictory in the extreme. Alone in the capitalist world, the two Communist parties (cpi and cpm) have had lengthy experience of administering semi-autonomous regions, while their respective trade union federations have played a major role
The Rajiv Congress in Search of Stability
Never since the early days of independence has any government in New Delhi received the kind of acclaim that Rajiv Gandhi’s has enjoyed from bourgeois commentators at home and in the West. The eastern bloc, if not so vociferous, has certainly not sounded a dissenting note. The ‘Rajiv
Capitalist Globalisation and the Problem of Stability
Ever-expanding capital accumulation cannot be stable or cumulative without coordination and regulation provided by the state and the system of states, wherein the subset of the most powerful states is vital for establishing stability. There is a hegemonic transition of sorts towards a new quintet of powers in which the USA will remain indispensable as the key coordinator. Pretensions regarding China as the new hegemon are exposed as also are Indi…
Making India strong
Rendezvous at Mumbai
The fourth World Social Forum, in the neoliberal capital of the global South. Soaring elite consumption, widening inequality and anti-Muslim pogroms of Shining India, with the New Hindu Right set for fresh electoral victory
The Rajiv Congress in Search of Stability
Never since the early days of independence has any government in New Delhi received the kind of acclaim that Rajiv Gandhi’s has enjoyed from bourgeois commentators at home and in the West. The eastern bloc, if not so vociferous, has certainly not sounded a dissenting note. The ‘Rajiv
The Indian Left
The record of the major formations of the Indian Left is contradictory in the extreme. Alone in the capitalist world, the two Communist parties (cpi and cpm) have had lengthy experience of administering semi-autonomous regions, while their respective trade union federations have played a major role
Reflections on Communalism and Nationalism in India
It is widely agreed that the spectre of growing communalism is the most important issue facing India today. In the battle for the soul of Indian nationalism three positions have been staked out. Firstly, there are those who insist that Indian nationalism must rest on cultural and psychological
The Indian Nuclear Tests
Research Article| May 01 1998 The Indian Nuclear Tests: Causes, Consequences and Portents Achin Vanaik Achin Vanaik Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1998) 18 (1): 52–63. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-18-1-52 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Achin Vanaik; The Indian Nuclear Tests: Causes, Consequences and Portents. Co…
Reply to Pizzo
The New Indian Right
What is the nature of the BJP regime in Delhi—does it offer a viable formula for neoliberal rule in the subcontinent? Bigotry of the market: bigotry of the temple—is a lasting union between them possible? The obsessions and mystifications of Hindu communalism
Making India strong
Myths of the Permit Raj
Rendezvous at Mumbai
The fourth World Social Forum, in the neoliberal capital of the global South. Soaring elite consumption, widening inequality and anti-Muslim pogroms of Shining India, with the New Hindu Right set for fresh electoral victory
Strategy after Bush
The Paradoxes of Indian Politics
This article by one of India's foremost writers on contemporary politics surveys twelve paradoxes. These are the key themes which have shaped domestic political change in India in recent decades and particularly since the mid‐eighties. It outlines how social and economic changes have intersected with political possibilities and especially stresses the way in which India's continued social inequalities have been played out in a democratic setting.…
The New Himalayan Republic
The overthrow of the monarchy in Nepal, brought about by a prolonged people’s war and massive popular mobilizations. Achin Vanaik sets out the complex socio-historical backdrop to the Second Democratic Revolution of 2006, the ensuing struggle for a new republic, and the tactical challenges facing the CPN-M
Misconceiving Asia
Subcontinental Strategies
Achin Vanaik explores the specificities of India’s social formation and its lefts, in the only country where both Stalinism and Maoism remain significant political actors. In the wake of recent electoral reverses, what are the prospects for radical renewal
Capitalist Globalisation and the Problem of Stability
Ever-expanding capital accumulation cannot be stable or cumulative without coordination and regulation provided by the state and the system of states, wherein the subset of the most powerful states is vital for establishing stability. There is a hegemonic transition of sorts towards a new quintet of powers in which the USA will remain indispensable as the key coordinator. Pretensions regarding China as the new hegemon are exposed as also are Indi…
Nepal’s Maoists in Power
India's Two Hegemonies
How to grasp what’s new in the rule of right-wing strongmen like India’s Narendra Modi? Systematic comparison of the predominance of today’s BJP with that of the Congress Party under Nehru and his descendants. Contrasts of leadership style and party organization—continuities of cow-belt base, regional chauvinism and border enforcement
Trajetórias futuras para os BRICS
Global and regional confrontation in South and Southeast Asia
The security situation in South and Southeast Asia plays out amid a global geopolitical order. The United States remains the single most powerful country and will remain so for some time; Russia is a rough equal only with respect to its nuclear arsenal; and China will soon become, in terms of total economic output, the world leader – but its per capita income level will not soon approximate those of Western developed countries. This article looks…
Political science (8 works) · Indian Economic and Social Development (7 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political Economy and Marxism (3 works)