Indira's India
Democracy and Crisis Government
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4286063 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aaron S Klieman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 241-259 |
| Publication date | 1981-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2150338 |
| OpenAlex | W2312406549 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
So thoroughly unanticipated yet seemingly conclusive was the personal defeat handed Indira Gandhi by the Indian electorate in March 1977 that the only event of comparable political significance was her dramatic return to power less than three years later. Mrs. Gandhi's victory at the polls in January 1980 has prompted renewed concern about the likely future course of national politics in India and the prospects for democracy there. By the same token it forces a reconsideration of the earlier 1975-1977 period of emergency rule. In the euphoria of 1977, outside observers, including close followers of Indian politics, generally tended to gloss over the emergency experience. They were inclined to dismiss it for the most part as an unfortunate episode -a brief departure from traditional democratic government that, in any case, had evolved from a unique set of circumstances virtually impossible to replicate. Accordingly, the 1977 election was interpreted, instead, as a ringing confirmation of longstanding and positive assumptions: the essential soundness of the Indian political system; India's deep commitment to democracy; and, most emphatically, the maturity of the Indian people. I According to the optimists, the decisive intervention of the Indian masses had
Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2017 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |