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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154325603321

Autore

Chakrabarty Bidyut

Titolo

Communism in India : events, processes and ideologies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-939546-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

320.53/20954

Soggetti

Communism - India - History

Political Science

Law, Politics & Government

Socialism, Communism & Anarchism

India Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Parliamentary left in India -- Parliamentary left in Tripura : a creative blending of ideology and organization prevailing over ethnic division -- Parliamentary left in Kerala : a creative socio-political engineering of governance -- Parliamentary left in west Bengal : organizational hegemony established through an ideological churning -- Parliamentary left in west Bengal : a nemesis failing to re-kindle the old charm in globalizing India -- Left-wing-extremism in India -- Genesis of Maoism in India -- The Maoist blueprint for future India -- Maoism: a utopia or "jacobean" reign of terror? -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Party constitution of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) -- Notes -- Bibliographical notes with select bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, Bidyut Chakrabarty, an expert on contemporary Indian political economy and social movements, presents a sweeping analysis of the changing nature of communist ideology over the past century in India.