New Experts - Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi''s India

"As populist movements sweep the globe, this book explores right-wing strategies of altering how knowledge and expertise are produced and legitimated. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available open access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"--

List of contents

1. Introduction: Building Blocks; 2. The BJP's Ideological Heterodoxy; 3. Replacing the Custodians of Discourse; 4. Outsourcing Democracy through Professional Consulting; 5. The Double-Sidedness of Hindutva: Inside the BJP's Think-Tanks; Conclusion: Reading Indian Apolitics.

About the author

Anuradha Sajjanhar is an Assistant Professor in Politics and Public Policy at the University of East Anglia, UK. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Policy and Governance at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, and received her Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.

Summary

As populist movements sweep the globe, this book explores right-wing strategies of altering how knowledge and expertise are produced and legitimated. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available open access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Foreword

Analyses the power of intellectuals and experts in justifying extremist politics, with a specific focus on India's intellectual elite.

Product details

• Authors: Anuradha Sajjanhar, Anuradha (University of East Anglia) Sajjanhar
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009349758
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0934975-8
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, India, Fascism & Nazism, Public Administration, Comparative Politics, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Public administration / Public policy, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements