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100	1		_aPrakash, Gyan., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEmergency chronicles : _bIndira Gandhi and democracy's turning point / _cGyan Prakash.
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2019.
300			_aviii, 439 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Prologue; 1 A Case of Mistaken Identity; 2 A Fine Balance; 3 Rage on the Streets; 4 Into the Abyss; 5 Lawful Suspension of Law; 6 Sanjay's Chariot; 7 Bodies and Bulldozers; 8 Freedom behind Bars; 9 The Aftermath; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index. Machine generated contents note: 1.A Case of Mistaken Identity 2.A Fine Balance 3.Rage on the Streets 4.Into the Abyss 5.Lawful Suspension of Law 6.Sanjay's Chariot 7.Bodies and Bulldozers 8.Freedom behind Bars 9.The Aftermath.
520			_aThe gripping story of an explosive turning point in the history of modern India. On the night of June 25, 1975, Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India, suspending constitutional rights and rounding up her political opponents in midnight raids across the country. In the twenty-one harrowing months that followed, her regime unleashed a brutal campaign of coercion and intimidation, arresting and torturing people by the tens of thousands, razing slums, and imposing compulsory sterilization on the poor. Emergency Chronicles provides the first comprehensive account of this understudied episode in India's modern history. Gyan Prakash strips away the comfortable myth that the Emergency was an isolated event brought on solely by Gandhi's desire to cling to power, arguing that it was as much the product of Indian democracy's troubled relationship with popular politics. Drawing on archival records, private papers and letters, published sources, film and literary materials, and interviews with victims and perpetrators, Prakash traces the Emergency's origins to the moment of India's independence in 1947, revealing how the unfulfilled promise of democratic transformation upset the fine balance between state power and civil rights. He vividly depicts the unfolding of a political crisis that culminated in widespread popular unrest, which Gandhi sought to crush by paradoxically using the law to suspend lawful rights. Her failure to preserve the existing political order had lasting and unforeseen repercussions, opening the door for caste politics and Hindu nationalism. Placing the Emergency within the broader global history of democracy, this gripping book offers invaluable lessons for us today as the world once again confronts the dangers of rising authoritarianism and populist nationalism. On the night of June 25, 1975, Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India, suspending constitutional rights and rounding up her political opponents in midnight raids across the country. In the twenty-one harrowing months that followed, her regime unleashed a brutal campaign of coercion and intimidation, arresting and torturing people by the tens of thousands, razing slums, and imposing compulsory sterilization on the poor. Emergency Chronicles provides the first comprehensive account of this understudied episode in India's modern history. Gyan Prakash strips away the comfortable myth that the Emergency was an isolated event brought on solely by Gandhi's desire to cling to power, arguing that it was as much the product of Indian democracy's troubled relationship with popular politics. Drawing on archival records, private papers and letters, published sources, film and literary materials, and interviews with victims and perpetrators, Prakash traces the Emergency's origins to the moment of India's independence in 1947, revealing how the unfulfilled promise of democratic transformation upset the fine balance between state power and civil rights. He vividly depicts the unfolding of a political crisis that culminated in widespread popular unrest, which Gandhi sought to crush by paradoxically using the law to suspend lawful rights. Her failure to preserve the existing political order had lasting and unforeseen repercussions, opening the door for caste politics and Hindu nationalism.
546			_aIn English.
650		0	_aHISTORY /​ Asia /​ India &​ South Asia.
650		0	_aPolitics and government.
650		0	_aWomen prime ministers.
650		0	_aWomen prime ministers _zIndia.
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y20th century.
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