The Sangh Parivar (Oip): A Reader (Critical Issues in Indian Pol.) Paperback – 8 May 2006

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By : Christophe Jaffrelot (Author)

Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP India (8 May 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195683653
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 530 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm

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This volume brings together significant readings on the Sangh Parivar-the ‘family’ of Hindu nationalist organizations-and traces the rise of the Right wing in Indian politics. It describes the matrix of the Sangh Parivar-the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)- and how it was constituted. It examines the core group of the Parivar and shows how each group represents a major arena of public sphere-the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the political arena; the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal (BD) in the religious domain; Rashtra Sevika Samiti representing the women’s wing of the RSS; Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (VKA) for the welfare of tribal groups; Seva Bharati which works among the Dalits; and the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) active in the economic domain

Christophe Jaffrelot is Avantha Chair and Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at the King’s India Institute and also the Research Lead for the Global Institutes, King’s College London. He teaches South Asian politics and history at Sciences Po, Paris and is an Overseas Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was Director of Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) at Sciences Po, between 2000 and 2008.

Christophe holds a Diploma of Sciences Po (1985), an M.A. in history of the University of Paris I-Sorbonne (1986), an Advanced Study Degree of the EHESS (1986), a Hindi DULCO of “Langues O”, the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (1990) and a Ph.D. in political science from Sciences Po (1991). He joined the CNRS in 1991 and became Director of research in 2002. As a CNRS senior research fellow, he is affiliated to CERI-Sciences Po, where he teaches since 1991.

He takes part in the editorial board of several journals and is the senior editor of a Hurst book series that he has founded in 1999, Comparative Politics and International Studies. He is also a Non Resident Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C. and is a regular commentator on Indian and Pakistani politics in France, UK, north America and in India where he writes a fortnightly column in The Indian Express.