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Jana Sangh

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania Press; 1969Description: 352pISBN:
  • 812275837
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.254 Bax
Summary: This biographical study examines a fast- growing organization that will influence India's political future. Not only is the [ana Sangh India's second largest political party. It is also an important religio-political movement in a' region where religion and politics can interact with explosive force. -- Two factors create a need for this first comprehensive history and analysis of the Jana Sangh. First, it is the only party that has in- creased its percentage of the popular vote as well as its share of parliamentary and assembly seats in each successive election from 1952 through 1967. Second, in the Western world, the Jana Sangh has been the least studied of the major Indian political parties. The biography thus presents, for the first time, a history of the Jana Sangh, which, since the 1967 elections; has grown into a potent force on the Indian political scene. Like the best of scholarly observers, Dr. Baxter doesn't confine his view to India, but gives us the broader implications of the movement, pointing to similarities between the Jana Sangh and. religio-political movements in several Asian and African states. In Japan, for example, there is a pair of organizations that has many parallels with J ana Sangh and the Indian Party's ties with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak (RSS), a Hindu cultural organization. The Japanese organizations are the religious Soka Gakkai and its political offshoot, the Komeito. This study, then, has two main purposes: to determine Jana Sangh's place within the Indian political system and, second, to examine its part in religio-political movements which are increasing in strength in several Afro-Asian countries. As such, it will provide valuable data and direction for future studies.
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This biographical study examines a fast- growing organization that will influence India's political future. Not only is the [ana Sangh
India's second largest political party. It is also an important religio-political movement in a' region where religion and politics can interact with explosive force. --
Two factors create a need for this first comprehensive history and analysis of the Jana Sangh. First, it is the only party that has in-
creased its percentage of the popular vote as well as its share of parliamentary and assembly seats in each successive election from 1952 through 1967. Second, in the Western world, the Jana Sangh has been the least studied of the major Indian political parties. The biography thus presents, for the first time, a history of the Jana Sangh, which, since the 1967 elections; has
grown into a potent force on the Indian political scene. Like the best of scholarly observers, Dr. Baxter doesn't confine his view to India, but gives us the broader implications of the movement, pointing to similarities between the Jana Sangh and. religio-political movements in several Asian and African states. In Japan, for example, there is a pair of organizations that has many parallels
with J ana Sangh and the Indian Party's ties with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak (RSS), a Hindu cultural organization. The Japanese organizations are the religious Soka Gakkai and its political offshoot, the Komeito. This study, then, has two main purposes: to
determine Jana Sangh's place within the Indian political system and, second, to examine its part in religio-political movements which are increasing in strength in several Afro-Asian countries. As such, it will provide valuable data and direction for future studies.

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