Toward a Free Economy: Swatantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India

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Where this source is used

• The general taxonomies derive from European and North American debates; Balasubramanian's Indian account supplies one locally grounded classification rather than a universal non-Atlantic definition.

  • context · introduction, printed pp. 3–6

• Balasubramanian describes Swatantra forming coalitions to oppose Congress power.

  • supports · introduction, printed pp. 7–8

• Balasubramanian's classification makes Swatantra a bounded test of Indian economic conservatism, while the party's regional coalition and gender hierarchy prevent treating it as a universal conservative model.

  • supports · introduction, printed pp. 3–6 and 15–18

• Balasubramanian describes Swatantra appealing to courts as a check on Congress power.

  • supports · introduction, printed pp. 7–8

• Balasubramanian describes Swatantra's opposition project as a conservative alternative and its free-economy program as economic conservatism in postcolonial India.

  • supports · introduction, printed pp. 5–6

• Balasubramanian finds that Swatantra's propaganda and organization placed women in subordinate roles even while women worked as organizers and institution builders.

  • supports · introduction, printed pp. 15–16

• Balasubramanian finds that the constituencies behind Swatantra sought ordered progress and limits on centralized economic regulation rather than a wholesale rejection of the state.

  • supports · introduction, printed pp. 3–4 and 17–18

• Balasubramanian describes Swatantra using parliamentary procedure as an opposition practice.

  • supports · introduction, printed pp. 7–8