Class Notes 4 You

  Nehruvian Consensus (Balancing right and left and remaining in center) Internal - Model of development  Middle path b/w Capitalism and Socialism  External -  Palestinian issue  NAM - even when Janata Party came to power - did not change  Women in independence  Indian Freedom movement - Largest civil rights movement  Gandhi’s mass movements - Ended the stigma since Aristotle of keeping women in 4 walls of the house  Despite being a patriarchal society - women had mass participation  Nehru   - When men were in jails, women took command of the national movement  All IDEOLOGICAL STREAMS  Rani Laxmi Bai  Annie Besant  Home Rule league Gandhian  Sarojini Naidu  NCM Brought out  Boycott and picketing  Stigma  Swadeshi - spinning Khadi  Going to Jails  Revolutionary  militant form of struggle also  Santi Ghosh  - Shot dead DM Bina Das  - Shot point blank at Governo...

  Tahir Mahmood,   former chairman of NCM Commissions are  white elephant . They are commission of  inactions . (add as criticism for any commission) India’s Parliamentary Democracy on Trial (2011) by  Madhav Godbole Says:Make Parliamentary calendar, give support of NGOs etc to committes etc. When crime pays   - Milan Vaishnav It is not a new phenomon, money and muscle use has been seen in ancient rome election as well. There is crime-politics marriage. Law breaker became law makers. Supply - Process of vertical integration (where Criminals themselves become politicians). By directly contesting elections, criminals could reduce the uncertainty associated with negotiating contracts.Criminals thus join politics for self-preservation, protection, and the potential financial benefits. Demand - soaring costs of election campaigns, which parties are unable to afford. Voters election them to 'get things done' in the midst of weak rule of law. it was the weakening ...