India's Undeclared Emergency: Constitutionalism and the Politics of Resistance

by Arvind Narrain

About the Book

A SHARP AND NECESSARY ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS INDIA FACES TODAY

In 1975, the Indira Gandhi government declared Emergency in India, unveiling an era of State excesses, human rights violations, the centralisation of power and the dismantling of democracy. Nearly half a century later, the phrase 'undeclared emergency' gathers currency as citizens and analysts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9395073047
• ISBN13: 9789395073042
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Context
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"