TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lockwood,David
TI  - The Communist Party of India and the Indian emergency
T2  - SAGE series in modern Indian history
SN  - 9789351505785 (hbk)
U1  - 324.254075 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New Delhi, India
PB  - SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
KW  - Gandhi, Indira,
KW  - Communist Party of India
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Indian National Congress
KW  - Socialism
KW  - India
KW  - Crisis management in government
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1947-
KW  - 1975-1977
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - 1974-1980
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Communist Party of India from 1947 to 1966 -- India, from liberalisation to leftism -- The Communist Party of India and the Congress-crisis years -- The emergency -- Excesses -- Aftermath -- Globalisation and the emergency
N2  - "India, June 1975. Fundamental rights are suspended. The Opposition is in jail. The Press is shut down. And Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has just declared Emergency. Only one political party supports Indira Gandhi's action--the Communist Party of India (CPI). Why did the CPI take up this lonely and much-criticised stand? Were there any pressures from the Soviet Union or was the CPI looking for some political mileage? CPI's stance on the issue has never been discussed, analysed and understood. In an exhaustive study of the period, David Lockwood lays bare the facts before us. Through personal interviews with CPI members, internal documents of the party and archives, he presents the most thorough study of the CPI and the Emergency so far"--Provided by publisher
ER  -