Ideas of India Aditya Balasubramanian on Swatantra Party and Opposition Politics in India
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Jan 25, 2024 Aditya Balasubramanian, Senior Lecturer in History at Australian National University, discusses his new book on Swatantra Party and opposition politics in India. Topics include the influence of BR Shenoy and Austrian economists, the principles and coalition-building efforts of Indian conservatives, conservatism rooted in pluralism, the party's ideologies and coalition, and the views on inflation and authoritarianism.
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Introduction
00:00 • 5min
Conservatism and Pluralism in India
04:39 • 25min
Exploring 'Sotan's Raparti Politics' and the Limitations of the Swatantra Party's Coalition
30:02 • 3min
Determining the Party's Audience
33:04 • 2min
Exploring the Ideologies and Coalition of the Swatantra Party
34:41 • 8min
Views on Inflation, the State, and Authoritarianism
42:34 • 3min
Coalition-Building in Tamil Nadu
45:17 • 25min