India in 1989: A year of elections in a culture of change

In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 111-125

Abstract

The article explores elections and political changes in India in 1989. It points out that while there has been a trend toward the reduction of regional tension and efforts have been made to elaborate selected areas of regional co-operation, the depth and intensity of domestic conflict have incresed. This has been most recently reflected in the rise of religious communalism, but is also apparent in movements of ethnic divisiveness. (DÜI-Sen)