Authoritarian Populism and Bovine Political Economy in Modi¿s India

<P><EM>Authoritarian Populism and Bovine Political Economy in Modi¿s India </EM>analyses how the twin forces of Hindu nationalism and neoliberalism unfold in India¿s bovine economy, revealing their often-devastating material and economic impact on the country¿s poor.</P><P>This book is a rare, in-depth study of India¿s bovine economy under Narendra Modi¿s authoritarian populism. This is an economy that throws up a central paradox: On the one hand, an entrenched and aggressive Hindu nationalist politics is engaged in violently protecting the cow, disciplining those who do not sufficiently respect and revere it; on the other hand, India houses and continuously promotes one of the world¿s largest corporate-controlled beef export economies that depends on the slaughter of millions of bovines every year. The book offers an original analysis of this scenario to show how Modi¿s authoritarian populist regime has worked to reconcile the two by simultaneously promoting a virulent Hindu nationali