Applying an intercultural and comparative theoretical approach
across Asia and Africa, this book analyses the rise and moderation
of political movements in developing societies which mobilise
popular support with references to conceptions of cultural
identity. The author includes not only the Hindu nationalist
movement but also many Islamist political movements in a single
category - New Cultural Identitarian Political Movements (NCIPM).
Demonstrating significant similarities in the pattern of evolution
between these and European Christian Democracy, the book provides
an instrument for the analysis of these movements outside the
parameters of the fundamentalism debate. The book looks at a number
of key variables for understanding the evolution of NCIPM, and it
goes on to analyse the transition of developing societies from
rent-based political economies to capitalism and the (partial)
failure of this transition process. It argues that there is a need
to incorporate economic and class analysis in the study of
political processes in developing societies against the continuing
emphasis on cultural factors associated with the "cultural turn" of
social sciences. The book is an interesting contribution to studies
in South Asian Politics, as well as Comparative Politics.
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