Region, Religion and Politics: 100 Years of Shiromani Akali Dal

ISBN-13: 9781032377339 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 420 str.

Amarjit S. Narang

Opis

This book delineates and analyses events and developments from the emergence of the Akali Dal, as a religious movement and its transformation into a religious political party, concerned with safeguarding the political, social and economic interests of the Sikhs as a minority.

O autorze

Amarjit S. Narang retired as Professor of Political Science from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. He has about forty five years of teaching experience having taught at Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi National Open Universities. He has been a fellow at Brock, McGill and Queen’s universities and Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. His interests include Indian Politics, Comparative Politics, Ethnic and Minority Studies, Human Rights, Punjab and Sikh studies.