Nationalisms inclusive and exclusive: a comparison of the Indian Congress Movement and the African National Congress of South Africa

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Title:	Nationalisms inclusive and exclusive: a comparison of the Indian Congress Movement and the African National Congress of South Africa
Author:	Freund, Bill
Year:	2015
Periodical:	Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa (ISSN 0258-7696)
Issue:	86
Pages:	5-29
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	South Africa India
Subjects:	social conditions economic policy poverty reduction democratization nation building national identity
About person:	Neville Edward Alexander (1936-2012)
External link:	https://muse.jhu.edu/article/576312
Abstract:	In this paper, the historical trajectories of the ANC and the Congress Party in India are compared, examining both successes and limitations. The crucial tasks in both cases have involved 1) addressing the poverty and poor living conditions of the majority, in part through economic policies related to industrialisation; 2) establishing effective links between well-honed bureaucratic structures and rising popular democracy; and 3) constructing a nation with which the whole population can identify. The paper assesses both situations critically towards this end. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]