The Changing Pat Tern of Political Dynamism in India: A Case Study of Anna Hazare Movement

Mr. Raja Qaiser Ahmed

doi:https://doi.org/10.51768/dbr.v13i2.132201220

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The Changing Pat Tern of Political Dynamism in India: A Case Study of Anna Hazare Movement

Raja Qaiser Ahmed

https://doi.org/10.51768/dbr.v13i2.132201220

Published Online: December 06, 2012

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1. * Raja Qaiser Ahmed, Lecturer, Defense and Diplomatic Studies, Fatima Jinah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (rajaqaiserahmed@gmail.com)

The paper comprehensively analyzes the development of a new middle class as an offshoot of the rampant economic growth of India after 1991. This economic prosperity has not only resulted in the uplifting of socio-economic conditions but has surged the level of consciousness, concernment and awareness among people and they have become more concerned with their frame of rule and political order where it demands for potent assertion. Paper also focuses on the development of Indian polity in post-colonial phase and juxtaposes the uprising of Anna Hazare with the popular movement of Sampurn Kranti by JP Narayan. There is a continuous demand for change in political order that could accommodate newly emerged Middle Class and movement of Anna Hazare is the best elucidation of this phenomenon.

Purpose: Purpose of the research is to find the rationale of a popular rising in a country like India which offers the most functional democracy of the world.

Design/methodology/Approach: Exploratory research methodology has been followed along with the qualitative data analysis. On hand literature on Indian Middle Class has been carefully examined and over the case study interviews and primary introspection has been made.

Findings: The Indian boom of economic prosperity due to liberalized economy has resulted in a strong educated Middle Class which yearns for its stature in political sphere. The movement of Anna Hazare serves as a vantage point for Indian middle class to forcefully assert itself.

Research Limitations/Implications: The study is significant rather appurtenant because of the increasing significance of India in global sphere. This paper would aim at exploring the societal dynamism associated with the state and polity in India.

Originality/Value: 19% similarity Index and all that has been cited has footnotes and bibliography.

Keywords

Middle Class, Neo-Metropolitan Bourgeoisie, Socioeconomics, Colonialism, Liberal Economy, Post-Colonialism.

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