TY - BOOK AU - GYAN PRAKASH TI - EMERGENCY CHRONOCLES : INDIRA GANDHI AND DEMOCRACY'S TURNING POINT SN - 9780670088249 U1 - 954.045 PY - 2018/// CY - USA PB - PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE INDIA KW - INDIRA GANDHI KW - EMERGENCY - INDIA N2 - This book challenges historiography that presents the Emergency of 1975-77 as an anomalous period in India’s recent history, instead showing how it grew out of existing political traditions, the legacies of which can still be felt in the present. This valuable analysis not only shows how Indian socio-economic structures have moulded its politics, but also suggests a way to understand the wider challenges facing contemporary politics in many parts of the world ER -