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| Mahatma (Mohandas KL.) Gandhi |
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Led Indias struggle for Indipendence . non violent.
Led boycott of british goods and istitutions courts, schools, civil service emploment. 1930's british salt 200 mile march to sea |
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| 1960's and 1970's. with its technology enhanced crops and cropping methods, improve3d production dramatically |
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| from Aryan and dravidian culture itemerged. Governs all aspect sof life, rituals, norms of birth, death , marraige, eating, livilihood. |
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| combines hindu and mslim bleiefs |
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| mughal puppet governership. with british merchants on their side. this facilitated the plunderign of Indian wealth and resources |
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1857-58. arised from frowing economic frustration, political awarness and national identy. it was sponsered by Indian aristocracy and carried out by Indian sepoys, soliders employed by the british.
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| emodied anti colonial movement 1885 |
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| succed Gandhi in INC. Independent Indias first PM |
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| "holding firmly to faith". one of Gandhis Philos |
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| nonviloence or love (one of Gandhis Philos) |
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Nehru daughter more authoritarian than her father
voted out in 1977 after lift of emergency rule
repleaced by janata/peoples party
came back into power after ineffenciacy of thier rule |
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what Indria instuted in 1975 to suspend the consitution anddeclare marshall law.
Econ eff succesful during those 2 yrs.
suspension of civil liberities jilingof many political opponets |
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state level equivilance of emergency rule.
used in Punjab
bc thay called for a sikah state of Khalistan |
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| Goldne Temple of Amritsar |
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Sikhism holiest tmeple . Indria launched a mil op against it.
then sikh body gaurds killed her |
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| Indria's son. governed for 5 yrs. Shifted focus away from social dem and mercantilist policies of hismom and grandfather. Promote dmore liberal mkt measures |
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INC strongest compititon. Has Hindua nationist vision. draws strength from upper castes by 1990s drew support from all castes.
Came in power in 1998-2004 |
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| city of Babri Mosque also birth place of hindu god. Sacred to muslims and hindus. 1990s Hindus siezed it and destoryed it. led to violence |
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| in 2002 on tenth anversy of destrucion of babri mosque muslims set fire to rail cars carrying hindu activists back from a ceramony at ayodhya |
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| widow of Rajiv Gandhi. Leader of INC but steped down and let another take office to avoid controversy. |
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| countrys first Sikh pm. who Sonia stepped down for |
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| Lower house (Peoples Assembly). In charge of taxation changes |
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| Upper house (Council of States) |
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| Urdu-speaking muslims are th emajority |
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acronym for National Association of Volunteers in HIndi
of what BJP is part of
embraces Hindutava |
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| Import -subsitution insustrilization |
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| INC adopted this mercantilist poicy rooted in economic naitonlism. that restricts foriegn investment and trade |
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| mercantilist holdover requiring licensing and approval processes for operating a business and importing and exporting products |
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| revolt in 1857- 58 failed |
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| muslim invadrs who were desendants of Genhis Kan...ruled unified indial for several hunfred yrs before 16th c |
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| stagey used by the B east india company where Mugjhal governship were established wirth british merchant adivsores at theri side. Faciltated plunderiung of Indian wealth and resouirces |
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| creation of Paksitan as a muslim dominated nation in 1947 |
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| Area of golden Temple, Sikhisms holiest shrine. Location where Ghandi launced a military operation during Presidnetial rule. |
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| City in north iof India Containg Barbr Mosque--built by mnungals on a site that is birh place of hindu god. violance |
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| only region of india with a muslim majority |
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| term used to describe what unites all Hindus tin the sense of Hindu nationalsim |
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| Minorty form of islam that differs i its belief in the rightful religious heir of Muhammad. Form of Isma practiced by majority oif Iranians |
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| Former President of iran 1997-2005. Reformist many expected iran to westernize during his rule , no serious reform was made |
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| Islamic Fundamentalism ( Islamism) |
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| an approch to the faith marked by a belif that literl interpretation of faith should be bais of poltical regime |
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| supremem leader 1979 leader of revolution ruled to death in 88 |
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| islamic law --bais of Irans legal system |
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| Elected assmbly that drew up Irans first constitution and legislative body. Demanded by religous and buisnessleaderin 1906 |
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| Reza Shah Pahlavi (Reza Khan) |
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| Shah of Iran form 1925-41 who overhtew the last shah of Qajar dybasty |
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| Prime minister of Iran from 1951-53. Nationlized oil and prokoked british anger |
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| 1963 reform that included land reform literacy and privtization of state run idustires, womens rights, opposed by muslim radicals |
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| rule by islamic jurists. continuation of a ssytem first established by phrophet |
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| President of iran currently |
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| Iran gover body that elcts the supreme leader and has power to remove him due to religous incompetence |
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| Iranian body made of of tweleve individuals who serve six year terms. has the power to veto legislation form the Majilis |
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| Iranina body made of of mmebers appointed by supreme leader. Mediates legislation that the council of guardians can not revise |
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| para military force originated in the 79 revolution, Plays important role in defendind regimes against opponents, fought in Iran- Iraq war and continues to influence Iranina politcs, both domestica nd internationla |
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| Iran group tha serves in public works disaster relief also public morals police force |
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| Group formed to contest the 2000 Majlis elections. Comprised of the Servantsof Construction Party and other reform groups |
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| Iranian concept of communit. Iran theocracy dictates that its memebers are expected to act as a unified group tha tembodied and derved the revolution |
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| Approach to Isma favored by conservative ratehr than radical muslims, which favors keepin gpolitcs and religion at a distance in sertin instances and calls for western economic policies whil e maintiang a strict approach to social and moral issues |
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| Parastatl foundations in Iran with the purpose of helping disadvataged. given stae assets and assests of rich in contra to gov |
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| System in which human beigns ae no longer part of isolated communities that are themseves linked through narrow channel of diplomatic relations or trade |
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| pursue policy objectives and foster public particapation |
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| religous leader who is an dexpert in Islamic law |
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| routinization of charisma |
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| what max Weber used to desribe the Iranin regime after Khomeni and the challenge that it faces. |
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12 people six lawyers appointed by chief justice and approved by majlis, and six clerics in religous law appointe dby supreme leader.
Job is to ensure of the ciriteria of islam and the consitution. |
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| operate outside gov oversite |
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| deepens an dwidens international connections domestic issues are made international |
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| political globalizationmay bring about am ore peaceful world order, constriangn tendiacies towrds violance by dispersing sovereignty among numerous actors wihil constrainng the capacity and autonomy of the states |
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| idea first raised with regard to EU power. if power moves to global insitution, represntaion and seomcratic control may grow waker as citizens lack th abvilty to control thse sbodies and these instituitons and elites. |
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| unviersal , global, "worldly"polical order that draws its idnetity and values from everywhere. . hisotiaclly it wa sphysical space that ideas came together. no it internatioally binds us where we are |
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| makes war unbenificial golden striaght jacket. war to costly |
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| wat unthinkable bc it unercuts national patriotica and other identies that states call on to justify war |
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| reaction/ impulse across many societies agaisnt globlaizaiton, to violently resit alien ideas and values. |
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| people in Iran who thin they are very modern |
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