POLS 150 Exam 3 India Key TERMS

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House of the People

Lower and more powerful house of Indian parliament.

Indian National Congress (INC)

Major Indian political party; began as leading organization of Indian independence movement.

Import substitution industrialization

Mercantilist strategy of development in which local production is protected from imports.

What is India's electoral system for their lower house?

Single-member district plurality.

Kerala

Southwestern Indian state governed by communists; famous for its high rates of literacy, lows rates of fertility, and low population growth.

Partition

Creation of the new states of Pakistan and India from the South Asian British colony of India in 1947.

House of States

Upper house of Indian parliament, representing India's 28 states and seven territories.

Green Revolution

Period during the 1960's and 70's when technologically enhanced crops and cropping methods dramatically improved food production in India.

Asymmetric federalism

A system where power is devolved unequally across the country and its constituent regions, often the result of specific laws negotiated between the region and the central government.

Caste

Hindu hereditary social grouping

Raj

Hindu word for "RULE"

What is India's dominant religion?

Hinduism

Presidential Rule

State-level equivalent of emergency rule in India in which the national government takes temporary control of a state by imposing martial law.

Dalits

"Suppressed groups"; formal name of India's outcastes

East India Company

A firm created to develop trade between the U.K. and India.

What type of legislature does India have?

Parliament

Who is the President of India? "Head of State"

Pranab Mukherjee Few powers except can facilitate formation of coalition govt. or call new elections if coalition can't be formed.

Nabob Game

strategy of British east India Company for controlling India by setting up puppet Mughal governorships, or nabobs.

Chief Minister

Chief executive of federal states in India; elected by the state legislature to serve a five year term.

Kashmir

Contested region in northern India claimed by both India and Pakistan

Sepoy Mutiny

Failed 1857-58 revolt against the British, sponsored by the Indian aristocracy and carried out by sepoys, or Indian soldiers employed by the British.

Is India Unitary or federal division of power?

Federal

Nehru, Jawaharlal

India's first prime minister (1947-64) and successor to Mahatma Gandhi as leader of the INC

License Raj

India's highly bureaucratized and politicized mercantilist system of licenses, permits, and quotas governing virtually all aspects of the economy.

Untouchables

India's outcaste groups, including tribal aboriginals and those who traditionally performed "unclean" duties.

Muslim League

Indian Muslim independence organization.

Bharatiya Janata party

Indian People's Party; Hindu nationalist party that governed from 1998-2004.

Emergency Rule

Law invoked by Indian national government to suspend the constitution by declaring martial law.

Hindutva

Literally, "Hindu-ness"; Hindu nationalism

Who is the Prime Minister of India? "Head of Government"

Manmohan Sngh

Outsourcing

Moving the production of goods and services to another country to take advantage of cheap labor or other savings.

Mughals

Muslim invaders who rules India for several hundred years beginning in the 16th century.

Hindi

One of two national languages in India, other is English.

What type of Legislative-Executive System does India have?

Prime Ministerial

Naxalism

Radical Maoist (or guerrilla communist) insurgency in India

What kind of Chief judicial body does India have?

Supreme Court.

Center

Term referring to India's national government and its capital in New Delhi


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