Populism, ontological insecurity and Hindutva: Modi and the masculinization of Indian politics

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  title={Populism, ontological insecurity and Hindutva: Modi and the masculinization of Indian politics},
  author={Catarina Kinnvall},
  journal={Cambridge Review of International Affairs},
  year={2019},
  volume={32},
  pages={283 - 302},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:164991567}
}
Abstract In an era increasingly defined by insecurity and populist politics, India has emerged as a forceful ontological security provider under the leadership of Marendra Modi. If ontological… 
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