Democracy without associations : transformation of the party system and social cleavages in India / Pradeep K. Chhibber

Author:: Chhibber, Pradeep K., 1956-
Published:: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1999]
Copyright Date:: ©1999
Physical Description:: xiv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Series:

Interests, identities, and institutions in comparative politics

Contents:

State structures, associational life, and the social basis of party systems -- Central, state, and local governments in India -- Electoral laws, associations, and the organization of the Catchall Congress Party -- Electoral competition and the growth of central intervention in the states -- Building coalitions in the Indian States -- From a Catchall to a cleavage-based party system in an Indian State : Uttar Pradesh -- State policy, party politics, and the rise of the BJP -- The centrality of parties to Indian politics : the politics of economic reform and collective violence -- Forming links between social cleavages and party systems : Algeria and Spain -- Conclusion : rethinking party systems and social cleavages.

Subject(s):

Political parties—India
India—Politics and government—1977-

ISBN:

0472109626 (cloth : acid-free paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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