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Interests, Identities and Institutions in Comparative Politics : Democracy Without Associations: Transformation of the Party System and Social Cleavages in India.

A demonstration of how political parties and state policy can make some social divisions more salient than others.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chhibber, Pradeep K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : Ipswich : University of Michigan Press, Ebsco Publishing [distributor] Jan. 2001 ;
Colección:Interests, identities, and institutions in comparative politics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1. State Structures, Associational Life, and the Social Basis of Party Systems
  • 2. Central, State, and Local Governments in India
  • 3. Electoral Laws, Associations, and the Organization of the Catchall Congress Party
  • 4. Electoral Competition and the Growth of Central Intervention in the States
  • 5. Building Coalitions in the Indian States
  • 6. From a Catchall to a Cleavage-Based Party System in an Indian State: Uttar Pradesh
  • 7. State Policy, Party Politics, and the Rise of the BJP
  • 8. The Centrality of Parties to Indian Politics: The Politics of Economic Reform and Collective Violence9. Forming Links between Social Cleavages and Party Systems: Algeria and Spain
  • 10. Conclusion: Rethinking Party Systems and Social Cleavages
  • Appendixes
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index