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Democracy without associations : transformation of the party system and social cleavages in India /
"India's party system has undergone a profound transformation over the last decade. The Congress Party, a catchall party that brought independence in 1947 and governed India for much of the period since then, no longer dominates the electoral scene. Political parties that draw support from...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
c1999.
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| Colección: | Interests, identities, and institutions in comparative politics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.