Rekha Diwakar

Party System in India

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Party systems have important political, social and economic consequences in a polity. This book analyses the characteristics, evolution and determinants of party system in India. It argues that party system in India continues to be shaped by a complex interaction of sociological, institutional and contextual factors. The book reinforces the argument that a competitive party system remains key to the functioning of Indian democracy, and the parties remain the most important link between the state and its citizens.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 185mm x 130mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9780199479597
• ISBN-10: 0199479593
• Artikelnr.: 48853038

Autorenporträt

Rekha Diwakar is a lecturer in politics at the University of Sussex, UK, since 2013. She is also a research associate at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations
List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
1.: Parties and Party System in India
2.: The Congress 'System' and its Decline
3.: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Bharatiya Janata Party
4: Fragmentation of the Party System and Coalition Politics
5: Emerging Trends in the Indian Party System
Conclusion
References
Index
About the Author