Adam Ziegfeld

Why Regional Parties?

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Produktbeschreibung

The first major study of India's regional parties which discusses why, when, and where they are electorally successful.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 656g
• ISBN-13: 9781107118683
• ISBN-10: 1107118689
• Artikelnr.: 43710291

Autorenporträt

Adam Ziegfeld is the International Council Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University, Washington DC. His research explores electoral and party politics, particularly India. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and previously held postdoctoral positions at the University of Oxford and the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Definitions and description - regional political parties in India
3. Theory - clientelism, elites, and regional parties
4. Evidence - elites and regional party success in India
5. Cross-national variation - clientelism and institutions
6. India's successful regional parties - the costs of building national parties
7. Longitudinal variation in India - coalition government and the rise of regional parties
8. Subnational variation in India - factional sorting and elite divisions
9. Conclusion.