Democracy Without Associations Transformation of the Party System and Social Cleavages in India

Name: Democracy Without Associations Transformation of the Party System and Social Cleavages in India
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ISBN: 9780472088270

ISBN-10: 0472088270

ISBN-13: 9780472088270

Edition: 2001

Authors: Pradeep K. Chhibber

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India's party system has undergone a profound transformation over the last decade. The Congress Party, a catch-all party that brought independence in 1947 and governed India for much of the period since then, no longer dominates the electoral scene. Political parties which draw support from particular caste and religious groups are now more powerful than ever before. Democracy Without Associations explains why religious and caste-based political parties come to dominate the electoral landscape in 1990s India and why catch-all parties have declined. Arguing that political parties and state policy can make some social divisions more salient than others and also determine how these divisions…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 7/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


List of Figures


List of Tables



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


Appendixes


Notes


References


Index