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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459684603321

Autore

Chhibber Pradeep K. <1956->

Titolo

Democracy without associations [[electronic resource] ] : transformation of the party system and social cleavages in India / / Pradeep K. Chhibber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2001, c1999

ISBN

1-282-60472-4

9786612604720

0-472-02396-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Interests, identities, and institutions in comparative politics

Disciplina

324.253

Soggetti

Political parties - India

Electronic books.

India Politics and government 1977-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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