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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812403303321

Autore

Chakrabarty Bidyut <1958->

Titolo

Winning the mandate : the Indian experience / / Bidyut Chakrabarty, Sugato Hazra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi, India : , : Sage, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

93-5150-743-2

93-5150-745-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

324.9540532

Soggetti

Political campaigns - India

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Is 2014 Election a GameChanger?; Trends in Election Campaign sinceIndependence; Coalition Era Starts; The India Shining Campaign and Its Failure; Gujarat Riot and the Incumbent Government; The Top-driven Congress Campaign for Political Mobilization; India Against Corruption, a Campaign Builds Up; The Leadership-centric Election Campaign; The Election Campaign and the Manifesto and Subtle Articulation of Political Messages; Assessing the Election Campaign; The Role of Social Media in Political Mobilization

The Unique 2014 National Poll in IndiaReinventing Political Communication-The Modi Interlude(?); Conclusion: Marketizing an Ideology-driven Dream; The Bihar Assembly Election, 2015-Revival of Coalition Dharma; Notes and References; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book captures how electioneering has changed over the years and how media and marketing have assumed more significance than party manifestos.