02849nam 2200601Ia 450 991045968460332120200520144314.01-282-60472-497866126047200-472-02396-9(CKB)2670000000039597(EBL)3414821(OCoLC)923502573(SSID)ssj0000415633(PQKBManifestationID)11304570(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415633(PQKBWorkID)10416282(PQKB)11043470(MiAaPQ)EBC3414821(Au-PeEL)EBL3414821(CaPaEBR)ebr10392995(CaONFJC)MIL260472(EXLCZ)99267000000003959720020206h20011999 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDemocracy without associations[electronic resource] transformation of the party system and social cleavages in India /Pradeep K. ChhibberAnn Arbor University of Michigan Press2001, c19991 online resource (302 p.)Interests, identities, and institutions in comparative politicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-472-08827-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index.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 BJP8. 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; IndexA demonstration of how political parties and state policy can make some social divisions more salient than othersInterests, identities, and institutions in comparative politics.Political partiesIndiaIndiaPolitics and government1977-Electronic books.Political parties324.253Chhibber Pradeep K.1956-953159MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459684603321Democracy without associations2154831UNINA