Role of Regional Political Parties in India
Title | Role of Regional Political Parties in India PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Mittal Publications |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | India |
ISBN | 9788183241915 |
Regional Political Parties in India
Title | Regional Political Parties in India PDF eBook |
Author | Satyavan Bhatnagar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | India |
ISBN |
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Why Regional Parties?
Title | Why Regional Parties? PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Ziegfeld |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2016-02-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1316539008 |
Today, regional parties in India win nearly as many votes as national parties. In Why Regional Parties?, Professor Adam Ziegfeld questions the conventional wisdom that regional parties in India are electorally successful because they harness popular grievances and benefit from strong regional identities. He draws on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative evidence from over eighteen months of field research to demonstrate that regional parties are, in actuality, successful because they represent expedient options for office-seeking politicians. By focusing on clientelism, coalition government, and state-level factional alignments, Ziegfeld explains why politicians in India find membership in a regional party appealing. He therefore accounts for the remarkable success of India's regional parties and, in doing so, outlines how party systems take root and evolve in democracies where patronage, vote buying, and machine politics are common.
The Role of Regional Political Parties in Indian Coalition Politics
Title | The Role of Regional Political Parties in Indian Coalition Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Mouneshwara Srinivasrao |
Publisher | |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Coalition governments |
ISBN | 9789351281153 |
Regional Political Parties in North East India
Title | Regional Political Parties in North East India PDF eBook |
Author | L. S. Gassah |
Publisher | |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | India, Northeastern |
ISBN |
Regional Political Parties in India
Title | Regional Political Parties in India PDF eBook |
Author | Kishalay Banerjee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Odisha (India) |
ISBN |
Why Regional Parties?
Title | Why Regional Parties? PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Ziegfeld |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 309 |
Release | 2016-02-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1107118689 |
The first major study of India's regional parties which discusses why, when, and where they are electorally successful.