India's political parties
By: edited by Peter Ronald deSouza, E. Sridharan.
Contributors: deSouza, Peter Ronald, 1956-; Sridharan, Eswaran.
Series: Readings in Indian government and politics -- 6
Publisher: Sage
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, Calif; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780761935148
Subjects: Political parties -- India.; India -- Politics and government -- 1977-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the evolution of political parties in India / E. Sridharan and Peter Ronald deSouza; title: A plea for the reconstruction of the Indian polity / Jayaprakash Narayan; title: Politics without party / M. N. Roy; title: The congress "system" in India / Rajni Kothari; title: Party system and electoral politics in the Indian states, 1952-2002 : from hegemony to convergence / Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar; title: Party politics and electoral behaviour : from independence to the 1980s / Myron Weiner; title: The challenge of Hindu nationalism : the Bharatiya Janata Party in contemporary Indian politics / Bruce D. Graham; title: Communalization of the Indian polity / Achin Vanaik; title: The Communist parties in India / Valerian Rodrigues; title: Shiv Sena : a tiger with many faces? / Suhas Palshikar; title: Telugu Desam Party / K. C. Suri; title: Parties, the party system and collective action for state funding of elections : a comparative perspective on possible options / E. Sridharan; title: Selection of congress candidates : the formal criteria / Ramashray Roy; title: 'No' to Zenana Dabbas : deghettoizing women's politics and enhancing their representation in legislatures / Madhu Purnima Kishwar; title: Political nomadism and the party system in India : the struggle between the fence and the field / Peter Ronald deSouza.