Party system in India
Subtitle: emerging trajectories
By: edited by Ajay K. Mehra
Publisher: Lancer Publishers & Distributors
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Delhi; Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
ISBN-13: 9781935501442
Subjects: Political parties; Political culture; Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Ajay K. Mehra; title: India's party system : emerging trajectories / Ajay K. Mehra; title: All parties look virtually the same : a note on the governmentalisation of parties / Ranabir Samaddar; title: Middle classes, parties and electoral politics in India / Ashutosh Kumar; title: party system and democracy in India : distinctive features at the national, state and local level / Sandeep Shastri; title: Political parties' manifestoes and narratives of the public in India / Amit Prakash; title: Political parties and foreign policy / Mahendra P. Lama; title: The new party system : federalised and biondal / Balveer Arora & K.K. Kailash; title: Do the major national parties function federally? / E. Sridharan; title: Smaller states, political economy and parties / Girijesh Pant; title: Party dynamics in a border region : meeting the political challenges of India's N-E Hill states / Partha S. ghosh & Deepak K. Mishra; title: Hurling of the shoe : the changing political culture of Indian political parties / Sajal Nag; title: Representation of marginalized sections and Indian political parties / Vivek Kumar; title: India's political dynasties / Prakash Nanda; title: Generational change in political parties and the party system / K.K. Kailash; title: Globalisation, social movements and political parties / Jayati Srivastava; title: Political parties and the Indian diaspora / Pralay Kanungo; title: Politics, parties and the new media technology / Rahul Tripathi.