Party system change in South India
Subtitle: political entrepreneurs, patterns, and processes
By: Andrew Wyatt.
Series: Routledge advances in South Asian studies -- 15
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415401319; 9780203862209
Subjects: Political parties -- India, South -- Case studies; Political leadership -- India, South -- Case studies; Political parties -- India -- Tamil Nadu; Political leadership -- India -- Tamil Nadu; Tamil Nadu (India) -- Politics and government; India, South -- Politics and government
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Political entrepreneurs and party system change; title: Conflict, cleavages, and political parties in South India; title: Evolution of a party system; title: Political leaders as political entrepreneurs; title: The PMK : re-opening a caste cleavage; title: The DPI and dalit mobilization; title: The PT and caste politics in southern Tamil Nadu; title: Hindu nationalism in south India; title: Using populism to build a broad coalition : Vijayakanth.