India's political parties / edited by Peter Ronald deSouza, E. Sridharan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

deSouza, Peter Ronald, 1956-

Sridharan, Eswaran.

Series:

Readings in Indian government and politics ; 6.

Readings in Indian government and politics ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--India.

Political parties.

India.

India--Politics and government--1977-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

418 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Sage, 2006.

Contents:

Introduction : the evolution of political parties in India / E. Sridharan and Peter Ronald deSouza

A plea for the reconstruction of the Indian polity / Jayaprakash Narayan

Politics without party / M. N. Roy

The congress "system" in India / Rajni Kothari

Party system and electoral politics in the Indian states, 1952-2002 : from hegemony to convergence / Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar

Party politics and electoral behaviour : from independence to the 1980s / Myron Weiner

The challenge of Hindu nationalism : the Bharatiya Janata Party in contemporary Indian politics / Bruce D. Graham

Communalization of the Indian polity / Achin Vanaik

The Communist parties in India / Valerian Rodrigues

Shiv Sena : a tiger with many faces? / Suhas Palshikar

Telugu Desam Party / K. C. Suri

Parties, the party system and collective action for state funding of elections : a comparative perspective on possible options / E. Sridharan

Selection of congress candidates : the formal criteria / Ramashray Roy

'No' to Zenana Dabbas : deghettoizing women's politics and enhancing their representation in legislatures / Madhu Purnima Kishwar

Political nomadism and the party system in India : the struggle between the fence and the field / Peter Ronald deSouza.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761935142

9780761935148

8178296667

9788178296661

OCLC:

70167684