Why Ethnic Parties Succeed

By - Kanchan Chandra

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2004

ISBN 10 - 0521814529

ISBN 13 - 9780521814522

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Minorities--Political activity

Shelf No - 14

Call Number - 306.2609 CHA

Physical Description - xxi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Notes - includes index

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Drawing on a study of variation in the performance of four ethnic parties in India, this book develops a theory of ethnic party performance in "patronage democracies"--a family of democracies with distinct patterns of political behavior as well as a new interpretation of Indian democracy. Demonstrating the connection between India's state-dominated economy and the behavior of its voters and politicians, it includes an extensive study of the Bahujan Samaj Party and contemporary ethnic politics in India.

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