Author: Arun K Jana
: Bhupen Sarmah
Publisher: South Asia Publishers
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 318
ISBN/UPC (if available): 817003261x
Description
The analytical and penetrating essays in this book by well-known political scientists provide information on the latest development on party politics in India.
The analytical and penetrating essays in the book by well known political scientist provide information on the latest development on party politics in the country. The articles focus on the class character, support base, electoral performance, and leadership of some of the leading national and regional political parties in India. The wide range of original articles in the volume contributes substantially to our understanding of party politics at the national and at the state level in contemporary India. It is a useful collection for the students of M A in politics, researchers, statesmen and journalists.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgement
Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction: Democracy and Multiplicity of Political Parties in India
The India Politics in Crisis: The System, the Party and the Individual
Parliamentary Elections in Contemporary India: Breakdown of the Dominant Party System and Ascendancy of Regional Parties
State, Class and Distribution
Congress from Nehru to Indira Gandhi and Issues of Socio-Economic Change: Conflicts in Political Initiatives and Policy Options
Congress and the New Political Compulsion in India: The Resilience of a Centrist Party in a Polycentric Polity
Hindutva of the Sangh Parivar and the plural Society in India
BJP and the Route to Counter-Revolution
BJP’s Politics of Expediency: Permeating Hindutva and Legislating Neo-Liberal Reforms
The Left in Power: Rural Reorganization and Development in West Bengal
CPI(M), Government and the Politics of Working Class Mobilization in West Bengal
The Bahujan Samaj Party: Ideology, Social Basis of Support and Politics
Ideology and Politics of National Conference in Kashmir
Asom Gana Parishad: Emergence and its Performance
Ethnic Identities at the Service of Political Parties: The Shiva Sena Phenomenon in Maharastra
Index