Democracy Without Associations: Transformation of the Party System and Social Cleavages in India

by Pradeep K. Chhibber

India's party system has undergone a profound transformation over the last decade. The Congress Party, a catch-all party that brought independence in 1947 and governed India for much of the period since then, no longer dominates the electoral scene. Political parties which draw support from particular caste and religious groups are now more powerful than ever before. Democracy Without Associations explains why religious and caste-based political parties...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472088270
• ISBN13: 9780472088270
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"