Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521891417)

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.

Author: Kanchan Chandra
ISBN-10: 0521891418
ISBN-13: 9780521891417
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2007
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d