Minority Governments in India: The Puzzle of Elusive Majorities

ISBN-13: 9780415627443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 192 str.

Csaba Nikolenyi

Opis

India's national parliamentary elections typically result in the election of majority parliaments and the formation of a single-party majority government. However, India's national party system has changed beyond recognition since the parliamentary elections of 1989.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Majority Parliaments, Majority Governments: Party Politics before 1989  3. Elections Without Winners  4. The Puzzle of Minority Governments in the Lok Sabha  5. The View from the States  6. Conclusion: Further Implication of Elusive Majorities

O autorze

Csaba Nikolenyi is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University, Canada. He is the co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Political Science and his main research interests are the comparative study of political party systems, electoral systems and patterns of government formation.