Party System Change in South India: Political Entrepreneurs, Patterns and Processes

ISBN-13: 9780415533157 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 226 str.

Andrew Wyatt

Opis

Andrew Wyatt provides a systematic exploration of party system change with detailed case of the Tamil Nadu.

Spis treści

1. Political Entrepreneurs and Party System Change  2. Conflict, Cleavages and Political Parties in South India  3. Evolution of a Party System  4. Political Leaders as Political Entrepreneurs  5. The PMK: Re-opening a caste cleavage  6. The DPI and Dalit Mobilization  7. The PT and Caste Politics in Southern Tamil Nadu  8. Hindu Nationalism in South India  9. Using Populism to Build a Broad Coalition: Vijayakanth  10. Conclusions

O autorze

Andrew Wyatt is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bristol. He has research interests in comparative politics as well as electoral politics and political economy in India. He has co-edited The Politics of Cultural Mobilization in India and Decentring the Indian Nation.