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

by Andrew Wyatt

Book Overview

This book provides a systematic exploration of party system change. By applying the concept of political entrepreneurship and using a detailed case study of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, it demonstrates how party leaders can exercise their agency and drive party system change.

Recent developments in Tamil politics are taken into account in the light of the literature on party systems, achieving a classification of the party system...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415401313
• ISBN13: 9780415401319
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"