Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India

By Kanchan Chandra

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521814529
• ISBN13: 9780521814522
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"