Coalition politics in India : a cultural synergy or political expediency? -- Coalition politics in the Indian provinces, 1967-9 -- The Janata Experiment, 1977-9 -- The third front experiments -- The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), 1999-2004 -- 2004 Lok Sabha Poll and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Summary
Presenting a study of coalition politics in India, this book argues that there has been a significant change from the post-independence one-party dominated polity. It also examines why coalition politics has become a dominant feature through renewed emphasis on questions of identity, dominant ideological dispositions, and regional preferences
