| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) |
| Contents |
State formation and ideological conflict in multiethnic countries -- Ideology, identity, and the 2014 national elections -- Intellectual lineages of the politics of statism and recognition -- Who opposes reservations and why? -- The myth of vote buying in India -- Transformational leaders and ideological shifts -- Transmitting ideology -- Statism, recognition, and the party system change in India -- Ideological challenges and the decline of the Congress Party -- The BJP and an ideological consolidation of the right? |
| Summary |
Ideology and Identity shows that party politics and elections in India are a contest of ideas. Using survey data from the Indian National Election Studies (NES) and survey experiments from smaller but more focused studies, the book shows that Indian electoral politics, as represented by political parties, their members, and their voters, is in fact marked by deep ideological cleavages |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 22, 2018) |
| Subject |
Political parties -- India
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Party affiliation -- India
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Elections -- India
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Political culture -- India
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Elections
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Party affiliation
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Political culture
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Political parties
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Politics and government -- 1947- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064944
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| Subject |
India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Verma, Rahul, 1989- author.
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| LC no. |
2018017062 |
| ISBN |
9780190623890 |
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0190623896 |
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9780190623913 |
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0190623918 |
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9780190623906 |
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019062390X |
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