Democracy without Associations (Record no. 68661)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780472088270
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 324.254 CHI
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chhibber, Pradeep K.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Democracy without Associations
Remainder of title : Transformation of the Party System and Social Cleavages in India
Statement of responsibility, etc / Pradeep K. Chhibber
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement Paperback Edition
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Ann Arbor, MI
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : University of Michigan Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc ,2001
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc ndia's party system has undergone a profound transformation over the last decade. The Congress Party, a catch-all party that brought independence in 1947 and governed India for much of the period since then, no longer dominates the electoral scene. Political parties which draw support from particular caste and religious groups are now more powerful than ever before. Democracy Without Associations explains why religious and caste-based political parties come to dominate the electoral landscape in 1990s India and why catch-all parties have declined. Arguing that political parties and state policy can make some social divisions more salient than others and also determine how these divisions affect the political system, the author offers an explanation for the relationship between electoral competition and the politicization of social differences in India. He notes that the relationship between social cleavages and the party system is not axiomatic and that political parties can influence the links they have to social cleavages. The argument developed for India is also used to account for emergence of class-based parties in Spain and the electoral success of a religious party in Algeria.<br/>Democracy Without Associations will interest scholars and students of Indian politics, and party politics, as well as those interested in the impact of social divisions on the political system.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Politics and Government
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Political Parties India
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Cleavages in India
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Koha item type Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection
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    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 03/06/2026   324.254 CHI G7956 03/06/2026 03/06/2026 Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection
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