Indian politics and the 1998 election : regionalism, Hindutva, and state politics

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Indian politics and the 1998 election : regionalism, Hindutva, and state politics

edited by Ramashray Roy and Paul Wallace

Sage Publications, 1999

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A collection of 13 analytical papers by Indian, American, and Canadian scholars published on the eve of the 13th General Election slated for September 1999

Includes bibliographical references and index

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This is the first book to critically analyze the 12th General Elections held in India in 1998 in terms of changes in the party system and the bases of social support.

Table of Contents

Preface: Back to the Future! Introduction: India's 1998 Elections - Hindutva, the Tail Wags the Elephant, and Pokhran - Paul Wallace Party Competition and Fragmentation in Indian National Elections: - Pradeep Chhibber and Irfan Nooruddin Post-Congress Politics in Uttar Pradesh: The Ethnification of the Party System and its Consequences - Kanchan Chandra The 1998 General Elections: The Janus-faced Policies of the BJP and Religious Mobilization at the District Level in Uttar Pradesh - Virginia Van Dyke Split the Votes and Win the Election: An Analysis of the 12th Lok Sabha Election in Bihar - Binoy Shanker Prasad The 12th Lok Sabha Elections in Maharashtra: The Congress Alliance Defeats the BJP/Shiv Sena - Sikata Banerjee The 12th General Election in Karnataka: The BJP Achieves its Southern Beachhead - Harold A Gould Regime Change and Shifting Social Bases: The Telugu Desam Party in the 12th General Elections - Karli Srinivasulu Orissa: The Fall of the Congress Fortress - Ramashray Roy Conflicting Ambitions in Goa's Parliamentary Elections - Arthur G. Rubinoff Punjab: Changing Political Agenda - Pramod Kumar Elections in Kashmir: A Question of Pragmatism - Reeta Chowdhari-Tremblay The BJP and Indian Democracy: Elections, Bombs, and Beyond - Pramod K Kantha Index

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