Small parties and the federal structure of the Indian state
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A marked feature of the growth of political parties has been the competitiveness of regional parties as discussed by the authors, which has led to the break-up of political entrepreneurs and the formation of independent political parties.Abstract:
Political parties have proliferated in India since the 1980s. A marked feature of the growth of parties has been the competitiveness of regional parties. Political entrepreneurs have broken away fr...read more
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Election Commission of India: Institutionalising Democratic Uncertainties
Ujjwal Kumar Singh,Anupama Roy +1 more
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Political parties and federally structured incentives in Indian politics: the case of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)
C. Manikandan,Andrew Wyatt +1 more
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Changing role of public bureaucracy in India: A federal polity perspective
Soosai Peppin,Vaishali Singh +1 more
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The Effect of General Elections on the Stock Market Performance of Firms: Evidence from India
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Party System Change in South India: Political Entrepreneurs, Patterns and Processes
TL;DR: The PMK: Reopening a caste cleavage 6. as discussed by the authors The PT and Caste Politics in Southern Tamil Nadu 8. Indian Nationalism in South India 9. Using Populism to Build a Broad Coalition: Vijayakanth 10.
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Why Regional Parties?: Clientelism, Elites, and the Indian Party System
TL;DR: Ziegfeld et al. as mentioned in this paper argue that regional parties in India are electorally successful because they harness popular grievances and benefit from strong regional identities and draw on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative evidence from over eighteen months of field research.
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Wealth and Health of Children in India
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a state-level analysis of the association between state net domestic product per capita and three children's health indicators, and find evidence that the cross-sectional relationships between aggregate wealth and children health indicators are positive, yet the association was less steep in the mid-2000s than in the late 1990s.
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A move to majoritarian nationalism? challenges of representation in south asia
TL;DR: Despite India's status as the world's largest democracy and increasing turnouts in many of the countries of South Asia, recent elections raise concerns about the threat to democracy in the form of majoritarianism as mentioned in this paper.