Divided we stand India in a time of coalitions

Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy. (Author). Raghuraman, Shankar. (Added Author).

Summary: This topical and absorbing book, written by two eminent journalists, explains why India has entered a new era of coalition politics and analyses the consequences and implications of this relatively recent phenomenon. Transition from single party domination to multi-party configurations or coalitions, the authors argue, is neither temporary nor an aberration. Dismissing the notion of bi-polarity, and resting the debate on whether coalition governments are here to stay, the authors debate on whether coalitions are at best a necessary evil or are better than single-party governments.

Record details

ISBN: 9788132101642 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 8132101642 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780761936633
ISBN: 0761936637
ISBN: 1282078054
ISBN: 9781282078055
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (524 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index. Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : India in a time of coalitions -- UPA government : congress in coalition -- Indian national congress : alive, but not quite kicking -- The Bharatiya Janata Party : in search of the right strategy -- Caste in stone: politics of the Hindi heartland -- Small is beautiful : rooted in region -- Left parties : Communists or social democrats? -- Friends in need : are coalitions inherently unstable? -- Friends in deed : can coalitions govern effectively? -- Illusion of consensus -- Gazing at a crystal ball -- Index -- About the authors.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.