Product Description: Measuring Voting Behaviour in India is a study which captures the dynamics of voting behaviour in the India of past and present. The authors aim to capture the diversity of the electoral experience across different settings in India through simultaneous studies by a team of participant observers in multiple sites covering all aspects of the electoral procedure and popular participation...read more

India's national parliamentary elections typically result in the election of majority parliaments and the formation of a single-party majority government. However, India’s national party system has changed beyond recognition since the parliamentary elections of 1989. The Congress Party has lost its dominant party status; the number of political parties that contest elections, win seats in parliament and gain cabinet portfolios have increased; minority governments and cabinet instability have become regular features of parliamentary politics. This book addresses each of these aspects of party system transformation in India by applying the analytical techniques of rational and social choice theory. Challenging conventional wisdom, the book argues that the number of parties in India has increased as a result of the unexpected consequences of the constitutional amendment of 1985 that was conceived to curtail party defections. Although the Congress Party no longer dominates the new multi-party system, it still retains a pivotal role in deciding which coalitions may form viable and stable minority government. The Indian case study is theoretically driven and it is readily comparable with other parliamentary federations where minority governments are often formed, such as Canada, and the book finds that these processes are also present in the sub-national party systems of the states, however, with greater variation.

Product Description: This bestselling Turbo Pascal book now features coverage of the latest version of Turbo Pascal 7.0. The new edition has been reorganized to make it easier to use; all loop mechanisms are now covered in the same chapter, and functions are now covered with procedures...read more

Product Description: Electoral laws in India have many loopholes. Unfortunately, over the years, India's various governments have not been serious in addressing electoral reforms. There certainly have been improvements, with India's Election Commission taking some major initiatives in bringing about changes, such as the introduction of electronic voting machines and providing every voter with a voter identity card...read more

Product Description: Revealing why Hindu-Muslim riots in India break out when and where they do, Steven Wilkinson demonstrates why some state governments in India prevent Hindu-Muslim riots while others do not or even help to incite violence. Wilkinson asserts that riots are manipulated to help win elections, and that state governments decide whether to stop them--depending on electoral calculations concerning the loss or gain of votes...read more

Product Description: Revealing why Hindu-Muslim riots in India break out when and where they do, Steven Wilkinson demonstrates why some state governments in India prevent Hindu-Muslim riots while others do not or even help to incite violence. Wilkinson asserts that riots are manipulated to help win elections, and that state governments decide whether to stop them--depending on electoral calculations concerning the loss or gain of votes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: 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. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Within a scant eighteen-month span, India held two national elections. The first, in November 1989, witnessed the political demise of Rajiv Ghandi and the precipitous decline of his Congress Party. The second, in May 1991, witnessed his assassination at the hands of Tamil Tiger extremists just as the Congress Party seemed poised on the threshold of a mild resurgence...read more

Product Description: GIVES THE STORY OF THE FALL OF POLITICAL STANDARDS WHICH LED TO THE FALL OF THE GOVERNMENT ON A VERY MINOR ISSUE.

Product Description: This bestselling Turbo Pascal book now features coverage of the latest version of Turbo Pascal 7.0. The new edition has been reorganized to make it easier to use; all loop mechanisms are now covered in the same chapter, and functions are now covered with procedures...read more