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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chhibber, Pradeep K

Titel

Democracy without associations: transformation of the party system and social cleavages in India

Erscheinungsjahr

1999

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Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Examines why religious and caste-based parties that politicize religious and social differences, such as the right wing, religious Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have achieved domination, whereas "catchall" parties, such as the Congress Party, that mute social divisions, have declined; since 1990. Some comparison with political conditions in Spain and Algeria.