Kochanek The Congress Party of India

The Dynamics of a One-Party Democracy
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7576-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 544 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

By tracing the path of the Congress Party's development since independence, the author demonstrates the reasons for its success. A postscript deals with the 1967 elections, regarded as a turning point in post-independence Indian politics.

Originally published in 1968.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Kochanek, Stanley A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Acknowledgments, pg. vii
Contents, pg. xi
Introduction, pg. xix
I. The Period of Transition: 1946-1951, pg. 3
II. The Turning Point: 1950-1951, pg. 27
III. The Period of Centralization and Convergence: 1951-1963, pg. 54
IV. The Period of Divergence: 1963-1967, pg. 75
V. The Composition of the Working Committee, pg. 111
VI. The Working Committee: Behavior and Style, pg. 134
VII. The Decision-Making Function: The Coordination of Party and Government, pg. 157
VIII. The Decision-Making Function: The Establishment of All-India Policy, pg. 188
IX. The Working Committee as Chief Executive of the Party, pg. 211
X. The Parliamentary Board: The Coordination of Party-Government Relations in the States, pg. 233
XI. The Working Committee and the Selection of Candidates: The Central Election Committee, pg. 267
XII. The Changing Role of the Working Committee, pg. 299
XIII. The Origin and Pre-Independence Development of the Congress Elite, pg. 319
XIV. The Composition of the Mass Organization, pg. 342
XV. The Composition of the Parliamentary Wing, pg. 370
XVI. The Loss of Hegemony, pg. 407
Appendix I. The Structure and Composition of The National Decision-Making Organs of The Congress Party, pg. 451
Appendix II. The Structure and Composition of The Field Organization of The Congress Party, pg. 452
Appendix III. Constitution of The Indian National Congress, pg. 454
Bibliography, pg. 477
Index, pg. 499