India's 2009 Elections

Coalition Politics, Party Competition and Congress Continuity
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-81-321-0583-1
Verlag: Sage Publications India

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 600 g

India's 2009 Elections is an inquiry into the 15th General Elections of India. It explores how the elections played out, what factors influenced the electorate, and how the elections are an important contribution to India's democracy.

Authored by renowned scholars and analysts from various backgrounds, the collection of articles critically examines multiple areas of the Indian polity:

- Coalition and alliance politics, representation, national integration, and women's participation.

- Dominant party, competitive two-party and multi-party states including Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, and the northeast states.

- Caste, tribal, and ethnic politics.

According to the contributors, the public outcome of the 2009 elections indicated a demand for integrity, continuity, and competence-values that were considered almost obsolete in today's political scenario. At the same time, the contributors admit to problems in structure, providing for minority cultures, stability, and contentious public policy issues.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wallace, Paul

Roy, Ramashray

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thematic Studies
Introduction: Political Stability and Government Coherence - Paul Wallace
Regional Base and National Dream: Alliance Formation, 2009 National Elections - Ramashray Roy
Coalition Politics: Withering of National-Regional Ideological Positions? - Pramod Kumar
Region, Representation and National Cohesion: Public Space in India - Jyotirindra Dasgupta
Federalism, Party System and Structural Changes in India - Maneesha Roy
Gender Discourse in Elections: Constructing a Constituency? - Rainuka Dagar
The BSP in 2009: Still Making Progress, But Only As a Dalit Party - Christophe Jaffrelot
Analytical State Studies
One Favoured (dominant) Party System
Gujarat. "Goebbel's Propaganda and Governance: The 2009 Lok Sabha Elections in Gujarat. - Ghanshyam Shah
West Bengal. "Mapping a political challenge: West Bengal 2009 - Amiya K Chaudhuri
Alternating Two-Party Systems
Rajasthan: "Silent Tsunami in Rajasthan: BJP Bastion Busted in 2009" - Bhawani Singh & Vibhuti Singh Shekhawat
Kerala: "The LDF's Debacle: Kerala Votes for National Stability" - G Gopa Kumar
Maharashtra: "Maharashtra: Still a Bipolar System, but Turmoil Ahead - Raghavendra Keshavarao Hebsur
Karnataka: "The Surge of Saffron: Some Genuine and Some Imitation?" - Raghavendra Keshavarao Hebsur
Andhra Pradesh: "Political Mobilization, Competitive Populism and Changing Party Dynamics in Andhra Pradesh" - Karli Srinavasulu / Multi-Party States
Bihar. "Identity Politics Recycled: 2009 Lok Sabha Election in Bihar" - Binoy Shanker Prasad
Jammu & Kashmir: "Ethnic-Religious Crisis & Electoral Democracy: Jammu and Kashmir Elections, 2008 and 2009" - Praveen Krishna Swami
Northeast India: "Democracy, Ethnic Fractionalization & Competitive Politics: The Case of States in Northeast India" - Rajesh Dev
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Roy, Ramashray
Ramashray Roy is an eminent political philosopher and prolific writer whose work has opened up new vistas in the study of development and democracy in India. He has served as a Senior Fellow as well as the Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (Delhi), Director of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (New Delhi), Fellow of the Indian Council of Historical Research (New Delhi), National Fellow and a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (Shimla). He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad.

Professor Roy has published dozens of books including India’s 2004 Elections: Grass-roots and National Perspectives (2007), India’s 1999 Elections and 20th Century Politics (2003) and Dialogues on Development: The Individual, Society and State and Political Order (1986).

Wallace, Paul
Paul Wallace (PhD, University of California, Berkeley) is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has been a consultant on South Asia to a member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the US Attorney General’s Office, defense lawyers, and other agencies in North America and has received five Smithsonian-funded awards for national election studies in India. In September 2003, Professor Wallace served as the expert witness on Sikh violence at the Air India trial in Vancouver, Canada.

His research in India includes a Senior Fulbright Research Award in 1972, and funding from the Ford Foundation, 1988–89, the American Institute of Indian Studies (1980–81), and various government and non-government groups in India. Professor Wallace is the author or editor of eight books and 40+ book chapters and articles. His last co-edited book is India’s 2009 Elections: Coalition Politics, Party Competition and Congress Continuity” published by SAGE Publications in 2011.