Minority Governments in India - The Puzzle of Elusive Majorities

Informationen zum Autor Csaba Nikolenyi is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University, Canada. He is the co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Political Science and his main research interests are the comparative study of political party systems, electoral systems and patterns of government formation. Klappentext This book offers an explanation for the recurrence of hung parliaments and minority governments in India. The Indian case study provides lessons for the role of the centre in multiparty electoral and parliamentary competition and the political consequences of the first-past-the-post electoral system throughout the world. Zusammenfassung This book offers an explanation for the recurrence of hung parliaments and minority governments in India. The Indian case study provides lessons for the role of the centre in multiparty electoral and parliamentary competition and the political consequences of the first-past-the-post electoral system throughout the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Majority Parliaments, Majority Governments: Party Politics before 1989 3. Elections Without Winners 4. The Puzzle of Minority Governments in the Lok Sabha 5. The View from the States 6. Conclusion: Further Implication of Elusive Majorities

Product details

• Authors: Csaba Nikolenyi, Csaba Nikolenyi, Csaba (Concordia University Nikolenyi, Nikolenyi Csaba
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2012
• EAN: 9780415627443
• ISBN: 978-0-415-62744-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series; Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Elections & referenda, Regional Geography, Elections and referenda / suffrage, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General