Making sense of Indian democracy : theory in practice

By:

Yadav, Yogendra

Publication details: New Delhi Ashoka University 2020Description: xxxi,390pISBN:

9788178246383

DDC classification:

320.954 YAD

Contents:

Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction xiii HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 1 The Creolisation of Indian Democracy: Making Sense of National Politics 1947-1997 1 From Hegemony to Convergence: Party System and Electoral Politics in the Indian States 1952 2002 40 COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW 3 "Nation State" or "State Nation"? India in Comparative Perspective 108 4 Democratic Paradox: Political Representation in Contemporary India 166 5 What is Distinctive About Indian Elections? A Hypothesis 193 6 The Decline of Political Judgement: Comparing Regimes and Parties 203 7 How Good is the Rise of States? Ten Theses on State Politics 213 THEORY AND METHOD 8 On the Necessity of Politics 233 9 On Theories of the Indian State: A Review Essay 236 10 On Rajni Kothari: The Enigma that is Politics in India 249 11 On Election Forecasting: Polls, Predictions, Psephology 262 12 On Sample Surveys: Reflections on the State of Survey Research on Politics in Most of the World 271 13 On Ethnography: What Work Does "Fieldwork" Do in the Field of Elections? 300 REFORM AND ACTION 14 A Radical Agenda for Political Reforms: What is Not to be Done? 325 15 An Agenda for Political Action in Our Times: What is to be Done? 347 Index 367

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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xiii
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
1 The Creolisation of Indian Democracy: Making Sense of National Politics 1947-1997 1
From Hegemony to Convergence: Party System and Electoral Politics in the Indian States 1952 2002 40
COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW
3 "Nation State" or "State Nation"? India in Comparative Perspective 108
4 Democratic Paradox: Political Representation in Contemporary India 166
5 What is Distinctive About Indian Elections? A Hypothesis 193
6 The Decline of Political Judgement: Comparing Regimes and Parties 203
7 How Good is the Rise of States? Ten Theses on State Politics 213
THEORY AND METHOD
8 On the Necessity of Politics 233
9 On Theories of the Indian State: A Review Essay 236
10 On Rajni Kothari: The Enigma that is Politics in India 249
11 On Election Forecasting: Polls, Predictions, Psephology 262
12 On Sample Surveys: Reflections on the State of Survey Research on Politics in Most of the World 271
13 On Ethnography: What Work Does "Fieldwork" Do in the Field of Elections? 300
REFORM AND ACTION
14 A Radical Agenda for Political Reforms: What is Not to be Done? 325
15 An Agenda for Political Action in Our Times: What is to be Done? 347
Index 367

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