India’s 2014 general elections: a critical realignment in Indian politics?
Phrases like “watershed,” “historic,” and “epochal” were used to describe India’s 2014 general election. The Bharatiya Janata Party secured the first single-party majority in three decades, forming the government as the National Democratic Alliance. We argue that the 16th Lok Sabha elections marked...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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August 01 2016
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Asian survey
Year: 2016, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 605-628 |
| ISSN: | 1533-838X |
| DOI: | 10.1525/as.2016.56.4.605 |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2016.56.4.605 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: /as/article/56/4/605/24850/India-s-2014-General-ElectionsA-Critical 
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| Author Notes: | Subrata K. Mitra and Jivanta Schöttli |
| Summary: | Phrases like “watershed,” “historic,” and “epochal” were used to describe India’s 2014 general election. The Bharatiya Janata Party secured the first single-party majority in three decades, forming the government as the National Democratic Alliance. We argue that the 16th Lok Sabha elections marked a realignment, not a clean break with the past. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 10.07.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1533-838X |
| DOI: | 10.1525/as.2016.56.4.605 |