The 2019 parliamentary elections in India: democracy at crossroads?

"This book presents a comprehensive overview of India's electoral democracy and political system. It provides an in-depth analysis of the 2019 Parliamentary elections to explore three crucial facts of India's political life: the legitimacy of political competition as the only basis of...

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Other Authors: Mitra, Subrata Kumar (Editor) , Saxena, Rekha (Editor) , Mukherjee, Pampa (Editor)
Format: Edited Volume
Language:English
Published: London New York Routledge 2022
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz1810887933inh.htm
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Author Notes:edited by Subrata K. Mitra, Rekha Saxena and Pampa Mukherjee
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Aurel Croissant
  • Elections, parties and democratic deepening in transitional societies : India's parliamentary elections of 2019 and its aftermath / Subrata K. Mitra, Rekha Saxena and Pampa Mukherjee
  • Party competition, the electoral process and political transaction in India : the deepening of democracy in India / Subrata K. Mitra
  • Party system in India : ideological spectrum and structure of competition / Mahendra Prasad Singh
  • Critical realignment and democratic deepening : the parliamentary elections of 2014 and 2019 in India
  • Subrata K. Mitra, Jivanta Schottli and Markus Pauli
  • The 17th Lok Sabha Elections and the dismal performance of Indian National Congress : in 'recuperating' hibernation or terminal decline? / Rekha Saxena
  • Party politics in India since the 2014 general elections : BJP Dominance and the making of the fourth party system / Arjan H. Schakel, Chanchal Kumar Sharma and Wilfried Swenden
  • The decline of the left in West Bengal : a strange identity turn, and Bengali exceptionalism / Harihar Bhattacharyya
  • Leadership, welfare, and fluctuating electoral fortunes : a diachronic analysis of two elections in Delhi, 2019 and 2020 / Biswajit Mohanty and Babita Verma
  • Electoral politics and regional dynamics of a hill state : the Lok Sabha Elections of 2019 in Uttarakhand in retrospect / Pampa Mukherjee
  • Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the 2019 elections in Odisha : towards a political alternative / Subhendu Ranjan Raj
  • An appraisal of women's rights discourse in election manifestoes of Bharatiya Janata Party / Alisha Dhingra and Nishant Yadav
  • Does Muslim vote matter? The Parliamentary elections of 2019 and its aftermath / Hilal Ahmed
  • Continuity and change in electoral campaigns, the social media and competing issues : parliamentary elections of 2014 and 2019 / Siddhartha Mukerji
  • The BJPs political electioneering strategy and use of social media in 2019 : creating a new public? / Manisha Madhava
  • Beyond the parliamentary elections of 2019 : India's Middle democracy trap / Subrata K. Mitra.