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Electoral politics in Punjab : factors and phases / Ashutosh Kumar.

By: Kumar, Ashutosh, 1963- [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (116 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781003011286; 1003011284; 9781000769395; 1000769399; 9781000769333; 100076933X; 9781000769272; 1000769275Subject(s): Elections -- India -- Punjab | Political campaigns -- India -- Punjab | Political parties -- India -- Punjab | Punjab (India) -- Politics and government | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections | POLITICAL SCIENCE / General | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & CitizenshipDDC classification: 324.954/552 LOC classification: JQ578 | .K86 2020Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement

Contents:

Introduction : framing state level electoral politics -- Punjab politics in comparative perspective -- Politics of colonial Punjab -- Politics of Punjab after partition -- Assembly elections in Punjab, 1997-2017 -- Lok Sabha rlections in Punjab, 1999-2019 -- Conclusion : looking ahead.

Summary: "This book examines electoral politics in the state of Punjab, India as it has evolved since the colonial period. It underlines the emergence of the state as a singular unit for electoral analysis in the last three decades. This book: Charts the common trends and developments that have dominated politics in Punjab, and those that continue to play an important role in the government of the state; Examines state parties and their leadership in the context of party alliances, campaigns and electoral verdicts; Presents a comparative study of the assembly and Lok Sabha elections held in the state after reorganisation in 1966 with the objective of highlighting differences in electoral issues taken up by the parties. An important intervention in the study of state-level politics in India, this book will be of great interest to students and researchers of politics, especially comparative politics and political institutions, political sociology and social anthropology, and South Asian studies"-- Provided by publisher.

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"This book examines electoral politics in the state of Punjab, India as it has evolved since the colonial period. It underlines the emergence of the state as a singular unit for electoral analysis in the last three decades. This book: Charts the common trends and developments that have dominated politics in Punjab, and those that continue to play an important role in the government of the state; Examines state parties and their leadership in the context of party alliances, campaigns and electoral verdicts; Presents a comparative study of the assembly and Lok Sabha elections held in the state after reorganisation in 1966 with the objective of highlighting differences in electoral issues taken up by the parties. An important intervention in the study of state-level politics in India, this book will be of great interest to students and researchers of politics, especially comparative politics and political institutions, political sociology and social anthropology, and South Asian studies"-- Provided by publisher.

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