Minority Governments in India The Puzzle of Elusive Majorities Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Auteur : Nikolenyi Csaba
India's national parliamentary elections typically result in the election of majority parliaments and the formation of a single-party majority government. However, India?s national party system has changed beyond recognition since the parliamentary elections of 1989. The Congress Party has lost its dominant party status; the number of political parties that contest elections, win seats in parliament and gain cabinet portfolios have increased; minority governments and cabinet instability have become regular features of parliamentary politics.
This book addresses each of these aspects of party system transformation in India by applying the analytical techniques of rational and social choice theory. Challenging conventional wisdom, the book argues that the number of parties in India has increased as a result of the unexpected consequences of the constitutional amendment of 1985 that was conceived to curtail party defections. Although the Congress Party no longer dominates the new multi-party system, it still retains a pivotal role in deciding which coalitions may form viable and stable minority government. The Indian case study is theoretically driven and it is readily comparable with other parliamentary federations where minority governments are often formed, such as Canada, and the book finds that these processes are also present in the sub-national party systems of the states, however, with greater variation.
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
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.
Date de parution : 09-2009
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Date de parution : 03-2012
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Tamil Nadu; lok; Janata Dal; sabha; Indian Party System; indian; Pe Rc; party; Anti-Defection Law; system; Akali Dal; congress; National Party System; janata; Shiromani Akali Dal; dal; Bahujan Samaj Party; indias; Minority Governments; national; Left Front; Kerala Congress; Keesing’s Contemporary Archives; State Party Systems; Samyukta Socialist Party; Bharatiya Kranti Dal; Electoral Fragmentation; Vidhan Sabha Election; Janata Party; Legislative Fragmentation; Communist Parties; Elusive Majorities; Swatantra Party; Jagjivan Ram; Congress Parliamentary Party