CAS PO 151 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading by Pradeep: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Chhibber, Party System
10 Aug 2018
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Pradeep k. chhibber, democracy without associations: transformation of the party system and social. Cleavages in india (ann arbor, mi: university of michigan press, 2001). Associational life, and the social basis of party systems, pp. Political parties and state policy can make some social divisions more salient than others. Religious and caste-based political parties come to dominate the electoral landscape in 1990s india and catch-all parties have declined. Political parties and state policies determine how these divisions affect the political system. The relationship between social cleavages and the party system isn"t axiomatic and that political parties. The bharatiya janata party (bjp), a right wing religious party, came to power in 1998 and for the first can influence the links they have to social cleavages. time divided politics by regional, caste, and religious lines. Party competition and strategy can determine which social cleavages are politicized. There was a fragmentation of the indian party system.
