Democratic Dynasties : State, Party, and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107123445
ISBN-13
9781107123441
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 28th, 2016
Print length
302 Pages
Weight
580 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 23.70 x 2.20 cms
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Constitution: government & the stateConstitution: government and the state
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This is the first book-length study of dynasticism in modern democracies. Using original data on twenty-first-century Indian parliaments, it offers a new perspective on where dynasties come from, and why they matter for scholars and students of comparative politics, anthropology and economics, and all those interested in modern democracy.
Dynastic politics, usually presumed to be the antithesis of democracy, is a routine aspect of politics in many modern democracies. This book introduces a new theoretical perspective on dynasticism in democracies, using original data on twenty-first-century Indian parliaments. It argues that the roots of dynastic politics lie at least in part in modern democratic institutions - states and parties - which give political families a leg-up in the electoral process. It also proposes a rethinking of the view that dynastic politics is a violation of democracy, showing that it can also reinforce some aspects of democracy while violating others. Finally, this book suggests that both reinforcement and violation are the products, not of some property intrinsic to political dynasties, but of the institutional environment from which those dynasties emerge.
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