Indian Parliamentary Elections after Independence: Social Changes and Electoral Participation
Development Perspective Series
No.4
■ Indian Parliamentary Elections after Independence: Social Changes and Electoral Participation
■ by KONDO Norio
■ 2,640円（本体価格 2,400円）
■ 222pp
■ 2003
■ Sold out
India is called the world's largest democracy. This book sets the elections of House of the People in India on a focus, analyzes statistically the relationship between election and social economy change, and clarifies the long-term trend.
CONTENTS
List of Tables / List of Figures
Preface
Introduction: Indian Democracy and Elections
Chapter1 Evolution of Parliamentary Democracy and the Electoral System
1. Indian Party Politics since Independence
The One Party Dominant System of the Indian National Congress under Nehru: 1947-66
The Populistic and Authoritarian Tendency of the Congress Government under Indira Ghandhi: 1967-77
Government under Indira Ghandhi: 1967-77
Destabilisation of the Party System: 1977-1989
The Era of the Multi-Party System and Coalition
Government: 1989-1999
2. Evolution of the Electoral System
Electoral System
Corrupt Electoral Practices and Electoral Reforms
Functioning of the First-Past-the-Post System
Chapter2 Election Studies and Methodology
1. Election Studies and Theory of Electoral Participation
Election Studies in India
Theory of Electoral Participation
2. Ecological Inference
Variables and Data Processing
Chapter3 Evolution of Voting Behavior since Independence
1. Periodisation of Contemporary Politics Based on Lok Sabha Elections
Continuity and Discontinuity of Voter Turnout and the Party System
Number of Candidates and Convergence to Two Major Candidates
Periodisation: Continuity and Discontinuity
2. Regional Differences in Voting Behaviour
Chapter4 Electoral Participation: Voter Turnout and Number of Candidates
1. Voter Turnout, Socio-Economic Development and Political Impact
Socio-Economic Development Related Variables as Explanatory Variables
Correlation of Voter Turnout with Socio-Economic Environment Variables and Political Impact
Effect of Political Impact
2. Voter Turnout in the Socio-Economic and Political Context
Socio-Economic and Demographic Variables: Socio-Economic Environment
Party Competition and State Politics: Political Mobilisation
3. Number of Candidates
The Increasing Number of the Candidates and Reasons for the Increase
The Number of Candidates and the Party System
The Number of Candidates and Social Change
Pattern of Regional Difference
Summary and Conclusion
Appendix I and II
Bibliography
Index