Democratic Dynasties

State, Party, and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-04-28
Mått:160 x 236 x 23 mm
Vikt:580 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:302
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107123441

Utforska kategorier

Konstitution: stat och regering inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Kanchan Chandra is Professor of Politics at New York University. She is lead author of Constructivist Theories of Ethnic Politics (2012), author of Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Headcounts in India (2004), and has written articles for several leading journals. Her work has been supported by fellowships and grants from the Princeton Program on Democracy and Development, the Carnegie and Guggenheim Foundations, the National Science Foundation, the United States Institute of Peace, the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioural Sciences at Stanford University, Connecticut, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.

Recensioner i media

'This book delves into dynasticism in Indian politics, sometimes to surprising effect. In so doing it sets the stage for future work in the area. A valuable addition to the active literature on political dynasties.' Ernesto dal Bó, University of California, Berkeley

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue Kanchan Chandra; 1. Democratic dynasties: state, party and family in contemporary Indian politics Kanchan Chandra; 2. The 'old regime' confronts democracy Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne H. Rudolph; 3. A sign of backwardness? Where dynastic leaders are elected in India Francesca Jensenius; 4. Dynasticism across Indian political parties Adam Ziegfeld; 5. Women, dynasties and democracy in India Amrita Basu; 6. Reservations and dynastic politics Simon Chauchard; 7. Why forward castes have a dynastic advantage: dynasty, party and co-ethnic favouritism Kanchan Chandra; 8. Dynastic path to power Anjali Thomas Bohlken; Appendix; Index.