Emerging Trends in Indian Politics: The Fifteenth General Election [Hardcover]

This study presents 13 articles interrogating themes likely to impinge on Indias 15^th general elections in 2009. These were written following intense discussion between the contributors and use available data as well as original data and analysis.

The significance of the analyses goes beyond how much these questions find place in the campaign, or how much they would impact the electoral results. These have and would continue to be essential themes in Indian politics for some time. They would influence the countrys politics, its leaders, parties and institutions and would be interrogated in political, policy and social science circles in the foreseeable future. They would in turn be impacted, redefined and perhaps transformed by political dynamics and social pressure.

The first attempt of its kind to analyse the impact of certain emerging trends in politics on upcoming elections anywhere in the world, this book will be a useful addition to election studies and policy making in general.

This book presents analyses of 13 issues significant in contemporary Indian politics and their possible impact on the 15^th general election in 2009. These would influence the countrys politics, parties and institutions and would be interrogated in political, policy and social science circles in the foreseeable future.

List of Abbreviations List of Tables Foreword Preface 1.Introduction by Ajay K. Mehra 2.Coping with the Delimitation: New Electoral Strategies by Ashutosh Kumar 3.Economic Issues in the Electoral Arena: Party Programmes and the Politics of Development by O. P. Sharma 4.The Emerging Politics of Cohabitation: New Challenges by Kailash K. K. 5.Emerging Patterns in Dalit Politics by Ajay K. Mehra 6.The Emerging Patterns of Muslim Politics by S. Mujibur Rahman 7.The Tribal Groups and Indian Politics blt