Beschreibung:
Political parties have been central in shaping the politics and society across contemporary South Asia but have not received the scholarly attention they deserve. Parties and Political Change consider aspects of their role in three states in the region - India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
1. Parties and political change in South Asia 2. Losing the connection: party-voter linkages in Pakistan 3. Elite formation within a political party: the case of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham 4. Class, nation and religion: changing nature of Akali Dal politics in Punjab, India 5. Incumbency, internal processes and renomination in Indian parties 6. Women candidates and party nomination trends in India - evidence from the 2009 general election 7. Parties, political decay, and democratic regression in Sri Lanka 8. Elite patronage over party democracy - high politics in Sri Lanka following independence