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Political parties in South Asia/ edited by Subrata K. Mitra, Mike Enskat, and Clemens Spiess ; foreword by Kay Lawson. - Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. - x, 366 p.; 25 cm. - Political parties in context .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Kay Lawson -- 1. Introduction / Subrata K. Mitra and Mike Enskat -- 2. The Indian National Congress : problems of survival and re-invention / Harish Khare -- 3. The Bharatiya Janata Party : Hindu nationalism and the compulsions of pluralism / Partha S. Ghosh -- 4. Communist Party of India (Marxist) : from rebellion to governance / Harihar Bhattacharyya -- 5. Telugu Desam Party : the dialectics of regional identity and national politics / Prakash Sarangi -- 6. The Muslim League : decline of a national party / Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema -- 7. Pakistan People's Party : the twin legacies of socialism and dynastic rule / Sayed Wiqar Ali Shah -- 8. The MQM of Pakistan : between political party and ethnic movement / Mohammad Waseem.

ISBN: 9780275968328 0275968324

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political parties--South Asia.
Politics and government

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Asia--Politics and government.

Dewey Class. No.: 324.254 / MIT/P