Coalition Politics India: Selected Issues at the Centre and the States
- New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2014.
- 463p.
1.National and state coalitions in India 2.Why are multi-party minority governments viable in India? Theory and comparison 3.Competition and coalition formation in the new party system 4.Coalitions in Maharashtra: political fragmentation or social reconfiguration? 5.Coalition politics in Bihar: from one-party dominance to bipolarity to uncertainty? 6.Coalition politics in Punjab: from communal polarization to catchall parties? 7.Changing dimensions of coalition politics in Kerala: a puzzle or pattern? 9.8.Coalition politics in West Bengal: the long-duration left front Conclusion: is there a pattern to power-sharing in coalitions?
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Coalition Governments India--Politics and Government