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Electoral Narratives of Democracy and Governance in India book cover

1st Edition

Electoral Narratives of Democracy and Governance in India

Edited By Yatindra Singh Sisodia, Pratip Chattopadhyay Copyright 2025
272 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

272 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

272 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India
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The book examines the influence of context in which elections in contemporary India take place. It explores the interplay of elements of democracy and governance in electioneering—a process of the conglomeration of everything related to the election, including campaigns, approach of political parties, approach of election commission, code of conduct, election manifestos, voting and—message-design... Read more

1. Linkage of Democracy, Governance, and Elections in India: Theoretical and Practical Issues

Yatindra Singh Sisodia and  Pratip Chattopadhyay

 

PART I: Structure and Institutions

2. State Action, Autonomy and Electoral Democracy in India

Suraj Jacob

 

3. Managing Elections: Institutions and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity

Zaad Mahmood

 

PART II: Actors and Process

4. Election Economy in India

Ashutosh Kumar

 

5. The Rise of ‘New Public’ Development State and the Changing Face of India’s Electoral Democracy

Manisha Madhava

 

PART III: Democracy, Community and Elections

6. The New BJP: Expanding Social Base and Ideological Moorings

Rahul Verma and Armaan Mathur

 

7. Political Participation and Electoral Behaviour of Muslims in India since Independence: An Overview

Hilal Ahmed

 

8. Electoral Democracy and Gendered Representation: Spaces and Contestations

Priyanca Mathur

 

9. Apolitical Community and Elections: Comparative Study of Nath Community in Assam and West Bengal

Kunal Debnath

 

PART IV: Governance and Elections: Perspectives from State

10. Dynamic Regional Parties: Uncertainty of the State Capital and Parliamentary Institutions and Governance in Andhra Pradesh

E. Venkatesu

 

11. Issue of Democracy or Governance: Understanding Campaign on Migration in West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021

Pradipta Mukherjee

 

12. Making of the BJP Dominant System in Assam

Ankur Jyoti Bhuyan and Vikas Tripathi

 

13. Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh: The Electoral vs. Real Issues

Ranjana Upadhyay

 

14. Single Caste Parties and their Electoral Significance in Uttar Pradesh: Assembly Elections 2022

Vipin Patel

 

15. Changing Profile of Madhya Pradesh MLA Candidates and its Impact on State Politics: A Comparative Analysis of Last Two Decades (1998-2018)

Dharmanshu Dhakar

Biography

Yatindra Singh Sisodia is Professor and Director, M.P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain (An ICSSR Institute). His areas of research interest are democracy, decentralised governance, electoral politics, tribal issues, and developmental issues.

Pratip Chattopadhyay is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal.

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