Why India votes?

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Why India Votes? offers a fascinating account of the Indian electorate through a series of comprehensive ethnographic explorations conducted across the country -- Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. It probes the motivations of ordinary voters, what they think about politicians, the electoral process, democracy and their own role within it. This book will be useful to scholars and students of political …

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Title Statements

Full title :Why India votes? / Mukulika Banerjee ; with a foreword by Jonathan Spencer.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New Delhi
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:xxiv, 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : : color illustrations, maps ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138019713, 1138019712
oclc:ocn878950606
LC Classification:JQ292
Dewey Decimal:306.2/0954

1. Introduction -- 2. The Campaign -- 3. Political Language -- 4. The Polling Station -- 5. Why do people vote? -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendices -- A. Bihar -- B. Chhattisgarh -- C. Delhi -- D. Gujarat -- E. Madhya Pradesh -- F. Maharashtra -- G. Rajasthan -- H. Tamil Nadu -- I. West Bengal -- J. Uttar Pradesh (East) -- K. Uttar Pradesh (West)

Subjects

Geschichte 2009 Inde -- Politique et gouvernement India India -- Politics and government Indien Parlamentswahl Political psychology Political psychology -- India Political sociology Politics and government Psychologie politique -- Inde Sociologie politique Vote -- Aspect social -- Inde Voting -- Social aspects Voting -- Social aspects -- India Wahlverhalten