The Dynamics of Indian Political Factions
A Study of District Councils in the State of Maharashtra
India Edition
Part of Cambridge South Asian Studies
- Author: Mary C. Carras
- Date Published: December 2007
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- isbn: 9780521058957
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This study constitutes an analysis of factionalism between rival groups in the dominant Congress Party in Maharashtra. The principal question examined is whether a politician's decision to oppose or 'rebel against' party authority is determined or can be predicted by certain characteristics of the individual concerned and his environment (e.g. the amount of land he owns, or the level of education, urbanization, prosperity, etc., of the area in which he operates politically). About 160 Congress Party members on four district councils were interviewed, and their answers provided the main source of information for the analysis. The legally defined jurisdiction of the district councils is rural Maharashtra, and the political factions examined thus operate in a rural milieu.
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- Date Published: December 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521058957
- availability: This item is not supplied by Cambridge University Press in your region. Please contact Cambridge University Press (I) Pt Ltd (India) for availability.
Table of Contents
List of tables
List of maps
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The argument
3. Political integration: empirical conception and method of analysis
4. Ratnagiri District: factional alignments in conditions of poverty
5. Poona District: the politics of sugar
6. Aurangabad District: state versus district leaders
7. Akola District: factional alignments in conditions of relative plenty (the politics of cotton)
8. All districts: some comparisons
9. Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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