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Rekha Diwakar
Publikováno v:
India Review. 20:68-95
This article explores the origins and consequences of India’s regional parties and subnationalism, focusing and expanding on the key arguments made by Prerna Singh and Adam Ziegfeld in their books. According to Singh, when political leaders promote
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Rekha Diwakar
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Political Insight. 10:12-15
Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party won an impressive victory in India’s recent General Election. Modi’s dominance presents both opportunities and dangers for Indian democracy writes Rekha Diwakar.
Autor:
Rekha Diwakar
Publikováno v:
Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. 2:327-346
The 2014 Indian general election marked a single party – the Bharatiya Janata Party, winning a majority of seats in Lok Sabha, the first time since the 1984 election. The Congress, the other main national party, suffered its worst ever defeat. This
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Rekha Diwakar
Publikováno v:
Representation. 52:71-80
In this paper, I discuss how a relatively new anti-corruption political party in India—the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)—was able to achieve an unprecedented electoral victory in the 2015 Delhi assembly election, comprehensively defeating the two nationa
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Rekha Diwakar
India uses the single member plurality system (SMPS) to elect members of the lower house of its national (federal) parliament and the state assemblies. The electoral system has remained stable despite its inherent disproportionality, India’s highly
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Autor:
Rekha Diwakar
Publikováno v:
Electoral Studies. 37:120-125
Highlights •Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) achieved its highest ever vote and seat share in a general election. •First time that a non-Congress party won a majority of seats since the 1977 general election. •Congress suffered its worst defeat in
Autor:
Rekha Diwakar
Midway through his five-year term, Narendra Modi remains popular but the Hindu nationalist Prime Minister faces the challenge of delivering on his campaign promises. Rekha Diwakar reports on the world’s most diverse – and largest – democracy.
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Autor:
Rekha Diwakar
Publikováno v:
Party Politics. 23:862-863
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Rekha Diwakar
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Party Politics. 16:477-496
Existing research on party aggregation focuses on the national level, relating it to changes in the federal distribution of powers. I argue that party aggregation also affects sub-national party systems, and therefore that study of party aggregation
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Rekha Diwakar
Publikováno v:
Party Politics. 13:539-561
Duverger's law postulates that single-member plurality electoral systems lead to two-party systems. Existing scholarship regards India as an exception to this law at national level, but not at district level. This study tests the latter hypothesis th